Powertoys: Vertical Monitor Enhancements

[lukebarone]

I use two 4k monitors in portrait mode; works great when coding or writing documents.

I would like to see the Windows+Left/Right shortcuts altered when Windows detects the monitor is in portrait mode, and snap the windows to the top half, or bottom half, of the screen, similar to how it works in landscape mode.

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi, this seems like a duplicate of what's being discussed in https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/8
Please discuss it there so the conversation is all kept under the same issue.

[lukebarone]

@jaimecbernardo I am specifically looking for the keyboard shortcuts. In #8, the comments are not about keyboard shortcuts, but using the mouse to snap the windows into position. I believe these two requests are different, but if you insist they are not, I'll continue from here on out in #8.

[jaimecbernardo]

You're right. Though the discussion ended up being about splitting portrait mode in half vertically, the initial issue is different. I'll point the discussion here.

[manogna4]

I think it's better to have different shortcuts to snap the windows to the top or bottom half. For those of us who mix portrait and landscape modes, it's not very intuitive to have the same shortcuts do different things depending on monitor shape. Also, one may want to snap a window to the top half of a landscape monitor too (while comparing 2 spreadsheets for example).

I suggest the following shortcuts for windows management. I currently use something very similar using autohotkey, and I find them very convenient:
Win + PgUp : snap to top half
Win + PgDn : snap to bottom half
Win + Home : snap left (Note that Win + Left does not only snap left in a multi-monitor set up)
Win + End : snap right

Ctrl may be used as an accelerator. So, for example:
Ctrl + Win + Pg Up : snap to top 2/3 (fraction is definable)

Shift may be used as a decelerator. So, for example:
Shift+ Win + Pg Up : snap to top 1/3 (fraction is definable)

[lukebarone]

I like that better, as I have easy access to PgUp and PgDn on my external keyboard. You're right that we shouldn't change existing functionality that we've grown used to, so I like your idea better, @manogna4

[whoiskevinrich]

Why not stick to the current paradigm and use Win + Up Arrow to toggle between Top 1/2 and Fullscreen using repeated keystrokes and Win + Down Arrow for Bottom 1/2 and Minimize?

This not only doesn't affect the current keybinds for a smaller UX disturbance, but also keeps a similar concept to the UX behavior when repeatedly striking Win + Left/Right Arrow