Powertoys: [FZ Editor] Allow a "No Zones" configuration (No FZ for target monitor)

[enricogior]

On one of my virtual desktops I wanted no zones at all, just the normal Windows Aero snap, but I found it awkward to get to that state.
I tried going to Custom -> “Start blank” but that just ended up going back to Focus mode.
Then I tried creating my own zone layout called “NoZones” with no defined custom zones, and applied it – again it went back to Focus mode.
So finally I figured out I could set Columns to 1 and choose “Column” and get what I wanted, but I’d prefer a way to disable this for a specific virtual desktop.

[enricogior]

We also need to be able to disable FancyZone on individual monitors.

[chgc]

I found that after deleted custom layout, the deleted layout still in the win+ctrl+ loop.
for example. I created a 5 zones layout (layout A) and deleted it. I created another 5 zones layout (layout B). when i press win+ctrl+5，I still can see layout A(been deleted) in the loop.
I can't find a way to remove "layout A". any idea on this issue?

[enricogior]

@chgc
thanks for reporting the issue. We will fix it while working on the overall fix for this feature.

[enricogior]

@chgc
the issue you described is now fixed in master and it will be available in the next release (0.15).

[crutkas]

Shipped with 0.27 release. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.27.0

[kriegaex]

Sorry, I installed 0.27 but am unable to find the feature. If I just reset the layout for the current virtual desktop, default Aero Snap is not working but I just cannot use any keyboard shortcuts like Win-Left or Win-Right in order to dock windows to the left/right half of the screen. I have to completely deactivate FancyZones in order to make the default Windows behaviour work again.

[enricogior]

@kriegaex
can you please open a new bug?
We added the functionality to reset the layout for a desktop, but we now need to fix the FZ behavior to allow Windows Snap to be active on the desktop that doesn't have a layout assigned.
Thanks.

[kriegaex]

@enricogior: Um, actually you could do that by yourself if you prefer to handle this separately. I think you have all the information you need to reproduce this. If you don't, please let me know. But actually I think you should re-open this one, because in the issue description you wrote by yourself in the very first sentence:

On one of my virtual desktops I wanted no zones at all, just the normal Windows Aero snap

Exactly that is not working as expected, so this issue is incomplete. But like I said, up to you.

[enricogior]

@kriegaex
the issue has my name on it because I imported all the issues from another repo, anyway that is an unimportant detail.
This issue was about adding the "no zone" option in the editor.
I'll open a new issue for the work in the FZ engine.
Thanks.

[kriegaex]

No, it was more than just "no zones", it also was about "normal Aero snap", like the OP of this issue already wrote explicitly and I quoted in bold script. But thanks anyway for creating a follow-up issue. The important thing for me is that the problem will be fixed.