Cmd-Drag to move ✅ Cmd-Click in app ❌

Feature Requests
1

Hey folks, as a KDE refugee I like how BTT lets me assign Cmd-Drag to move windows, and Cmd-Right-Drag to resize: the muscle memory applies to both OS’s because the command button becomes Alt in windows/linux layout.

HOWEVER I also use IDEA all day every day, where Cmd-Click is the “go to symbol” action, and with Cmd-LeftClick assigned to window movement, Cmd-Click is no longer dispatched to apps. What I really want is when the mouse has moved very little since the MouseDown event (e.g. less than a handful of pixels), the Cmd-Click should be passed through to the app rather than initiating a move immediately. This may already be an advanced condition feature but it needs to be stateful so…?

My config looks like this:

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2

Another, related feature request that might be already present in some encoded form:

When I Cmd-Drag to move the window, the Cmd-Click should not be passed to the window, but when I Cmd-Drag without moving very much, the Cmd-Click should be passed through. :sweat_smile:

3

Currently I have this script on the Cmd-Click, I guess I could add another action with the predicate inverted, and have it synthesize a Cmd-Click :thinking:

left_mouse_down == 1 AND trackpad_mouse_distance_since_initial_touch > 10

(edit: doesn’t work; the second script with inverted logic doesn’t seem to do anything)

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4

Worst case scenario, I could use Option-Drag instead of Cmd-Drag but that confuses the muscle memory. :sweat_smile:

5

there is currently no perfect solution for this I think, maybe this works well enough:

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This would make it pass through quick cmd+clicks but longer presses would start moving the window

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I'll think about other ways to achieve this

6

Thanks! Adding the delay doesn't help, the Cmd-Click gets eaten regardless of how long I hold the button.

7

FWIW Swift Shift does it properly pretty much out the box, but it also introduces catastrophic input lag if you leave it running for more than about 15 minutes. :roll_eyes:

8

ooh it might work if I make the passthrough script an OR condition in the first one :thinking:

edit: I think I would need to dispatch actions conditionally, not just have a more complex condition expression