Gnome3 - Change window drag shortcut

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Mar 15, 20263461 views

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Gnome defaults to using Alt+LeftMouse dragging for moving windows around - I hate this feature and it breaks some apps I use. In Gnome2 you could change the modifier key in one of the settings dialogs, but I can't find the corresponding one in Gnome3, can anyone point me in the right direction?

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The GNOME Shell window manager, Mutter, is based on Metacity (GNOME 2) and uses the same settings. They are located in GConf at . Use gconf-editor or gconftool-2 to change the setting to your preferred modifier. For example, to choose the "Windows" …

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Gnome3 - Change window drag shortcut

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