Gnome defaults to using Alt+LeftMouse dragging for moving windows around - I hate this feature and it breaks some apps I use. In Gnome2 you could change the modifier key in one of the settings dialogs, but I can't find the corresponding one in Gnome3, can anyone point me in the right direction?
Answer
The GNOME Shell window manager, Mutter, is based on Metacity (GNOME 2) and uses the same settings. They are located in GConf at /apps/metacity.
Use gconf-editor or gconftool-2 to change the /apps/metacity/general/mouse_button_modifier setting to your preferred modifier. For example, to choose the "Windows" key, I use:
gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/mouse_button_modifier --type string ""
In recent GNOME versions, configuration is accessed through GSettings, with Linux using the dconf backend. To change the setting through GSettings (recommended), use:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences mouse-button-modifier "''"
To write it directly to the dconf backend, use:
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/mouse-button-modifier "''"
You can also find it in GNOME Tweak Tool under Windows → Modifier to use for window click actions.
Changes should take effect immediately.
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