User Tip #67: xwindows "autoraise" and "snap to" features

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The unix XWindow system has a neat feature called "autoraise". When autoraise is in ON, you don't click on a window to bring it to the front of the window stack. Instead, just passing the mouse over any part of the window raises it. This can take getting used to but saves a lot of mouse clicks. If you want to try it or you are used to the feature from Xwindows: Cut and paste the following code into xwraise.reg and run it.

REGEDIT4
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse] "ActiveWindowTracking"="1"
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The change will take effect at next logon. The X window system has another neat feature called "snap to". When this feature is enabled, the mouse snaps to the default button upon alert or dialog windows. Try it, you may like it. To enable: Cut and paste the following code into xwsnapto.reg.

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse] "SnapToDefaultButton"="1"
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I personally was too command line oriented to do much with Xwindows when doing unix administration. Many unix users of X love them. To disable, set "1" to "0".

See .REG files for background information on .REG files.