GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 570203
Send window to back on <Alt> middle click
Last modified: 2009-02-03 11:19:24 UTC
Most actions triggered by mouse events on the title bar of a window can also be performed on the contents of the window (i.e. not the titlebar) by holding down Alt (or whatever modifier has been configured). Examples: - Focusing: Left click on titlebar == Alt + left click on window - Window menu: Right click on titlebar == Alt + right click on window - Moving: Left drag on titlebar == Alt + left drag on window Now, a window can be sent to the back by middle clicking on its titlebar. However, Alt + middle click on a window does not send it to the back. It should! Note that Alt + middle drag is used to resize a window. Suggestion: when the (x,y) position of the pointer do not change between mouse button press and mouse button release, it should be treated as a "send window to back" command.
<Alt> mouse actions for raising/lowering would be great. I use a patched metacity for the sole purpose* of raising/lowering with <Alt>+mouse wheel. * now that the button2/button3 swap feature has been released
Note: Alt + left click already works for raising windows.