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Click 'Merge' and they will become one big zone. To merge/delete zones: select a zone and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse until multiple zones are selected, release the button and a popup menu will show up.To move a divider: click on the thumb and drag.To rotate the divider: hold down the Shift key.

This is a relative layout and will resize with different screen sizes. The Grid model starts with a three column grid and allows zones to be created by splitting and merging zones, resizing the gutter between zones as desired. There are two ways to create custom zone layouts: Grid layout and Canvas layout. Select the + Create new layout button at the bottom-right. The zones editor supports creating custom layouts. The Distance to highlight adjacent zones enables you to set a custom value for the amount of space between zones until they snap together, or before both are highlighted enabling them to merge together. With the Zones Editor open, change the Show space around zones after changing the values to see the new value applied. The Space around zones field enables you to set a custom value for the width of the margin. The Show space around zones setting enables you to determine what sort of margin will surround each FancyZone window. The chosen monitor will then be the target of the selected layout. If multiple displays are in use, the editor will detect the available monitors and display them for you to choose between. Double-clicking a layout will apply it and automatically close the editor. The selected layout is applied automatically. Selecting a layout shows a preview of that layout on the monitor.

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When first launched, the zones editor presents a list of layouts that can be adjusted by how many windows are on the monitor. This was updated so that it does not conflict with Windows Terminal Quake mode shortcut. Previous to PowerToys v0.39, this shortcut was Win+ ` without Shift. Launch the zones editor using the button in the PowerToys Settings menu or by pressing Win+ Shift+ ` ('back-tick' or 'accent grave' note that this shortcut can be changed in the Settings dialog). Getting started with the editorįancyZones includes an editor to give you more control over your window layouts that can be accessed in the PowerToys Settings dashboard. Read PowerToys and running as administrator for more information. If you have applications that are elevated (such as Windows Terminal or Task Manager) and want them snapped with FancyZones, run PowerToys in administrator mode.

Move focused window between zones (only if Override Windows Snap hotkeys setting is turned on, in that case only the ⊞ Win+ ← and ⊞ Win+ → are overridden, while the ⊞ Win+ ↑ and ⊞ Win+ ↓ keep working as usual)įancyZones doesn't override the Windows ⊞ Win+ Shift+ arrow to quickly move a window to an adjacent monitor. Launches the editor (this shortcut can be changed in the Settings window) When two or more windows are snapped in the same zone, you can cycle between the snapped windows in that zone by using the shortcut Win+ PgUp/PgDn. However, you must first set Override Windows Snap to enabled in the FancyZones settings and select Move windows based on: Relative position. You can use Win+ Ctrl+ Alt+ to expand the window to multiple zones. Snapping to multiple zones with only the keyboard You can drag the window until one zone is activated, then press and hold the Control key while dragging the window to select multiple zones. Snapping to multiple zones with the mouse + keyboard When the mouse cursor is near the common edge of two zones, both zones are activated simultaneously, allowing you to drop the window into both zones. If two zones are adjacent, a window can be snapped to the sum of their area (rounded to the minimum rectangle that contains both). However, you must first set Override Windows Snap to enabled in the FancyZones settings.Ī window can be snapped to more than one zone in the following ways. You can use Win+ to expand the window to multiple zones. As you move your mouse, hovering over a zone will highlight that zone. By default, you will also need to press and hold the Shift key (This setting can be disabled via Settings). Snapping to a single zone with the mouseįirst, drag the window. When you drag a window into a zone, or enter the associated keyboard shortcut, the window is resized and repositioned to fill that zone. FancyZones allows you to define a set of zone locations to be used as targets for windows on your desktop. FancyZones is a window manager utility for arranging and snapping windows into efficient layouts to improve the speed of your workflow and restore layouts quickly.

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