microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Grab And Move - a setting to enable/disable the window highlight while dragging/resizing

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Description

### Description of the new feature / enhancement

Can we have a setting in the **Grab And Move** module to enable/disable the window highlight while dragging/resizing? Currently the window highlight cannot be disabled if I wanted to. The highlight is too distracting.

### Scenario when this would be used?

While this new **Grab And Move** module is fantastically awesome long-awaited capability in Windows, the first implementation is quite lacking in configurability. At least a setting to disable/enable the window highlight while dragging/resizing would be far more useful.

### Supporting information

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Research direction

Start by locating the Grab And Move module and reading how its window highlight is handled during dragging and resizing. Add a setting that controls whether the highlight is enabled, then verify that both enabled and disabled behavior work as requested.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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