Questions tagged [windows-snap-assist]
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When you have two windows snapped in Windows 10 , is there a way to Alt-Tab to both of them at the same time?
In Window 10, I have two windows snapped on the right and left side of a screen. When I Alt + Tab from a full size window to the snapped windows, I need to Alt + Tab once and I will see one of the snapped windows and half of the full screen windows.…
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Is it possible to disable "Snap windows" when moving windows between monitors without disabling the Win+Right/Left Arrow hotkeys
If I toggle off "Snap windows" because I want to disable the window snapping that occurs when dragging windows between monitors, it also disables the Win+Right and Win+Left shortcuts for snapping to the right and left of the screen.
I even tried…
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Windows 11 Snap Layouts: force all 6 layout options (irrespective of display resolution)?
I noticed that on Windows 11, upon pressing Win+z, on my smaller screen I have ...
...while on my bigger one I have two more options:
(And if you upvote this question,then next time I'll be able to post actual images instead of just links :-)
Can…
Pingui
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How to disable Windows Snap Assist via command line?
When I press Windows+left-key or Windows+right-key, the active window snaps to the left or right side of the screen. However, when I do this, I get a selection of windows which also could be "snapped" - I found that this feature is called "snap…
Joe
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Does Windows 11's new Snap feature only work with certain applications?
Just installed the Windows 11 Preview, if I hover over the maximise button in Notepad, I see the new snap dialog:
But in an application like Visual Studio 2022 Preview (1.1), I don't see it:
Do applications have to be configured to support this,…
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Changing Windows 10 snap assist (back to the way Win8/7 had it)
Note: For the sake of saving myself some typing, I'm omitting the Windows from my key combinations.
So I'm used to being able to hit →/← to snap my windows around the screen, moving (when using the right arrow) from the right side of the scren to…
anon
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When snapping a window with shortcuts, Windows doesn't show what can be snapped next to it
The [Win + left | right] arrow shortcuts on Windows 10 snap the window to the left or right side of the screen and show small thumbnails of the other windows that you can snap next to it.
After updating Windows 10 to version 1903, the shortcuts do…
Marco Lackovic
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Enabling snap assists in Windows 10?
I have installed the Windows 10 Preview Enterprise on a pc with a Windows 8.1 Prof.
After install I'm unable to get the new snap assist to work correctly, or at least as I assumed it would work.
Right now the only snap I see is to snap the app to a…
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Is there a way to save snapped windows in a windows 10 dual screen setup when reconnecting?
At work I've got a laptop with an extra screen at my desk. When I have to go to a meeting I unplug my laptop. Unfortunately when I do that, all my snapped windows are reset to my laptop screen. This is understandable because I only have one screen…
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Windows 10 "snap" features no longer work with shortcuts after major update
After the recent major Windows 10 update after the notification that support for earlier Windows 10 base versions will cease in November, "snap" features stopped working with keyboard shortcuts.
All snap settings set to…
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Windows 10 snap window to 3/4th of screen
I am using windows 10 pro.
I can snap windows to the half of my screen by doing ctrl + right arrow or ctrl + left arrow.
And this is great but what if I want to snap a window to the 3/4th of right and another on the 1/4th of left.
Creating software…
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After snapping window the window choosing part loses focus, cannot use keyboard
In Windows 10, when you snap a window with a keyboard shortcut, normally you go and select with arrow keys and pressing enter another window to be selected and snapped next to it (or below it, etc.). Recently, I have this bug going on - the window…
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Window Snapping doesn't work despite being turned on
In the Windows 10 settings app, all Window snapping options are turned on. But windows don't change size when moving them to the edge of the screen.
How can this be debugged?
Which registry keys affect this behaviour?
Toast
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Windows snap assist: How to move the divider using only the keyboard?
I like the Windows Snap function and use the keyboard to do it quickly. After using Windows-LeftArrow I can then choose what Window should be put on the right side with arrow keys and enter.
This is very nice, except I also sometimes wish for the…
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win 10: how to "snap out" a window with the keyboard
The (win + an arrow) shortcut on win 10 snapped the window to the right/left/top/bottom of the screen.
Is there a shortcut to go back to, that is, making the snapped window displayed all over the screen?
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