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Questions tagged [aero-snap]

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Win-Key + Arrow does not snap windows on Win10

I am having the issue that Win+←/→ does not snap the windows to the side of my monitor, this is similar…
alexandre iolov
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How to disable maximize-on-top-drag?

In Windows 7, if you drag a window by its title bar to the top of the screen, the window maximizes. This annoys me -- if I am dragging a window to the top of the screen, it is because I am positioning it so I can see it and something else. If I…
David Mackintosh
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How to arrange windows in e.g. 3x3 pattern?

On a default Win10 system, pressing e.g. Win+Left pushes the current window to the left edge of the screen setting its width to half of the screen. This is an awesome feature and I love it. However, I can imagine additional greatness to said…
Konrad Viltersten
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Windows 7 Aero Snap two windows horizontally

As many people already know, there are several ways to trigger Windows 7 Aero Snap feature. A user can either press Win+{Left,Right,Up,Down} to snap the window to the left or right or maximize or restore. One can also drag the title bar to all the…
Patrick
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Win+Right, Win+Left shortcuts not working in Windows 10

Somehow Win+Right and Win+Left shortcuts that are used to snap the window to the left or right of the screen don't work any more. They worked fine a few days a go and now the stopped working. Other Windows key shortcuts work fine, the the arrow…
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Save aero-snapped window position

In Windows 7 it's convenient to "aero-snap" a window to the edge of a screen and there are some programs I always expect in a particular position (eg. Windows Explorer snapped to the left, Chrome snapped to the right). The thing is, when I exit the…
EMP
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prevent Notepad++ from resizing when a new document is opened

I run notepad++ snapped to the side of my screen (using the Windows 7 Snap feature), however whenever I open a new document in Notepad++ by double clicking on the document from the desktop (as opposed to opening through the File menu) it unsnaps it…
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How to disable aero snap without disabling Win+Left/Right on Windows 10?

I've searched the internet and I came across this post but it only solves one half of the problem. The first comment of this answer describes my problem but I could not find any solutions to this 'problem'. So I'm making a new post for this. Any…
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Disable Windows Corner Snap (2x2 vertical resizing)

update: The 2x2 snapping is called "Corner Snap". There are two features that make Corner Snap more useful: "Snap Fill" Side-by-side windows resize Figuring out how to use these features made me reconsider the desire to disable Corner Snap, so…
Leftium
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How to disable Windows 7 feature that maximizes a window to full screen when moved to the edge of the screen (but keep keyboard shortcuts working)?

I followed this advice: How to disable auto-maximize/resize window (aero-snap) when near screen edge? But it also turns off the feature where pressing WinKey + Left/Right Arrow, fit the windows to half of the screen on the direction of the arrow…
Joan Venge
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Aero Snap is great, but are there any Windows 7 utilities to make windows snap to each other?

I loves me some Aero Snap, but I'll admit to a little disappointment: when it was first announced, I pictured a feature by which the edges of non-maximized windows would 'snap' against each other when you moved them close enough together (either by…
Dan J
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Snap to top of screen in Windows 10 on portrait monitor

In Windows 10, is there a way to snap to top and bottom of screen (instead of maximising on dragging to top of screen for example) on my portrait monitor?
Jay Wick
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Adjust window snap speed on multi-monitor setup?

I am using a multi-monitor setup and every time I try to move a window from one monitor to the other it tries to snap it on the side of the current monitor not letting me move it over to the other monitor. The only way to prevent that is by moving…
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Can I Aero-snap to the top/bottom instead of left/right when using Portrait display mode for a monitor?

I want WINDOWS+LEFT and WINDOWS+RIGHT to snap to the top half and bottom half respectively. Any solution works, be it a registry hack, driver setting, or program I can run. This question is asking the same thing but the 'Answer' doesn't really…
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Windows key + arrow, i.e. Aero Snap, performing differently in Windows 10

Aero Snap in Windows 7 simply moved the active window. In Windows 10 (for me now) the Windows key + arrows still move the active window but sometimes also displays thumbnails of the other windows and makes that display active. When this happens I…
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