Powertoys: [FancyZones] Map keyboard shortcuts to zones directly to zone windows quicker
I want to hit a user definable shortcut and the focused window should resize to the zone which is mapped to this shortcut .
I would map some keys e.g. on the numpad to my e.g. 4 zones. Now I can just press one of these keys and my windows is resized to the chosen zone.
Cycling with WIN + arrow is nice, but just hitting a key is a lot faster!
kraoli
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Seems like a good suggestion for a general purpose shortcut key manager (which is a PT utility on the backlog).
indierawk2k2
on 11 Oct 2019
+1 to this. This is precisely how I would want use it. This allows me to hook this up to tools like Dragon Naturally Speaking / Windows Voice Recognition so it's voice enabled. Thanks to the team for working on a window manager! This is great for large monitors.
bizerk44
on 11 Nov 2019
+1 to this. I would also like to use hotkeys to snap windows to the specified FancyZones rather than iterate through using Win + arrow.
mac-tron
on 1 Jan 2020
I would love to see this, I've cobbled together various Autohotkey solutions and being able to nix them and having this capability in FancyZones would be fantastic!
natesubra
on 26 Mar 2020
+1 to this :-)
eliahreimers
on 5 Jun 2020
Two additional thoughts on this feature, both coming from gTile:
- Allow keyboard shortcuts to go to a Zone in any Layout
- Allow one keyboard shortcut to be assigned to multiple Layout/Zones, which would cycle through them
The gTile shortcut interface is pretty clunky, and it limits you to one layout grid per shortcut. FancyZones could have more powerful separate layouts that don't adhere to X-by-Y grids, and a nice UI for setting the shortcuts would be possible.
Cycling through multiple zones is important to me because as a developer on a laptop without a numpad, I have very few unused shortcuts available. With gTile I use a modifier and just 3 keys (j, k, and l) to cycle windows in different priority grids as for my 4k monitor and laptop screen.
Jerph
on 3 Aug 2020
+1 - this could even be mapped through the PT Keyboard Manager?
MaxR0SS
on 1 Sep 2020
Tracked in ~https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/492~ #6611
enricogior
on 24 Sep 2020
Tracked in #492
Rather, #6611
Jerph
on 24 Sep 2020
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Two additional thoughts on this feature, both coming from gTile:
The gTile shortcut interface is pretty clunky, and it limits you to one layout grid per shortcut. FancyZones could have more powerful separate layouts that don't adhere to X-by-Y grids, and a nice UI for setting the shortcuts would be possible.
Cycling through multiple zones is important to me because as a developer on a laptop without a numpad, I have very few unused shortcuts available. With gTile I use a modifier and just 3 keys (j, k, and l) to cycle windows in different priority grids as for my 4k monitor and laptop screen.