WinSnap Extras

WinSnap Extras is a simple script written in AutoHotKey. It further extends the Windows' window snapping feature by splitting screen into halfs/thirds/quarters; it's even able to divide the screen into nine windows, all by simple keyboard shortcuts. Snapped windows will return to their previous locations and sizes after being removed from snapping.

Installation

1. Download AutoHotKey from https://www.autohotkey.com/
2. Double click on "WinSnap_Extras.ahk" to run the script
3. Press any keyboard shortcut needed. Enjoy!

How To Use

This tools allows you to efficiently manage windows using your keyboard in Windows.

Windows + Arrow keys (remain as OS defined)

• Up: Maximize window
• Left: Left half of the screen
• Right: Right half of the screen
• Down: Restore or minimize window

           +----+
           |####|
           |####|
           |####|
      +----+----+----+
      |##  |    |  ##|
      |##  |    |  ##|
      |##  |    |  ##|
      +----+----+----+

Windows + Numpad keys (defined by this script)

Screen is divided in halfs/thirds/quarters, as shown in the figure down below.

• 0: Restore window to its previous size and position
• 1: Bottom left quarter of the screen
• 2: Bottom half of the screen (spans the screen horizontally)
• 3: Bottom right quarter of the screen
• 4: Left 1/3 of the screen (spans the screen vertically)
• 5: Center 1/3 of the screen (spans the screen vertically)
• 6: Right 1/3 of the screen (spans the screen vertically)
• 7: Top left quarter of the screen
• 8: Top half of the screen (spans the screen horizontally)
• 9: Top right quarter of the screen

      +------+ +------+ +------+
      |777   | |888888| |   999|
      |777   | |888888| |   999|
      |      | |      | |      |
      |      | |      | |      |
      +------+ +------+ +------+
      |44    | |  55  | |    66|
      |44    | |  55  | |    66|
      |44    | |  55  | |    66|
      |44    | |  55  | |    66|
      +------+ +------+ +------+
      |      | |      | |      |
      |      | |      | |      |
      |111   | |222222| |   333|
      |111   | |222222| |   333|
      +------+ +------+ +------+

Windows + Ctrl + Numpad keys (defined by this script)

Screen is divided in nine regions, as shown in the figure down below.

• 0: Restore window to its previous size and position
• 1: Bottom left 1/9 of the screen
• 2: Bottom center 1/9 of the screen
• 3: Bottom right 1/9 of the screen
• 4: Center left 1/9 of the screen
• 5: Center center 1/9 of the screen
• 6: Center right 1/9 of the screen
• 7: Top left 1/9 of the screen
• 8: Top center 1/9 of the screen
• 9: Top right 1/9 of the screen

      +---+ +---+ +---+
      |7  | | 8 | |  9|
      |   | |   | |   |
      |   | |   | |   |
      +---+ +---+ +---+
      |   | |   | |   |
      |4  | | 5 | |  6|
      |   | |   | |   |
      +---+ +---+ +---+
      |   | |   | |   |
      |   | |   | |   |
      |1  | | 2 | |  3|
      +---+ +---+ +---+

License

WinSnap Extras for Windows/Autohotkey

Copyright (C) 2015 Ruilin Xu / https://github.com/henryxrl

WinSnap Extras is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

WinSnap_Extras is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with WinSnap Extras. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Credit

Modified upon wingravity.ahk by Florian. http://g.cmpl.cc/wingravity