To resize a browser window and shift it to the left half of the screen, use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + Left Arrow. This will snap the active window to the left half of the screen. If the window is already maximized, pressing Windows key + Left Arrow will resize it to the left half; pressing it again cycles through other states like the right half or restored size. For more precise control, you can also use Alt + Space to open the window menu, select "Size," and then use the arrow keys to resize the window manually. On macOS, native support allows moving windows to the left side of the screen via the green full-screen button (with Option key held) or by creating custom shortcuts in System Preferences.

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On Windows 7, if you hold down ... if the window is maximized it will change to occupying the right half of the screen. Keep holding the Windows key and pressing the right arrow key to cycle through right, left, and restored/resizable....
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How to Resize a Window
For example, pressing the Windows key and left arrow key resizes the window to fit the left half of the screen.
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I found a few apps that do this.

  • AquaSnap: Free for personal use.
  • WinSnap: Has a "free download" button right next to a "purchase lifetime license" button, so the "free download" is probably just a trial license.
  • MaxTo (formerly WinSplit Revolution): Not free.
  • DisplayFusion Pro
  • NVIDIA nView: pretty buggy (at least on Windows 10), but this is what I eventually settled on. Lets you partition your display any way you want.
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Unfortunately there are no shortcuts for that. The closest method I found is to use win + left + up and win + left + down to have the windows in the top and bottom left quarters. It is important to press left before pressing up/down, otherwise the window will maximize/minimize before docking.

Then you have to resize manually each of the window's width.

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Move and resize windows
Resize a window by dragging the edges or corner of the window. Hold down Shift while resizing to snap the window to the edges of the screen and other windows. Move or resize a window using only the keyboard. Press Alt+F7 to move a window or Alt+F8 to resize.
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Unfortunately, Windows 10 does not come with the feature to position your windows to upper / lower half of the screen.

What is possible though is:

Keys - Operation

Win + Left - Position a window on the left half of the screen

Win + Right - Position a window on the right half of the screen

Win + Up - Maximize a window

Win + Down - Restore a window, Minimize a window

Win + Shift + Up - Snap a window to maximum height

Win + Left / Right then Win + Up / Down - Position a window to one of the four possible quadrants

Win + Shift + Left / Right - Shift a window to the next / previous display

Win + M Minimize all windows

Win + Home Minimize all but active window

Win + D Toggle Desktop View

Hope this helps you.

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WindowSpace - Moving and Resizing Windows Quickly with Keyboard Shortcuts - NTWind Software
Moving and resizing is a snap. Just press a user-defined key combination and put windows precisely where you want them to be. Pressing Win + Arrow Keys moves the active window over the screen in four directions, left - right and up - down.
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Hold down Alt and press space.

Then press R on your keyboard. You can now use the arrows to resize the window.

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You can press Alt + F8 and your mouse pointer will automatically switch to a resizing pointer, which you can use to resize your window either with the mouse or using the arrow keys.

You can then click or press esc to stop and turn your normal pointer back on.

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Easy Move+Resize is a great little tool that does exactly what it says on the tin.

Usage

Easy Move+Resize is based on behavior found in many X11/Linux window managers

– Cmd + Ctrl + Left Mouse anywhere inside a window, then drag to move
– Cmd + Ctrl + Right Mouse anywhere inside a window, then drag to resize

This thing was a breath of fresh air after spending too much time trying to figure out how to get the latest version of BetterTouchTool to do what I wanted. It's also not dependent on SIMBL, which is nice.

My only complaint is that the key bindings are not configurable. I'd prefer to use ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+⌃ Ctrl+Left Click for resizing, since clicking and dragging with two fingers on a trackpad is a bit awkward. But hey, it's open source, and as always, there's an issue for that.

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Not entirely what you are looking for, but you can drag and resize the window without bring it to the foreground. Command-drag on the menu bar (or an empty space on the toolbar) to move the window and command-drag on the resize handle to resize it.

Command-clicking on window elements may allow you to use them while the window stays in the back, but that works inconsistently, iirc.

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r/chrome on Reddit: Keyboard Shortcut for Resizing window?
5 May 2022 -

Hi - I’m currently creating an automation using chrome and when I load a page on a website with it, the page opens at 100%. I need the page to be more zoomed out to fit all the info from it in to a screenshot. With it being an automation, I can’t zoom out manually each time.

Is there a keyboard shortcut that will fit the window to include all text on the page? Or will I have to find a workaround?

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.

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You can use selenium to drive the chrome browser. Can literally open and close windows, new tabs, etc. But yeah, taking a screenshot of the entire page would probably be best as others have mentioned.
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btw chrome has a feature to screenshot the full page including scrolled content. unsure it can be used when automating tho
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Spectacle hasn't been mentioned yet. "Move and resize your windows with ease." -- http://spectacleapp.com

It's open source: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle

Update March 17, 2020

Spectacle author does not maintain the project anymore.

Macos provided an option to move windows left/right. See the answer from @afonsoduarte

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macOS Catalina (10.15) now has commands to:

  • tile windows left and right of screen (this enters fullscreen mode with 2 app side by side)
  • enter fullscreen mode
  • move windows to left and right side of screen
  • zoom (maximise window)

You can select them by hovering the green full-screen button in the upper-left corner of a window (press the Option key for more options).

To create shortcuts for these commands you can do the following:

  1. go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
  2. select App Shortcuts
  3. press the + sign to create a new shortcut
  4. in Menu Title enter the title of the option as it appears when hover the green full-screen button, for example: Move Window to Left Side of Screen
  5. pick a keyboard shortcut, for example: ⌃⌘←
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resize - Resizing windows with keyboard shortcuts - Ask Ubuntu
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In Ubuntu, some keyboard shortcuts are set up by default:

  • Maximize window: Super+Up
  • Restore window: Super+Down
  • Tile to left half of the screen: Super+Left
  • Tile to right half of the screen: Super+Right

In addition, keys are set up to move and resize using the keyboard:

  • Begin move: Alt+F7. After hitting this key, arrow keys will move the window, Shift+Arrow keys will quickly move the window toward the side of the screen or the edge of another window. Press Enter or another key when done
  • Begin resize: Alt+F8 will initiate a resize. arrow keys will resize the window, Shift+Arrow keys will resize towards the edge or another window.

Using hidden configuration settings, more custom shortcuts for window manipulation can be defined. The following configuration commands will set up shortcut keys for:

• centering a window or moving it quickly to the side of the screen

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-center "['<Control><Super>c']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-side-e "['<Control><Super>Right']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-side-n "['<Control><Super>Up']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-side-s "['<Control><Super>Down']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-side-w "['<Control><Super>Left']"

These are keybindings I defined. You can choose to use different keybindings by editing the commands first.

• positioning a window in one of the corners of the screen

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-corner-ne "['<Control><Super>2']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-corner-nw "['<Control><Super>1']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-corner-se "['<Control><Super>4']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings move-to-corner-sw "['<Control><Super>3']"

• maximizing horizontally and vertically

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings maximize-horizontally "['<Control><Super>equal']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings maximize-vertically "['<Control><Super>backslash']"

These settings can also be set using the utility dconf-editor.

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r/gnome on Reddit: how to resize a window once it's been made half screen by super-left/right
6 May 2019 -

I'm using (ctrl) super - left and right to place windows on either side of the screen. This is great, but since I'm designing for the web I resize browser windows all day. Once the window is made as high as the screen I can't reach the corner for resizing. So first I need to 1. move the window 2. make it smaller from the top 3. move it up 4. grab the bottom right corner to be able to test different sizes. This is a bit annoying. Is there a better way to quickly grab the corner of the window in gnome?

I'm using pop_os 19, so it should be the same gnome as on ubuntu 19

many thanks

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AFAIK super + updown undocks the window to the last known size.
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You can both move and resize windows by keyboard and mouse shortcut. If you go into Gnome Tweak, under Windows tab you can turn on "Resize with Secondary-Click" and choose "Super" for example. So after you Super + Left\Right, you can further resize window by holding Super and dragging with second mouse button.
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gui - Resizing and moving an application window using keyboard hotkey and mouse - Super User
That is, simply move the cursor to the edge of a window (you'll know when the cursor is in the correct position because it will turn into a double-headed arrow), then left-click and drag to resize.
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Easy way to resize a window to fit the whole screen? - Super User
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Something like Sizer might be what you're looking for:

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You can drag the window to left side of the screen (Win + left arrow) to fill the left half of the screen and then drag just the one remaining side of the window to the other side of the screen.

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r/windows on Reddit: Looking for a key+click shortcut for quicker/easier window resizing
24 January 2024 -

In Ubuntu (a variant of Linux), I can use the Alt key together with the mouse buttons to move and resize application windows very smoothly:

  • Alt+[left mouse drag] to drag a window around the screen as is

  • Alt+[right mouse drag] to resize a window by adjusting the location of the corner nearest the cursor

Crucially, the cursor does not need to be located atop the window or exactly on the edge/corner of the window to perform either operation, just somewhere inside the window! For resizing, it avoids the repeated annoyance of waiting to confirm that the cursor icon has changed to the adjustment arrow before I begin the adjustment. This adds up (in my case) to a huge improvement in workflow.

Is there any analogue of this quick-resize capability in Windows?

So far the only info I've seen on various forums and help pages is that Windows has the [Windows key]+[up/down/left/right] shortcuts -- but those are both less convenient and much less versatile than the functionality I'm hoping to find. Thanks in advance for any tips here.

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https://corz.org/windows/software/accessories/KDE-resizing-moving-for-Windows.php
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I use this RamonUnch/AltSnap: Maintained continuation of Stefan Sundin's AltDrag (github.com)
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Snap Your Windows - Microsoft Support
The Snap layout box will display automatically ... Press and hold the Windows Logo Key + Arrow to Snap the app you are on. You can keep changing positions of the snap using your keyboard arrows · Use the Left Arrowto position the app on the left side of your screen
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Hi Bairn_966,

Thanks for your reply,

To resize a window using keyboard only in Windows 10, follow the below steps, and check if that helps.

  1. Switch to the desired window using Alt + Tab.
  2. Press Alt + Space shortcut keys together on the keyboard to open the window menu.
  3. Now, press S. The mouse cursor will turn into a cross with arrows.
  4. Use the left, right, up and down arrow keys to resize your window.
  5. When you have set the desired window size, press Enter.
  6. Restart the PC and check if that works.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

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Hi Bairn_966,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Ideally, the Windows of the any program or the file Explorer will open in the same size as it was closed last time. However, I suggest you to follow the below steps, and check if that helps.

  1. Resize to the size of the application you want.
  2. Press the shift key and keep it pressed, then click on X or close window with mouse while the key is still pressed.
  3. Restart the System and check if that works.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

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CNET
cnet.com › tech › services & software › operating systems › use your keyboard to move and resize windows
Use your keyboard to move and resize windows - CNET
19 June 2008 - The Move command places a four-arrow icon on the screen. Press the arrow keys to reposition the window, and press Enter when it's in place to return to the normal view. The Size option uses the same icon, but the arrow keys move the top, bottom, left, or right side of the window.
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TechRepublic
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How to Split Screen on macOS, iPadOS, Windows & Chrome OS
20 November 2023 - This key, when pressed with either the left or right arrow key, lets you rapidly reposition an app in any of three positions (Figure B). Both key combinations — Windows key + left arrow and Windows key + right arrow — cycle the position ...