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Window tiling! If you drag a single window to the top does it maximize, and unmaximize when you drag it away? That's been my most wanted feature in macOS since
by modeless 2y ago
Window tiling! If you drag a single window to the top does it maximize, and unmaximize when you drag it away? That's been my most wanted feature in macOS since forever (yes I have tried the third party ones).
I don't really care about tiling multiple windows, but I've always hated the macOS full screen behavior, and before that the old green button behavior, so an alternative that finally works well (the way Windows has for many years) would be amazing.
- cloudking 2y agoIs it better than Swish? I recently discovered this and it's game changing for trackpad users https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/ https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/
- modeless 2y agoThat does look pretty cool. Unfortunately my experience with third party window management features has been bad.
- mm263 2y agoLong time Swish user - I think it's pretty good, unlike other solutions I tried
- JoBrad 2y agoHave been using Rectangles for a while. I like Swish's tiling options, though! I'll have to give it a try.
- touristtam 2y agoI like Rectangle too, but both Magnet and Swish have feature that seems they would appeal to a lot more Mac users.
- AndrewSwift 2y agoNote that you can option double click the corner of a window to make it fill the screen. I realize that this isn't what you're asking, but it might help.
- tpmoney 2y agoYou can also double click the title bar to expand to fill the screen, and double click it again to return to the previous size. One caveat to this is if your application saves window sizes on close and you close with a full screen window and re-open, it won’t shrink again because the “original size” was full screen when the window was opened
- JoBrad 2y agoSetting the "Double-click a window's title bar" action to Zoom just fills the vertical space. It doesn't adjust the width to fill available space, which is usually what I want. Finder, as an example, almost never sets the width to something usable.
- tpmoney 2y agoTrue, it would be more accurate to say that what "zoom" is designed to do is expand the window as much as possible to display all the content, however the application defines that. For many applications, the result is a fully maximized window. On my MBA, Notes, Messages, Calendar, iTerm, Solvspace, and Mail all just fill the screen. For other applications that report specific content area to the OS that can mean something different. A finder window generally reshapes to show all the icons in icon view, or to maximize columns and names in list view.
- int_19h 2y agoThe most annoying one is Safari, which arbitrarily decides on what the "best" window width is, even if the website could easily reflow to fit a wider window.
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- aeturnum 2y agoWe may actually be seeing the moment where Moom[1] is no longer an essential OS X app. It can solve both window tiling and the "maximize problem" on mac and has been my first install for many years. Here's to hoping that Apple can get one basic OS feature right once. [1] https://manytricks.com/moom/ https://manytricks.com/moom/
- wilg 2y agoI wish I could set the macOS one to allow me to have ⅓ on the left and ⅔ on the right.
- torstenvl 2y agoRectangle does thirds with ctrl+opt+D/F/G and two-thirds with ctrl+opt+E/T
- philistine 2y agoThere are so many totally invisible third-party apps that do exactly that.
- wilg 2y agoI know, I use Moom, but I wish the macOS one did it.
- seemaze 2y agoThe 'cycle' option in Rectangle.app allows just this. I use the hotkey(s) + bracket keys to cycle 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 screen windows justified left or right, and the hotkey + pipe key to cycle center justified. These three shortcuts are embarrassingly effective and cover 99% of my window tiling. Others include the standard hotkey(s) + return for fullscreen and hotkey(s) + backspace for the previous window size..
- typeofhuman 2y agoMoom's keyboard shortcuts and grid layout are superb.
- torstenvl 2y agoI don't know which ones you've tried, but the most popular ones (Magnet and Rectangle) have worked perfectly for me for years. I routinely forget that I have Rectangle installed.
- z5h 2y agoI have to use XQuartz for some apps I run in macOS. Magnet (and other apps I've tried) don't understand those windows. ShiftIt does, but it's buggy and no longer maintained.
- chrisweekly 2y agoI've been happy with Divvy for many years. It's not autotiling but the one-time config setup is intuitive after which my kbd shortcuts put things exactly where I want em, so I hardly ever think about it.
- atonse 2y agoI’ve used both Divvy and Magnet over the years and they both worked well.
- skzv 2y agoI've been happily using Magnet for a long time for this purpose. Good window tiling is critical when working on a 57" monitor...
- adamesque 2y agoMagnet is great, with very good sane default keybindings so you can just install and go.
- bartvk 2y agoDid you mistype or are you actually somehow using a 57 inch monitor? If really 57”, are these multiple separate screens? I went up from 32 to 40 and regret it, to be honest. It’s m nice for Xcode, but for any other use, it’s too big for me. For instance, I miss notifications that pop up in the top right corner, it’s just out of my field of vision.
- rpastuszak 2y agoHm, I've been really happy with Rectangle (https://rectangleapp.com https://rectangleapp.com) and its shortcuts have become second nature to me, but if the native version is equally keyboard friendly I might give it a go. (btw, have you tried Rectangle and if so - what didn't you like?) (Not affiliated with it, just a happy user)
- skydhash 2y agoRectangle is as mandatory on macOS as VLC was on windows.
- NetOpWibby 2y agoPresButan is mandatory for me on macOS so I can make the Delete/Backspace key delete files.
- agys 2y agoGenuine q: is cmd–backspace too much? I’m in general pretty satisfied with the Finder keyboard navigation/editing. Especially with “enter” for rename, copy/paste/cut/move and deletion too…
- JoBrad 2y agoI never understood the enter for rename shortcut. People open (or "execute", which is the general understanding of the action for the "enter" key) files far more than they rename them.
- jwells89 2y agoIt makes sense if one considers the angle of how single-key shortcuts are much more disaster-prone. For example, if the user has a large number of files selected and accidentally triggers the open shortcut by hitting enter, their computer is going to be stuck spinning its wheels for a while (the more files involved and the heavier the applications they open in, the worse it'll be) unless they force restart. Involving a modifier key filters for intention pretty well, and so while this scenario is possible with ⌘O, it's far less likely. Most Mac shortcuts seem to follow this, with those that are single-key by default doing relatively harmless and easily reversible things.
- llm_nerd 2y agoIf you hold option while dragging the window, yes. Otherwise dragging the window to the top of the screen is the method of moving it between spaces (e.g. separate desktop workspaces).
- cityzen 2y agoRaycast has window management and it has been amazing. Very easy to move windows between displays and different configurations of window size and placement.
- dbbk 2y agoIt maximises, but slightly smaller than full maximisation, which is driving me crazy. Eg there's a 30px or so gap, and if you double tap the chrome it fills the remaining space.
- benbristow 2y agoWindows 7 only had that since 2009... better late than never I suppose!
- xhkkffbf 2y agoDidn't the original Windows 1 put all of the windows in tiles? Here's an image from a history: https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2015/06/22/history-of-windows/index.html https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2015/06/22/history-...
- benbristow 2y agoI meant more the drag to snap, but good point! Not sure if MacOS has had that in the past though...
- justincormack 2y agoBecause Apple had a patent on overlapping AFAIK.
- dkga 2y agoThanks for this! By the way, does anyone know anyone of the icon designers of Windows 3, 3.1? I would be very happy to meet them or know more about them. For some reason I'm still fascinated with those icons even after all those years.
- JohnBooty 2y agoSusan Kare, who designed many of the original Macintosh's graphical elements, also designed many of Windows 3.x's icons. https://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/susan-kare https://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/susan-kare
- addandsubtract 2y agoBetterTouchTool has a window tiler built in, too.
- herpdyderp 2y agoBetterTouchTool used to be a mandatory install for every Mac for me. Unfortunately, at some point it started putting all my screens to sleep a few times a day. I have no idea why, and it persisted across multiple devices. I switched to Magnet once I narrowed the issue to BetterTouchTool.
- tengwar2 2y agoI really hope not. I found that intensely annoying on Windows.
- modeless 2y agoThe original Aero Snap was almost perfect. But I find the newer variation in Win11 a bit annoying as it adds a bunch of UI for tiling that is too easy to activate by accident.
- deergomoo 2y ago> the old green button behavior It annoys the hell out of me that there’s never been an option to invert this. I actually like the old size-to-fit behaviour and I never ever want the iOS-style full screen, I don’t want to have to hold Option to get what was once the default behaviour.
- rcarmo 2y agoFYI, I maintain a list of more sophisticated window management tools at https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/window_managers https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/window_managers