Powertoys: [FancyZones] Using Win+Ctrl+Arrow to switch focus to adjacent zones

[0b01]

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

In i3, user can switch focus to adjacent zones in 4 directions using hotkeys (Mod1 + jkl;).

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

FancyZones can include shortcuts Win + Ctrl + LEFT/RIGHT leveraging MoveWindowIntoZoneByDirection implementation. The choice of the hotkey is based on Window Walker WIN + CTRL.

[enricogior]

Hi @0b01
thank you for your feedback, it would be a nice feature to have but unfortunately the WIN+CTRL+Arrow is reserved to switch virtual desktops.
Given it's hard to find available shortcut keys, we can implement only those who receives the community approval. An alternative would be to add an option to let the users choose their own shortcuts, but it's not in the short terms plan for now.
Thanks.

[enricogior]

When I posted my previous comment I didn't noticed you already implemented it.
We need to discuss if the default shortcut key is acceptable since it will cause a conflict with virtual desktops.

@crutkas what is your take on this?

EDIT: in the PR the actual shotcut key is not WIN+CTRL+Arrow as stated in the issue, but WIN+CTRL+ALT+Arrow.

[crutkas]

I think there are a lot of decisions here that should be discussed

• canvas vs grid.
• all the edge cases for navigation ...

[yamlCase]

Am I to understand this is an alternative to Alt+Tab? Where rather than cycling through an arbitrary list of all applications open on a desktop to change focus, we can directionally choose which app gets focus?