How to modify Cinnamon desktop drag-drop window size guide

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As shown in the video above, you can see when I drag a window to the left edge of the desktop, it suggests a window resize up to half of the screen by an overlaying translucent box. And if I drop the window at this point, the window gets resized to exactly half of the screen.

This is a cool feature. And I want to modify its behavior. Instead of the 50% of the screen width, I want it to suggest and take 70% of the screen width from the left edge. And if a window is dragged to the right edge, it should suggest and take 30% of the screen width on drop.

How can I make it possible? I am an experienced Python and Shell programmer. But I have never customized any desktop environment at the core.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '22 at 11:53

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Now you need to study C and javascript.

Once you have them in your toolbox, fork https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon and make your own version of the window manager.

answered Jul 04 '22 at 11:53

White Owl

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lol. I also know JS and learned C in college. But where to start? What is this feature called? – aceph Jul 04 '22 at 12:14
It is called "snapping". – White Owl Jul 04 '22 at 15:41

How to modify Cinnamon desktop drag-drop window size guide

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