Re: Resizing a window - typical Microsoft laziness
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/19/04
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 04:02:22 GMT
jamesjones@124.com wrote:
>I don't think I explained my problem very clearly in my original post -
>it IS a bug, or at least, a blatant inconsistency that shouldn't be
>there.
>
>Open a window, go to the bottom right hand corner, now put your cursor
>on the right hand edge and move it down to the very corner. Notice how
>it only changes to a diagonal resize cursor when it hits the last pixel
>(if that!) above the corner? Now move your cursor from the corner along
>the bottom edge, and notice how it stays as a diagonal cursor for about
>twenty pixels? (Which is what it SHOULD do on the right hand edge as
>well!)
>
>Are you all seriously telling me that this is correct? It obviously
>isn't. I'll tell you why it's a bug - go to the bottom left hand
>corner, and it's exactly the same problem, but go to the TOP right or
>left hand corners, and the diagonal resize cursor appears properly on
>both edges.
>
>It's a bug, and a very irritating one at that. Does it do this on your
>copy of Windows? Is there a fix for this irritating problem?
On my machine the cursor changes from horizontal resize to diagonal
resize at about 20 pixels from both the top and bottom edges, and that
is the same for either side of the window.
It sounds like what you are experiencing is a video driver related
anomaly.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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