MATE: how to increase window resizing area

Question

I use MATE on CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 15.04 and with both I have trouble resizing windows. It seems like I have to click on a 1px size line to change and that's a bit difficult with touchpad sometimes.

Is there any way that I can increase this area without graphically changing the thickness of the borders? If not, how can I change the thickness of the window borders?

Would be nice to know for both CentOS and Ubuntu but if I know one I'll be able to figure out the other one :)

Thanks in advance

I know I can change sensitivity for my touchpad but I prefer not to do that.

Answer 1

Answer taken from AskUbuntu question:

1. This is a really old bug, still not fixed for metacity.
2. One workaround is to use great combo Alt + "Hold Right Mouse Button" and resize window according to nearest border

3. Another is to manually change theme border size. Default theme configuration file path: /usr/share/themes/Ambiant-MATE/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml.

   Following parameters change borders width:
   <distance name="left_width" value="1"/>
<distance name="right_width" value="1"/>
<distance name="bottom_height" value="1"/>