Powertoys: FancyZones: applications not compatible with shift-drag [issues tracker]

[enricogior]

Some applications, for different reasons, are not compatible with shift-drag, but they work just fine when shift is not required to activate zones.
We may consider adding a setting to configure the default modifier to another key.

These are the currently known incompatible applications:

• VMware Workstation Player [WON'T FIX]
• Git Bash [WON'T FIX]
• PTC Creo Parametric 6 [FIXED]

[lukerb10]

Apologies if this is the wrong place for this but I've got another application that doesn't work with shift+drag: PTC Creo Parametric 6

[enricogior]

Hi @lukerb10
this is the right place.
Do you confirm it does work when the SHIFT is not required?
Thanks

[lukerb10]

I can drag the window and use the Windows key shortcuts to move the application but it won't snap to any FancyZones.

[enricogior]

OK thanks.

[lucvandort]

Not sure if this is already known in another issue report, but I just found out that some (all?) Windows Management utilities don't respond to Shift+Drag:

• Task manager
• Computer management
• Event viewer
• Disk management
• Device manager
• etc.

[enricogior]

Hi @lucvandort
those windows are running elevated (with administrator privileges) so in order to be able to snap them to a zone, PowerToys also needs to run as administrator (the option is available in the General Settings).
In 0.16 we will notify the user when PowerToys needs to run as an admin to interact with elevated windows.

[lucvandort]

Ah, right, that makes sense. Thanks for the tip!

[lucvandort]

Encountered another issue with pop out windows of the Spyder Variable Explorer, which does snap to the screen borders with normal drag, but does not listen to the Shift+drag Fancyzones.

[enricogior]

@lucvandort
some applications use the SHIFT modifier when resizing/moving windows to do special actions like increasing/decreasing the content zoom factor, if an application is using it, there is nothing we can do about it.

[lukerb10]

Hi folks, I wanted to confirm the admin update fixed all versions of Creo Parametric I have tested. Thanks for the fix.

[enricogior]

At present the listed apps can't be fixed or have been fixed. Closing the issue.