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Hope for the future: Windows 7 introduced a new hotkey that resizes windows to take up either the left or right half of the screen: WIN+LEFTARROW or WIN+RIGHTAR

by pseale 16y ago

Hope for the future: Windows 7 introduced a new hotkey that resizes windows to take up either the left or right half of the screen: WIN+LEFTARROW or WIN+RIGHTARROW.

henrikgs 16y ago
Im sorry if this was a joke and I didn't get it, but Windows 7 does exactly that
- martinkallstrom 16y ago
  You misread the comment; read the first sentence as "[there is] hope for the future", not "[this is my] hope for the future"
- deleted 16y ago
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iaskwhy 16y ago
Or you could just move the window to the left or right side and it will do just that, no keys involved.
- iaskwhy 16y ago
  I'd love to understand why someone would mod down my comment. I believe it's my first time, it's insightful so there was no reason to mod it down is it?
  - frou_dh 16y ago
    At a guess they don't realise that triggers a size snap and thought you meant simply do it manually.
    - iaskwhy 16y ago
      Oh, thanks, I guess I can see that happening now that you say it! Should have been clearer like gxti did sometime after.
pragmatic 16y ago
Thank you. I use Multiple Monitors/UltraMon and the support for doing this with the mouse is lost (not sure if multiple monitors or b/c of Ultramon). I guess I should have know there was a hot key.
- mazuhl 16y ago
  There's also a tool called Winsplit Revolution which does the same thing. It's like Divvy on the Mac.
gxti 16y ago
There are also drag cues: drag to the top to maximize, to the left or right to maximize 100% vertically and 50% horizontally on the current screen, or when resizing a window drag to an edge to maximize in that dimension.
wmf 16y ago
Unfortunately, half the screen (on a typical monitor) is not even wide enough to view a "modern" 1000px+ Web page.