Window Manager

Overview

Window Manager moves and resizes the window you’re using with a shortcut: halves, corners, thirds, sixths, and fourths of the screen, maximize, center, and the next or previous display.

All but one of its 30 window commands start with a shortcut, and you can change any of them in Settings. Drag a window to the top, a side, or a corner of the screen to snap it. Its behavior is derived from Rectangle, the open-source window manager.

Shortcuts

29 by default, such as⌃⌥⌘←

Tab in Quick Search

None

macOS permissions

Accessibility

How to use it

1. Click the window you want to move.
2. Press a shortcut, such as ⌃⌥⌘← for the left half.⌃⌥⌘←
3. Or drag the window to the top, a side, or a corner of the screen to snap it.

Key features

• 30 window commands: halves, corners, thirds, two-thirds, sixths, and fourths of the screen
• Maximize, Make Smaller, Make Larger, Move to Center, and Restore
• Move a window to the next or previous display
• Drag a window to the top edge to maximize it, a side to fill that half, or a corner to fill that quarter
• Change any shortcut in Settings, or Restore Defaults

Commands

Its shortcuts work from any app, and you can change any of them in Settings › Window Manager.

• Left⌃⌥⌘←
• Right⌃⌥⌘→
• Center⌃⌥⌘5
• Top⌃⌥⇧⌘↑
• Bottom⌃⌥⇧⌘↓
• Top Left⌃⌥U
• Top RightNot set by default
• Bottom Left⌃⌥J
• Bottom Right⌃⌥K
• Maximize⌃⌥⌘↑
• Make Smaller⌃⌥-
• Make Larger⌃⌥=
• Move to Center⌃⌥⌘M
• Restore⌃⌥⌫
• Next Display⌃⌥→
• Previous Display⌃⌥←
• First Third⌃⌥⌘1
• Center Third⌃⌥⌘2
• Last Third⌃⌥⌘3
• First Two Thirds⌃⌥⌘4
• Last Two Thirds⌃⌥⌘6
• Top Left Sixth⌃⌥⇧⌘4
• Top Center Sixth⌃⌥⇧⌘5
• Top Right Sixth⌃⌥⇧⌘6
• Bottom Left Sixth⌃⌥⇧⌘7
• Bottom Center Sixth⌃⌥⇧⌘8
• Bottom Right Sixth⌃⌥⇧⌘9
• Last Fourth⌃⌥⌘↘
• First Three Fourths⌃⌥⌘7
• Last Three Fourths⌃⌥⌘9

Permissions and privacy

Window Manager asks for this macOS permission while it’s on:

• AccessibilityLets Window Manager move and resize other apps’ windows.

Questions