[xubuntu-users] Window manager shortcuts

[Peter Flynn]

On 15/12/2025 22:06, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 at 23:02, Jeffery Small <jeff at cjsa.com> wrote:
> 
>>   Is there any way to force the maximized window to
>> automatically move to the foreground without having to click on it?
> 
> I don't know of one, but it may be useful to know that if you _middle
> click_ the title bar of a foreground window, it moves it to the back
> of the Z stack -- in other words, behind all other windows.
> 
> For most mice with scroll wheels, the wheel is also a mouse button and
> you can click with it. For IBM Thinkpads and other trackpoint-equipped
> laptops, it's the central scroll button.
> 
> For trackpads, all bets are off, but there may be a configurable
> gesture, such as a 3-finger tap.

On my laptops (Dell and HP) you can emit a middle click by clicking in 
the exact middle of the extreme bottom edge of the trackpad. Basically 
with just the tip of the finger. My HP even has a discreet little 
vertical line at the bottom of the trackpad surface to indicate the 
exact midpoint.

Peter