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How does one handle window placement in a single monitor setup like that? I quite often use Windows' fill right, fill left, maximize, fill height options for wi

How does one handle window placement in a single monitor setup like that? I quite often use Windows' fill right, fill left, maximize, fill height options for window arrangement.

alex_c 12y ago
I use a 39" Seiki with my MacBook, and managing windows is a relatively minor but real annoyance. I just drag and resize manually, and usually end up with overlapping windows of different sizes all over the place. I still love the display and would never go back, but it feels like I'm not using it quite as effectively as I could. I suspect this is a gap that will be filled pretty quickly once these monitors become more common.
- sixothree 12y ago
  And on Windows running both AllSnap and AllSnap64 help me a great deal, even though I'm still on smaller monitors.
- pwython 12y ago
  Have you tried BetterSnapTool? It's one of the most useful apps I use. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?m...
- math0ne 12y ago
  Check out divvy: https://mizage.com/divvy/ https://mizage.com/divvy/
robterrell 12y ago
For Mac OS X, check out Moom (on the Mac App Store). It lets you arrange windows in various nice ways via clicks or keystrokes.
- wmf 12y ago
  I second the recommendation of Moom; its grid layout can go beyond the 2x2 that most other tools support and its window snapshot restoration is great for laptops.
dlevine 12y ago
I use SizeUp for Mac. It lets you resize windows and move them between monitors/spaces
dublinben 12y ago
Presumably using a tiling window manager would solve that problem entirely. The window management in Windows/OS X is positively archaic compared to what you can get in Linux these days.
wernercd 12y ago
http://winsplit-revolution.com/ http://winsplit-revolution.com/ is a good option. Haven't tried others because this has been simple to setup and has easy shortcuts that use cntrl+alt+keypad to move window into various spots.
- RobotCaleb 12y ago
  Thanks, I'll check it out. (15 minutes later) Okay, this is great. It just works. Thanks for the recommendation.
math0ne 12y ago
I like divvy: https://mizage.com/divvy/ https://mizage.com/divvy/
michaelbuckbee 12y ago
When I got my Seiki I basically tried all of the different Mac Window managers, most of them were immediately out of the running as they couldn't support a large enough grid to make sense (2x2 was the standard). With Divvy I could set up a 6x6 grid which is perfect as you can easily set global shortcuts to treat it as either a 3x3 grid or a 2x3 grid with your keyboard shortcuts on the Command and Numpad (see image) http://imgur.com/3E474eP http://imgur.com/3E474eP This is awesome as you don't have to really 'remember' a bunch of shortcuts as the keyboard grids look just like what your screen grids are.
rane 12y ago
Possibly with this, https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst > Tiling window manager for OS X similar to xmonad

How does one handle window placement in a single monitor setup like that? I quite often use Windows' fill right, fill left, maximize, fill height options for window arrangement.

alex_c 12y ago

I use a 39" Seiki with my MacBook, and managing windows is a relatively minor but real annoyance. I just drag and resize manually, and usually end up with overlapping windows of different sizes all over the place. I still love the display and would never go back, but it feels like I'm not using it quite as effectively as I could. I suspect this is a gap that will be filled pretty quickly once these monitors become more common.

sixothree 12y ago
And on Windows running both AllSnap and AllSnap64 help me a great deal, even though I'm still on smaller monitors.
pwython 12y ago
Have you tried BetterSnapTool? It's one of the most useful apps I use. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?m...
math0ne 12y ago
Check out divvy: https://mizage.com/divvy/ https://mizage.com/divvy/

robterrell 12y ago

For Mac OS X, check out Moom (on the Mac App Store). It lets you arrange windows in various nice ways via clicks or keystrokes.

wmf 12y ago
I second the recommendation of Moom; its grid layout can go beyond the 2x2 that most other tools support and its window snapshot restoration is great for laptops.

dlevine 12y ago

I use SizeUp for Mac. It lets you resize windows and move them between monitors/spaces

dublinben 12y ago

Presumably using a tiling window manager would solve that problem entirely. The window management in Windows/OS X is positively archaic compared to what you can get in Linux these days.

wernercd 12y ago

http://winsplit-revolution.com/ http://winsplit-revolution.com/ is a good option. Haven't tried others because this has been simple to setup and has easy shortcuts that use cntrl+alt+keypad to move window into various spots.

RobotCaleb 12y ago
Thanks, I'll check it out. (15 minutes later) Okay, this is great. It just works. Thanks for the recommendation.

math0ne 12y ago

I like divvy: https://mizage.com/divvy/ https://mizage.com/divvy/

michaelbuckbee 12y ago

When I got my Seiki I basically tried all of the different Mac Window managers, most of them were immediately out of the running as they couldn't support a large enough grid to make sense (2x2 was the standard). With Divvy I could set up a 6x6 grid which is perfect as you can easily set global shortcuts to treat it as either a 3x3 grid or a 2x3 grid with your keyboard shortcuts on the Command and Numpad (see image) http://imgur.com/3E474eP http://imgur.com/3E474eP This is awesome as you don't have to really 'remember' a bunch of shortcuts as the keyboard grids look just like what your screen grids are.

rane 12y ago

Possibly with this, https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst > Tiling window manager for OS X similar to xmonad