How to resize window?

I sometimes have a problem of window becoming so large, that it's bottom right corner is off-screen (when I disconnect a large external monitor)...how can I resize this window?

Here is a third party app that will help out:
http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/
Kj

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Hi, is there a way to pull windows wider (resize them) by pulling on the window edges rather than the lower-right corner? I tend to have a lot of Terminal windows, as well as Photoshop windows.
Windows XP Pro

Your profile says Windows XP pro, and doesn't say what Mac operating system you are running. Now most Mac operating systems do not let you pull the window edges to resize the windows. The only controls you'll get are in the corners.
There have been some hacks on certain operating systems to make the edges work, but like I say they are hacks, and may not work through an operating system update. The last time I saw such a hack work was way back in System 7.6 with Church Windows. There may be additional ones on Mac OS X that work that have been mentioned on:
http://www.resexcellence.com/
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http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#WINTEL
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Just make a draggable shape and resize the stage depending on the drag action.
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                centerY: bind scene.height / 2
                radiusX: bind 0.45 * scene.width
                radiusY: bind 0.45 * scene.height
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This was the best I could think of off the top of my head.
You may want to request this thread be moved to the swing forums for better contributions.
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