Enlarging the close button to improve productivity

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Hi,

 

To improve my productivity, when I want to close a maximized window, I always "throw" my cursor to the top-right corner and click without looking.

However, a lot of themes (luckily not all) have a close button that doesn't get triggered by clicking in the most top-right position. You have to actually look where you click since the close button isn't large enough.

Is there a user-friendly way to fix this annoyance?

 

I found some old related topics:

https://forums.wincustomize.com/54870/page/1/

https://forums.wincustomize.com/456168/page/1/

but neither provide a user-friendly solution.

How has Skin Studio improved in the meantime? Is it easily doable to fix this myself? I have no experience with making skins...

 

Cheers,

Asgaro

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The only way to fix that is to edit the actual image by opening the skin in SkinStudio and editing the image located in "Edit Titllebars and Windowframes, Edit Per Pixel Buttons, Close Button" image. However, all the other image positions would have to be adjusted to compensate for the changed close button image. So if you don't have experience with SkinStudio, I don't recommend you doing this.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top


Is there a user-friendly way to fix this annoyance?
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Alt+F4 will close the active window (if you are a keyboard user).

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 1

The only way to fix that is to edit the actual image by opening the skin in SkinStudio and editing the image located in "Edit Titllebars and Windowframes, Edit Per Pixel Buttons, Close Button" image. However, all the other image positions would have to be adjusted to compensate for the changed close button image. So if you don't have experience with SkinStudio, I don't recommend you doing this.
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Thanks for the information!

 

Quoting ZubaZ, reply 2



Is there a user-friendly way to fix this annoyance?



Alt+F4 will close the active window (if you are a keyboard user).

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That's a good idea. I already use shortcuts for a few things but never thought about using one to close a window. :)

 

To those with the same concerns, here a few options:

- Use Alt+F4.

- If Alt+F4 is too much of a hassle since you have to spread your hand awkwardly:

1) Ctrl+W works sometimes: it depends on the app. In File Explorer it closes the window as expected. In Chrome it only closes the current tab.

2) Ctrl+Shift+W works sometimes: it depends on the app. In Chrome this will do what you want: it closes all tabs.

3) Best solution probably: assign the Alt+F4 shortcut to another easier shortcut, for example Ctrl+Q. See https://superuser.com/questions/250435/how-can-i-change-the-default-shortcut-in-windows-for-closing-programs

4) If you have a Razer mouse or keyboard, use the Razer Synapse software to change a mouse or keyboard binding. See http://www.razerzone.com/synapse/