On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 12:33:03PM +0200, Giorgio wrote: > Oh, thanks for the explanation Reimar. Now, if only I could understand > why those windows won't extend beyond the visible portion of my screen > it would be perfect :) If I had to guess: because the programmers of your Window Manager thought they had to copy Windows, which does not allow windows > screen size by default, but forgot to realize that they are copying a ugly hack without realizing that a) due to ALT+drag it is not necessary on Linux b) Windows provides an "easy" way to disable this misfeature.