Drag to move window is not very intuitive in macOS app

[frex]

Use case or problem

Under default setting(window frame style=hidden), click and drag these area has no effect in macOS app:

• empty area of app ribbon
• area around traffic light button

Proposed solution

Under default setting(window frame style=hidden), click and drag these area should move the window:

• empty area of app ribbon
• area around traffic light button

Current workaround (optional)

Change window frame style to other values but it’s ugly not optimal visually.

Related feature requests (optional)

It was reported previous multiple times. e.g.

Change which parts of window can be clicked to drag/move in MacOS?

When I use Obsidian, I tend to have the window reduced in size so I can have another app open next to it, but I also have multiple tabs open. This means that there’s almost no part of the top of the window free for me to click and drag when I need to move the window around (as MacOS lets you do). Is there any way to change the app interface so that I have a guaranteed part of the window open for clicking to drag/move? Maybe a constraint so that tabs don’t fill the entire space at the top? Or eve…

MacOS drag Obsidian window issue: not working consistently

Environment: macOS 12.5.1 Obsidian v1.0 Steps to duplicate the issue: Open Obsidian Move the Obsidian window around - doesn’t work. Move another window around (e.g., Chrome browser) - works Click and drag Obsidian window around - works now. Release mouse click to stop dragging window of Obsidian. Try to move it again - doesn’t work. … until you click another window first.

And an alternative suggestion is Moving the Obsidian window using ALT+Drag

[ariehen]

I posted this in another thread, but maybe it could be of use to you as well:

Improve draggable surface area of window

I usually have the standard window layout: one or both sidebars open and one or two tab groups with a few tabs each, but sometimes I get in a zone testing something out or whatever and it can get crazy. As you said, it’s difficult to know where to grab that will work 100% of the time. I’ve been using this for a while (both mac and Windows) to know exactly where to grab with no guesswork. It’s great. margin-left may need adjusting depending on your theme. Give it a try for the time being. body:…

[frex]

Thank you. That’s very helpful!

I don’t use ribbon so ended up using status bar like this:

body:not(.is-popout-window) div.status-bar:after {
    content: "\2723";
    font-size: 18px;
    -webkit-app-region: drag;
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: -2px;
    cursor: move;
}

Hopefully Obsidian can fix this one day.