# Alt Drag move/resize window with mouse and modifier key Alt±Shift

**URL:** <https://community.folivora.ai/t/alt-drag-move-resize-window-with-mouse-and-modifier-key-alt-shift/36071>\
**Category:** Configuration Help & General Discussion\
**Tags:** keyboard, window-snapping, mouse\
**Created:** [March 6, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/alt-drag-move-resize-window-with-mouse-and-modifier-key-alt-shift/36071 "2024-03-06T11:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aurel\_Buche](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/aurel_buche/32/33486_2.png) [@Aurel\_Buche](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Aurel_Buche)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/alt-drag-move-resize-window-with-mouse-and-modifier-key-alt-shift/36071/8 "2025-02-18T17:32:24Z")

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Have you tried adding "Activate/Bring to Front Window Under Cursor" action before resizing?

Personally I could not achieve similar behaviors to what I had on XFCE linux :  
The resize here is always starting from the bottom right corner while I would prefer the closest corner to mouse.

Also I had the "Fill Window" behavior on Alt + Double Click where the selected window would try to fit as much space as possible until it reaches other windows border.

So for now I've setup double and triple clicks with option modifier to place window to half or thirds of the screen and that's good enough

> [@Trigger different behaviors on double and triple clicks with same modifier.](https://community.folivora.ai/t/trigger-different-behaviors-on-double-and-triple-clicks-with-same-modifier/41967):
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> Hi, From this post : [Triple Click vs. Double Click](https://community.folivora.ai/t/triple-click-vs-double-click/32920) It seems that what I want to achieve seems impossible but I still think asking might be worth it. I would like to have : "option + double left click" to make the window under the mouse half of the screen (left or right depending on mouse position) "option + triple left click" to make the window under the mouse a third of the screen (again side depends on mouse position) Here is what I have made so far for the right side but triple click se…

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