Sunday, September 09, 2007

Moving a window without the title bar
As mentioned earlier, you can move a window about the screen by dragging its title bar. (Unless the
window is already maximized, in which case you need to shrink the window down a bit first.) Every now
and then, however, you might run into a situation where the title bar of the window isn’t visible onscreen.
This is often the case when some free Internet service places some irritating banner ad on your screen
that cannot be covered by any open windows.
Not to fear, however; there is a solution. Even without being able to see the title bar, you can move the
window by following these steps:
1. Click anywhere on the window you want to move, just to make sure it’s the active window
(the one capable of accepting input from the keyboard).
2. Press Alt+Spacebar to open that window’s system menu. (Don’t worry if you can’t see that
menu.)
3. Type the letter M to choose Move from the system menu.
4. Press the ˇ (down-arrow key) several times to move the window downward.
If it doesn’t work, it may be because the window is currently maximized and therefore cannot be moved.
In that case, repeat Steps 1 and 2. Then type the letter R to choose Restore (thereby shrinking the
window a bit). Then proceed with Steps 3 and 4.