Questions tagged [window-manager]
Window management refers to software that controls the placement, layout, and appearance of various windows on OS X.
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What happened? Why can't I dock the window on the side to switch the desktop?
In the past months, I can hold a app window on the left or right side of screen for some seconds to switch to nearby desktop. However, it started not to work these days. What is the reason?
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Disabling MacOS Ventura Shortcut to Move Window to the Bottom or Top
Since updating to MacOS Ventura, I cannot find any way to disable some keyboard shortcuts. The 'move window' shortcuts appear to work now but I cannot find where to modify or disable these in the ...
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New window appears behind other windows rather than frontmost
When a new window is opened, normally it appears frontmost, over all other windows.
For example, when I execute code README.md command inside a Terminal, VSCode is opened and its window appears on top ...
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Window management shortcuts not consistent when in Chrome
I currently use the app Spectacle (I appreciate I should maybe use Rectangle, but that's what I use for now). For many years I have used Cmd+Opt+Left/Right to move a window to the left/right half of ...
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macOS Catalina : Dock automatically getting selected instead of other opened windows
I am new to Mac. I have both Safari and Xcode window open. Problem is, whenever I am quiting my Xcode, currently open Safari window isn't automatically getting selected. Instead Dock getting selected. ...
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How to use both hotkeys AND command tab to go to app window
I've used both iTerm and the new Warp terminal apps which both offer a hotkey shortcut to open a window. But the hotkey feature disables the native macos command+tab switcher for those apps. I want ...
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How to disable automatic window resizing when moving between monitors?
When moving a window between monitors of different sizes, the system automatically resizes the window based on the relative dimensions of the source and destination monitors. Apparently this feature ...
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Amethyst and Zathura
I am using Amethyst as a window manager. I also use Zathura PDF viewer. I want to float all applications in Amethyst except the ones in the list. One of which is Zathura. I can't seem to find the &...
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How can I close a window without bringing other windows for that app to the front?
If have multiple windows open for an app and I close one of those windows the top-most window from that app immediately jumps to the front even if it was behind a window from another app. I'm a long ...
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Is there a way to make certain applications hide as soon as they no longer become the active window?
I have a few application which I would really like it if they were to hide automatically instead of moving behind the new active window. It would be great if I could make some sort of daemon which ...
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Is there a way to save a window tiling layout, and apply it later using a key binding?
I often use certain tiling layouts, such as Safari tiled to the left 60% of the screen, and Emacs tiled to the right 40%. I'd like to be able to save these layouts and restore them later, using a key ...
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Action: Swap main windows of screens A and B
On MacOS, suppose window 1 is focused on screen 1, and window 2 is focused on screen 2.** How may I swap their two locations with a keyboard combo?
I'm willing to use an external app. Some apps I know ...
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MacOS: Change animation speed of Stage Manager
I'm interested in using Stage Manager for MacOS, but I find the window switching animations too slow.
Is there a way to change the animation speed, e.g. via a Terminal command to alter a .plist ...
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How to prevent MacOS to change focus on other monitors when I'm switching Spaces or clicking on a window
I have seen this question before but everyone seems to say that it's not a bug, but a feature. I beg to disagree and provide my problem and perspective:
I have Chrome spread between two Spaces in ...
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How do I prevent windows from maximizing when "touching" the menu bar in Ventura?
After upgrading to Ventura, everytime I drag a window up towards the menu bar, it maximizes. How do I disable that?
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How can I use a keyboard shortcut to switch focus to another display?
I looked at this question - Keyboard shortcut to switch focus between multiple displays on OS X 10.9+ - but the op doesn't seem to have the same goal as me.
I have a multi-monitor setup, and I have ...
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macOS window closing order
When I have multiple windows open for an application (e.g., Safari), when I close one window, the other window automatically comes into focus, above other application windows that may have been in ...
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Resize macOS partition gaining from Windows partition resized
This question is about macOS BigSur 11.6.1 w/ Boot Camp Windows 10.
The HDD was partitioned for macOS and Windows 10. Since the macOS upgrade to 12/13 needs bigger size, I resized the Windows ...
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Any systematic way to switch between windows in MacOS?
I am using Mac for a year now, but still didn't figure out if there is any systematic way to switch between windows here?
Obviously it is not possible to use Command-TAB all the time as in Windows. ...
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Cmd+` opens Finder instead of opening next app window
I have: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Keyboard > Menu focus next window = Cmd + ` (default)
But in fact, this shortcut calls Finder (next press gets focus back to the window)...
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Random greyed out window appears and doesn't seem attached to any app
This random grey, translucent window keeps appearing on my screen. I can click and drag it around (it usually sits on the bottom of my window) but it sits on top of all windows and I can't seem to ...
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Big Sur — disable windows-size shrinking limitations of windows with a minimum size restriction
This is a continuation of the question:
Lion - override windows resizing restrictions for certain applications
on reducing the window size of applications that have a developer/manufacturer set ...
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How to switch between browser windows with keyboard?
For other applications I use Cmd-Tab to switch between different application and Cmd-backquote to switch between windows of the same application.
But not for browsers.
How to switch between browser ...
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Block screen space [duplicate]
I have an ultrawide LCD monitor where the panel has a defunct section on the right. Maybe one eighth of the screen. How can I permanently block that rectangle from being used as window space on the ...
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Quicktime player : Default window size
I'm using manim (Python) to create animations. When I preview the 4k MP4 files it generates with Quicktime player, the app displays the whole content at its original size.
But I would like those MP4 ...
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How can I automate the placing of Windows?
I have a dual monitor setup and want to automate opening apps and placing windows. For example, I want to
Press a keyboard shortcut, menu bar button, etc.
Open VSCode on the right side of one monitor,...
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How to make Terminal forget all old open windows when quit?
This is not exactly the question asked here, but the end result is the same that I am trying to solve.
I have terminal set (Settings, Shell tab) to "Close the window" when the shell exits, ...
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Are there apps to split one big screen into multiple spaces?
I'm switching from three smaller screens to one big 42" monitor with Rectangle to emulate multiple monitors. It works great and I enjoy the flexibility in arranging the windows. However one thing ...
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How to make mac not move windows for a couple seconds on wake
I have 2 external monitors I use with my MacbookPro in addition to the built in screen. Whenever I resume the mac from sleep, the 2 monitors take a few seconds to boot up. In that time, macos ...
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How to achieve direct window switching
I recently got a Mac for work, and one thing is really bothering me. For windows and linux there is a concept called "direct window switching," which allows changing windows without regard ...
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Modifier keys for window resize and move
I had configured a previous Mac so that:
if I pressed a certain set of modifier keys (it happened to be Control+Option) then moving the mouse would move the current window around, and
if I pressed a ...
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open browser link in the same desktop
Is there a way to force opening a URL in the same desktop, when there is no browser window yet in the active desktop ?
(like in linux)
this solution https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4995042 does ...
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How to make an app window extend vertically between two monitors fully with separate Spaces off?
I use a monitor arrangement that incorporates two monitors in a vertical alignment, eg, this is a segment from System Preferences → Displays that shows how these two monitors are arranged:
(NOTE: I ...
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How can I get minimised windows in different desktops to un-minimise in my current desktop?
If I minimise a window in Desktop 1, then move to Desktop 2 and un-minimise the window it moves me back to Desktop 1. Is it possible to make it un-minimise and stay in Desktop 2 instead?
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Mysterious window-movement mode
Sometimes, on my MacBook Air M1 running MacOS 12.4, the system becomes mysteriously unresponsive until I click the trackpad, and then a window jumps to a new place on the screen and the system works ...
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How can I prevent my M1 Max from forgetting which windows / desktops are on which display?
I have a 2021 16" M1 Max with 3 external displays. One display is plugged directly into the left side of the laptop. The other two displays are plugged into this OWC hub (OWCTB4HUB5P), which is ...
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Switch focus to another app automatically after closing last Finder window
Is there a way to automatically switch the focus to another app after closing the last Finder window? The default behavior is to stay focused on Finder, yet it has no windows open. I tend to ⌘W the ...
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Organize apps and windows for specific tasks on macOS
On macOS, I'd like to be able to switch very easily all the windows and apps, depending on the task I need to perform.
For example, I might have a "fun time" layout, where I have 4 windows/...
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macOS Preview.app minimised windows not minimised when restarting the app
Safari does it, Preview used to do it way back in Mac OS X (can't remember which version, sorry).
Situation:
Start Preview (current version 11.0 (1033.4))
Open a few documents
Minimise some of them (...
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How do I bring individual windows of an application to the front?
When I have multiple browser or VSCode windows I sometimes want to look at things side by side. But when I bring VSCode to the front with Cmd+Tab they all come to the front and often hide the thing I ...
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Make any application into a global drop down application (Quake terminal style)
I like to use a global hotkey to show/hide a terminal window. Many terminals have added support for this (originally popularized by terminal in Quake).
I want to do this for other things, like a web ...
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How to close apps on click of x in the top left [duplicate]
Is there a way to configure the windows manager to close the instance of a program when clicking the "red" x in the top left, if the window is the last one being closed?
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Different Desktop Environment for Mac?
Is is possible to change the entire desktop environment of a Mac (12.2.1)?
Are there any desktop environment alternatives available? (Xfce or unity-like would be nice)
My major concern is the default ...
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macOS 11.4 w/ three monitor setup; when maximizing application window, it maximizes on wrong monitor
I am running an application on 3 monitors (eg: A, B, C) using macOS 11.4 setup. The application is IBKR's Trader Workstation.
The application layout is set up with the following windows:
Multiple ...
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Move to Next Window after Quitting Another
On my MacBook Pro, after quitting an app with ⌘-Q, I have to manually set the focus on the next window. Is there a way to configure it so the focus switches to the next window?
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Most apps don't remember which window I had open
I'm using Big Sur, 11.5.1, on the ARM architecture.
Some apps seem to be able to remember which window was active, but most don't. So, in Chrome for example (one of the ones that don't remember), if ...
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How can I restore the window location of the app some part of whose window is off the main screen?
I would like to keep my Chrome window slightly off from the left hinge of the main screen of my Mac. That means that about 20% of the Chrome window is invisible, including the top-left red-yellow-...
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How to minimize all open windows when using Firefox?
If I try to use Cmd+Opt+M combination it opens mobile viewing in Firefox.
And if I click somewhere on the desktop and press Cmd+Opt+H then the Finder remains open.
Is there a way to force everything ...
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Is it possible to toggle app visibility via an app or automation?
I'm trying to figure out a way to toggle the visibility of any app, regardless of the active desktop space, similar to how the app Slidepad works, if possible. Slidepad is limited to being a browser, ...
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Is it possible to remove/hide buttons from title bar?
I want to remove (or make transparent?) title bar buttons (minimize, close, maximize) from windows since I do not need them. Is it possible somehow to do that? I have disabled System Integrity ...
