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Q: Ok now, how to disable «drag a window to the top of the screen». That's the worst annoying thing

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Ok now, how to disable «drag a window to the top of the screen» shortcut (El Capitain only). That's the worst annoying thing on a desktop couple with a physical mouse.

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Posted on Oct 23, 2015 10:07 AM

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mat.tam

Q: Ok now, how to disable «drag a window to the top of the screen». That's the worst annoying thing

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Oct 24, 2015 1:51 AM in response to mat.tam
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    Oct 24, 2015 1:51 AM in response to mat.tam

    You mean when you drag a window all the way up, hold for *a second or two* and it opens Mission Control?

    I never even knew this existed, you really have to drag until the window bumps into the menu bar and then hold steady for a bit. You mean you can cause this to easily happen unvoluntarily?

    Or do you mean some *keyboard* shortcut for this thing? Or did I miss the point entirely?

  • by mat.tam,

    mat.tam mat.tam Oct 24, 2015 3:48 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Oct 24, 2015 3:48 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Yes: drag a window all the way up, hold for *a second or two* and it opens Mission. But it doesn't take a second or two, it only need a second "push" so it can be triggered easely. Is it possible to disable that?

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Oct 24, 2015 5:55 AM in response to mat.tam
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    Oct 24, 2015 5:55 AM in response to mat.tam

    I will try to figure out if there a way to disable this.

    FWIW I find that you really need to "push" very aggressively against the menu bar to trigger this behaviour, and if you then drag back down a little bit (without releasing the mouse button), it is undone. Not something that ever happened to me accidentally (like I said, I did not even know this existed!).

  • by my name is ben,

    my name is ben my name is ben Jan 26, 2016 6:09 PM in response to mat.tam
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    Jan 26, 2016 6:09 PM in response to mat.tam

    I just called Apple Support. They said this is a feature within the actual operating system. So unless Apple makes it something we can turn off, we can't have it the way we'd like.

  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Jan 26, 2016 6:14 PM in response to mat.tam
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    Jan 26, 2016 6:14 PM in response to mat.tam

    mat.tam wrote:

     

    Yes: drag a window all the way up, hold for *a second or two* and it opens Mission. But it doesn't take a second or two, it only need a second "push" so it can be triggered easely. Is it possible to disable that?

    On your MacBook, use three fingers push up on the Track pad, and you can then dray the window to the desktop you want.

  • by my name is ben,

    my name is ben my name is ben Jan 26, 2016 6:21 PM in response to ckuan
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    Jan 26, 2016 6:21 PM in response to ckuan

    The point is to avoid Mission Control when dragging a window to the top of the screen, not using it to access Mission Control.

  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Jan 26, 2016 6:26 PM in response to my name is ben
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    Jan 26, 2016 6:26 PM in response to my name is ben

    I am not answering your post so I don't see your point, check who I am addressing too.

  • by tonylxc,

    tonylxc tonylxc May 31, 2016 2:42 PM in response to my name is ben
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    May 31, 2016 2:42 PM in response to my name is ben

    Agree.

     

    There is no point to activate Mission Control at all while dragging windows around; it's really annoying.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain May 31, 2016 4:32 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    May 31, 2016 4:32 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

     

    Not something that ever happened to me accidentally (like I said, I did not even know this existed!).

    I'm with you Luis. I have been using El Capitan since the first beta last July if I remember correctly and have never accidentally triggered Mission Control by dragging windows to the top of the screen.