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2026-01-11 17:42 UTC

Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why. https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/

Replies (25)

  • @noheger@wien.rocks This little vid of yours is so perfect, thanks for the belly laugh !

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  • @varjolintu@mastodontti.fi 2026-01-11 21:32

    @noheger@wien.rocks So they just increased the radius but kept the resize point 😅

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  • @insl@tooting.ch 2026-01-11 21:56

    @noheger@wien.rocks inerestingly, the snap area is outside of what appears to define a window area. But then, traditionnally, wasn't that 'always' the case? Scroll sliders defining a window sizing drag corner?

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  • @eruwero@ieji.de 2026-01-11 22:13

    @noheger@wien.rocks I thought good design and a nice user interface were their only selling point. Great job fucking that up! The icons are also hilarious https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

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  • @otyugh@pouet.chapril.org 2026-01-11 22:18

    @noheger@wien.rocks meanwhile XFCE since decades : CLICK ANYWHERE HOLDING ALT AND IT RESIZES THE WAY YOU WANT You don't have to target anything. It just work very well and is very comfortable to use. Who the hell pays for fisher price apple again ?

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  • @commodore@discuss.systems 2026-01-11 22:35

    @noheger@wien.rocks this is why I refuse to use a window manager that does not support resize using alt+mouse2

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  • @jarhill0@hachyderm.io 2026-01-11 23:22

    @noheger@wien.rocks this is dumb. Good post!

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  • @anselmschueler@ieji.de 2026-01-11 23:39

    @noheger@wien.rocks Steve Jobs has been rolling in his grave ever faster and faster over the years. These days he must be fast as a drill.

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  • @njsg@mementomori.social 2026-01-12 00:10

    @noheger@wien.rocks Please tell me this is configurable and that it's not what they ship as a default setting...

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  • @noheger@wien.rocks now that's just silly

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  • @noheger@wien.rocks subscribed over RSS - keep up the great work

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  • @glasspusher@beige.party 2026-01-12 07:41

    @noheger@wien.rocks Christ on a cracker. Not upgrading until this nonsense settles out

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  • @alper@rls.social 2026-01-12 07:43

    @noheger@wien.rocks @jonty@chaos.social And I have to believe this company won’t botch something like Passkeys?

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  • @65GHz@toots.nu 2026-01-12 11:03

    @noheger@wien.rocks > Living on this planet for quite a few decades, I have learned that it rarely works to grab things if you don’t actually touch them can you elaborate more on this, I'd like to learn the things I can grab without touching

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  • @fcalva@cyberplace.social 2026-01-12 18:00

    @noheger@wien.rocks At this point the OpenTTD WM is more polished than both Windows' and MacOS' :v

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  • @maccatalan@techhub.social 2026-01-12 20:25

    @noheger@wien.rocks had they added a visionOS-like handle as the mouse moved towards the corner, the larger radius would have still been just as ugly to my eyes, but at least this whole thing may make more sense? 😓 (I wish this is not the "correction" course they pick)

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  • @jdowns@oldbytes.space 2026-01-12 20:28

    @noheger@wien.rocks Always remember: “It just works!” 🤦🏼‍♂️

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  • @Leonick@social.vivaldi.net 2026-01-12 21:23

    @noheger@wien.rocks what was the allowed area before Tahoe? If the window had a border that should be the area one can grab, windows rarely have borders these days so I’d would have guessed some allowance in both directions, allowing you to grab just inside or just outside the window. Well, I’ve checked Windows and two desktop environments on Linux (Gnome and Cinnamon), for all three the resize area is all outside the window with the possible exception of non native apps (electron, Discord for example) which may allow clicking only inside.

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  • @Cykelero@mas.to 2026-01-12 22:24

    @noheger@wien.rocks I gave a whole talk on this sort of thing! But it’s about when it’s done right, and one of the examples was actually macOS window resizing. Oh well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riK8aL_yZGw

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  • @ben@gts.zl4bv.com 2026-01-13 01:55

    @noheger@wien.rocks What’s new in realLife 26: Telekinesis: grab objects without actually touching them

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  • @pmoeser@aus.social 2026-01-13 10:26

    @noheger@wien.rocks This is not the behaviour on my M1 14” Pro @gruber@mastodon.social @daringfireball@mastodon.social

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  • @jima@mspsocial.net 2026-01-15 03:39

    @noheger@wien.rocks @brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net

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  • @avirr@sfba.social 2026-01-15 17:28

    @noheger@wien.rocks what were they *thinking*????

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  • @noheger@wien.rocks Fuck it. I'm never updating again.

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  • @Stephmouss@piaille.fr 2026-02-05 11:29

    @noheger@wien.rocks It's fixed in macOS 26.3 (my article on the french website MacGeneration : https://www.macg.co/macos/2026/02/macos-263-repare-deux-maladresses-ergonomiques-de-tahoe-306611).

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