Suggestion: make Penc operate with a mouse about penc

[dgurkaynak]

Hey guys, I have finally managed to ship Penc 1.0. It brings the support for mouse & keyboard.

Keyboard

While Penc is activated (double press cmd key + hold it):

• Press arrow keys to do halves/quarters (just like @dkarbayev mentioned)
• Enter key to fullscreen

Mouse support

While Penc is activated (double press cmd key + hold it):

• Drag a window from its body to move it freely
• Drag a window from its edges/corners to resize it freely (just like @telmofcosta mentioned)
• Mouse wheel to resize (just like @telmofcosta mentioned)
• Drag a window and throw it to a direction to do halves/quarters (just like trackpad swipe)
• Double click to fullscreen
• Right click to minimize

So closing the issue, let me know if you guys need anything else.

[dgurkaynak]

Hmm, the main target of this app is trackpad usage as you mentioned. Supporting standard mouses would be nice feature, but not in the near future.

• Moving windows already works with dragging w/ left button
• Using scroll wheel to resize sounds really cool
• What about other swipe gestures for snapping into halves/quarters?

[shiny]

Using scroll wheel to resize sounds really cool

yup yup.
@dgurkaynak
By the way, do you accept donation, or translation for this cool project?

[telmofcosta]

Tbh, I don't use snap that much. And I tried it with the trackpad but it didn't feel very natural.

BetterTouchTool approach is not bad: when dragging, when the mouse pointer reaches an area near the corner (or top/bottom/left/right) of the viewport, it resizes the window and snaps it to a side/corner.

I didn't suggest this in the first place because this behavior is completely different from what Penc is doing now and my suggestion was supposed to be a small "fix".

What I really love in Penc (and why I'm using it with my mouse only to move windows) is the double-press with the modifier key: a very simple idea, pratical and it doesn't interfere with any shortcut I have. 💯

[dkarbayev]

@dgurkaynak what if snapping to halves was made with arrow keys (much like Windows does it), so double press Cmd and then arrow key(s)?