Easy Move+Resize

Adds easy modifier key + mouse drag move and resize to OSX

Usage

Easy Move+Resize is based on behavior found in many X11/Linux window managers

• Cmd + Ctrl + Left Mouse anywhere inside a window, then drag to move.
• Cmd + Ctrl + Right Mouse anywhere inside a window, then drag to resize,
  • The resize direction is determined by which region of the window is clicked. i.e. a right-click in roughly the top-left corner of a window will act as if you grabbed the top left corner, whereas a right-click in roughly the top-center of a window will act as if you grabbed the top of the window.
  • To use the middle mouse button as the resize modifier, select the Middle Click resize menu item.
• The choice of modifier keys to hold down to activate dragging or resizing can be customized by toggling the appropriate modifier key name in the application icon menu.
  • Click the menu item to toggle it.
  • All keys toggled to selected must be held down for activation.
• Behavior can be disabled by toggling the Disabled item in the application icon menu.
• If you are dragging or resizing a window in the background and want it to rise to the top, select the Bring Window to Front menu item.
• To restore application settings, select the Reset to Defaults menu item.
• To disable for a particular app, select Disable for ... from the menu after using Easy Move+Resize on that app.

Installation

brew

brew install --cask easy-move-plus-resize

manually

• Grab the latest version from the Releases page
• Unzip and run!

troubleshooting

• If MacOS refuses to launch Easy Move+Resize because it "cannot check it for malicious software": see here
• If Accessibility permission for Easy Move+Resize is not working: see here

Contributing

Contributions welcome!

Release process

Automated (GitHub Actions)

Releases can be built, signed, notarized, and published automatically via the release workflow.

Prerequisites — the following secrets must be configured in the repository's GitHub Actions settings:

• APPLE_ID — Apple ID email used for notarization
• APPLE_TEAM_ID — Apple Developer Team ID
• APPLE_APP_PASSWORD — app-specific password for the Apple ID
• DEVELOPER_ID_APPLICATION — full name of the Developer ID Application signing identity (e.g. Developer ID Application: Your Name (TEAMID))
• DEVELOPER_ID_CERT_P12_BASE64 — base64-encoded .p12 export of the Developer ID Application certificate
• DEVELOPER_ID_CERT_PASSWORD — password for the .p12 file

Steps:

• Choose a new version number following semantic versioning guidelines
• Update the version number in easy-move-resize/easy-move-resize-Info.plist, (example)
• Commit and push the version number update
• git tag <chosen version number>
• git push origin --tags
• On GitHub, go to the Actions tab, select the release workflow, and click Run workflow
• Enter the release version (e.g. v1.2.3), toggle Mark as pre-release if applicable, then click Run workflow
• The workflow validates the repo, builds the .app with xcodebuild, signs/notarizes/staples it, creates the git tag, and publishes a GitHub Release with the signed zip attached
• Once the workflow completes, the new release will appear on the Releases page

Manual (backup)

• Choose a new version number following semantic versioning guidelines
• Update the version number in easy-move-resize/easy-move-resize-Info.plist, (example)
• Commit and push the version number update
• git tag <chosen version number>
• git push origin --tags
• In XCode, choose Product->Archive
• Click "Distribute App", select "Custom...", "Next", then "Copy App", "Next"
• In a shell, navigate to the directory created, then:
• zip -r Easy.Move+Resize.app.zip Easy\ Move+Resize.app
• Upload the resulting zip file to the appropriate tag on the Releases page