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The lack of window snapping is mind boggling to me. My home computer has lxde on it, which includes the feature.

latexr 6y ago
Window snapping has been a native feature on macOS for years: https://osxdaily.com/2016/12/06/use-window-snapping-mac/ https://osxdaily.com/2016/12/06/use-window-snapping-mac/
- falcolas 6y ago
  Different snapping, at least to what I’m used to. The snapping Windows offers is half and full screen windows with a keypress (or dragging against a wall). Mac does offer something similar, but only for full screen/split-full-screen mode.
  - aggrrrh 6y ago
    You can open a menu with option-click and hold on expand icon and snap window to the side of the screen
    - falcolas 6y ago
      TIL. Still less functional (no hotkeys) but good to know, regardless. Discoverability could use some work.
  - latexr 6y ago
    > Different snapping, at least to what I’m used to. Be that as it may, the post I responded to was commenting on the absence of a feature that isn’t absent. Wether you like or are accustomed to its behaviour is a different matter.
    - falcolas 6y ago
      If the feature is significantly different (windows snapping into positions on the screen versus remaining within certain constraints), then the feature might as well not exist. That they're named the same is irrelevant.
      - fuball63 6y ago
        Thanks falcolas, yeah, I definitely meant "window snapping" in the way that almost every other desktop environment, including LXDE and Windows, means it. Keyboard shortcuts to resize and reposition windows without changing display mode. Windows has the drag to edge which I like too (although I don't use Windows much anymore). The fact that OSX would have a feature called "window snapping" that isn't really the same is similarly mind boggling.
      - Someone 6y ago
        By that logic, one could argue Windows doesn’t have window snapping (it has, but it’s significantly different from what some people are used to on the Mac, so it “might as well not exist”) (Not making any claims about the usefulness of either feature)
        falcolas 6y ago
        The original context of this conversation was window snapping on Windows not being available on the mac. Given that context, I stand by my earlier statement.
    - moistbar 6y ago
      Yeah that's not what OP is talking about. Windows lets you half-width maximize windows next to each other, then drag the border in between to resize both [0]. What you've provided is, essentially, a way to make it easy to line up the edges of your windows, which is a feature I largely consider unnecessary. [0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/snap-your-windows-885a9b1e-a983-a3b1-16cd-c531795e6241 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/snap-your-window...
      - latexr 6y ago
        > Windows lets you half-width maximize windows next to each other, then drag the border in between to resize both So does macOS[1] (and iPadOS). [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948
        falcolas 6y ago
        FWIW, that's full screen mode only. I can't do that on option-Plus button sized screens. You lose the menu bar and dock to full screen mode (they're hidden, more specifically).
amaccuish 6y ago
Yupp. Magnet is the best alternative. Also wtf does pressing the maximise button go full screen? Can't we have two buttons, one for maximise and one for fullscreen?
abdusco 6y ago
Check out Rectangle. It meets 90% of my use cases as someone that prefers the way Windows handles windows. https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

Window snapping has been a native feature on macOS for years: https://osxdaily.com/2016/12/06/use-window-snapping-mac/ https://osxdaily.com/2016/12/06/use-window-snapping-mac/

falcolas 6y ago
Different snapping, at least to what I’m used to. The snapping Windows offers is half and full screen windows with a keypress (or dragging against a wall). Mac does offer something similar, but only for full screen/split-full-screen mode.
- aggrrrh 6y ago
  You can open a menu with option-click and hold on expand icon and snap window to the side of the screen
  - falcolas 6y ago
    TIL. Still less functional (no hotkeys) but good to know, regardless. Discoverability could use some work.
- latexr 6y ago
  > Different snapping, at least to what I’m used to. Be that as it may, the post I responded to was commenting on the absence of a feature that isn’t absent. Wether you like or are accustomed to its behaviour is a different matter.
  - falcolas 6y ago
    If the feature is significantly different (windows snapping into positions on the screen versus remaining within certain constraints), then the feature might as well not exist. That they're named the same is irrelevant.
    - fuball63 6y ago
      Thanks falcolas, yeah, I definitely meant "window snapping" in the way that almost every other desktop environment, including LXDE and Windows, means it. Keyboard shortcuts to resize and reposition windows without changing display mode. Windows has the drag to edge which I like too (although I don't use Windows much anymore). The fact that OSX would have a feature called "window snapping" that isn't really the same is similarly mind boggling.
    - Someone 6y ago
      By that logic, one could argue Windows doesn’t have window snapping (it has, but it’s significantly different from what some people are used to on the Mac, so it “might as well not exist”) (Not making any claims about the usefulness of either feature)
      - falcolas 6y ago
        The original context of this conversation was window snapping on Windows not being available on the mac. Given that context, I stand by my earlier statement.
  - moistbar 6y ago
    Yeah that's not what OP is talking about. Windows lets you half-width maximize windows next to each other, then drag the border in between to resize both [0]. What you've provided is, essentially, a way to make it easy to line up the edges of your windows, which is a feature I largely consider unnecessary. [0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/snap-your-windows-885a9b1e-a983-a3b1-16cd-c531795e6241 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/snap-your-window...
    - latexr 6y ago
      > Windows lets you half-width maximize windows next to each other, then drag the border in between to resize both So does macOS[1] (and iPadOS). [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948
      - falcolas 6y ago
        FWIW, that's full screen mode only. I can't do that on option-Plus button sized screens. You lose the menu bar and dock to full screen mode (they're hidden, more specifically).

amaccuish 6y ago

Yupp. Magnet is the best alternative. Also wtf does pressing the maximise button go full screen? Can't we have two buttons, one for maximise and one for fullscreen?

abdusco 6y ago

Check out Rectangle. It meets 90% of my use cases as someone that prefers the way Windows handles windows. https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle