https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:18:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/I have a large VNC screen configured on the server which I'm viewing on a smaller resolution laptop. When I tile the vncviewer window in i3, vncviewer creates scrollbars to let you move around the larger area. This is slow and cumbersome. I would like to do something like "hold down right mouse button to pan/scroll around". Is this configurability somehow baked into Xorg (@version 1.12)?Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:32:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?comment=288#comment-288If that's too bad, then you will need to find a way to make the VNC program ignore the command you are doing with the mouse (by default, they are transmitted to the remote machine).Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:40:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?comment=288#comment-288https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?comment=287#comment-287I believe you could get more help by going to a VNC forum... as the problem is not actually with i3wm. But, as far as my experience goes, you could adjust the screen to fit your monitor...Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:39:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?comment=287#comment-287https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?comment=302#comment-302Based on my research, this could be considered a window manager issue. This panning capability is not limited to this particular VNC app.Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:48:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?comment=302#comment-302https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?answer=359#post-id-359I don’t really see how this could be considered a window manager issue. Panning window contents in the window manager decoration is most likely accompanied by many side-effects and a work-around for a problem which should be solved in the application. Therefore, I won’t implement or merge such a feature into i3. As to your original question: Not sure if Xorg allows for this in some way.Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:18:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/273/how-to-accomplish-simple-panning-capability-for-large-windows/?answer=359#post-id-359