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I love those features so much. Dragging the window near a side of the screen make it fills half of it too.

qznc 9y ago
I learned that Windows has another nice variation on this: When you vertically resize (not drag!) a window to the top, it vertically maximizes the window. On Linux I configure a double click on the top bar to do this. I like to vertically maximize my terminals.
- sametmax 9y ago
  Windows has a few tricks that are nice. One feature I miss from it is that if you drag and drop something from a windows below another, the one from which you drag the item from doesn't get focused and doesn't raise to the front.
- jasonkostempski 9y ago
  In Xfce, you can put the mouse where it shows the resize arrow and double click to maximize in that direction. Windows has that for vertical but not horizontal. Neither has it for diagonal, it would be sweet if that pushed the activated corner to the desktop corner.
- amygdyl 9y ago
  Alt-TAB thru to the window you want[0] WindowsKey-ARROW aligns top to bottom fully, or if left and right, to the side, half screen (leaving the alt tab reduced windows still selectable, so I frequently switch to the mouse then, which is fluid for next seeking to insert my cursor to edit)) and I think Page Up maximises full screen but again not recently used this option. Yes, Windows has had really very worthwhile UI shortcuts for a long time, since 7 definitely, I skipped XP mostly, W2K got just long enough support on contract I never saw SP1 or 2 even . [0] I think you can go straight to the window you want by hitting the number of the window in order but I've never used this as too many windows and I'm in a phone now, but this could be cute if you're strict about your desktop layout and I'm a rare one who isn't so particular, a laxity learned from a spell in front line help desk
- markdog12 9y ago
  You can double-click vertical edges too
mixmastamyk 9y ago
Like this in theory but they manage to screw it up. The new size is a state that is lost when moving again. :(
- vatueil 9y ago
  Personally I appreciate that, so YMMV. Makes it easy to divide the screen between two windows and then return the windows to normal size without manually resizing them.
yellowapple 9y ago
And (at least in Xfce) dragging to a corner makes it fill that quarter of the screen. Really nice for building tri-window layouts where you need one tall and two short windows, which is how I typically arrange my windows when I use a tiling WM anyway, especially when programming: tall window for code, top short for Magit, bottom short for DirEd (if I have a high enough resolution, I might sometimes turn that into three smalls - Magit + DirEd + a REPL - which Xfce doesn't seem to support, unfortunately).

qznc 9y ago

I learned that Windows has another nice variation on this: When you vertically resize (not drag!) a window to the top, it vertically maximizes the window. On Linux I configure a double click on the top bar to do this. I like to vertically maximize my terminals.

sametmax 9y ago
Windows has a few tricks that are nice. One feature I miss from it is that if you drag and drop something from a windows below another, the one from which you drag the item from doesn't get focused and doesn't raise to the front.
jasonkostempski 9y ago
In Xfce, you can put the mouse where it shows the resize arrow and double click to maximize in that direction. Windows has that for vertical but not horizontal. Neither has it for diagonal, it would be sweet if that pushed the activated corner to the desktop corner.
amygdyl 9y ago
Alt-TAB thru to the window you want[0] WindowsKey-ARROW aligns top to bottom fully, or if left and right, to the side, half screen (leaving the alt tab reduced windows still selectable, so I frequently switch to the mouse then, which is fluid for next seeking to insert my cursor to edit)) and I think Page Up maximises full screen but again not recently used this option. Yes, Windows has had really very worthwhile UI shortcuts for a long time, since 7 definitely, I skipped XP mostly, W2K got just long enough support on contract I never saw SP1 or 2 even . [0] I think you can go straight to the window you want by hitting the number of the window in order but I've never used this as too many windows and I'm in a phone now, but this could be cute if you're strict about your desktop layout and I'm a rare one who isn't so particular, a laxity learned from a spell in front line help desk
markdog12 9y ago
You can double-click vertical edges too

mixmastamyk 9y ago

Like this in theory but they manage to screw it up. The new size is a state that is lost when moving again. :(

vatueil 9y ago
Personally I appreciate that, so YMMV. Makes it easy to divide the screen between two windows and then return the windows to normal size without manually resizing them.

yellowapple 9y ago

And (at least in Xfce) dragging to a corner makes it fill that quarter of the screen. Really nice for building tri-window layouts where you need one tall and two short windows, which is how I typically arrange my windows when I use a tiling WM anyway, especially when programming: tall window for code, top short for Magit, bottom short for DirEd (if I have a high enough resolution, I might sometimes turn that into three smalls - Magit + DirEd + a REPL - which Xfce doesn't seem to support, unfortunately).