Dave
alt + left click was my friend on tiny screens. It allows me to drag the window that is open upwards so I can get to the buttons on the bottom of a open window that is too big for small screen. Learned that trick on my eepc 701sd with a 7 inch screen.
Trick works on big screens also.
Indeed that is a excellent trick. There is also output scaling with xrandr which helps fit more on smaller screens (as long as the output is not too small to see)
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