Spectacle: Option to resize to 1/4 of screen

[machr]

I would like an option to resize windows to a quarter of the screen width. Ultra wide monitors are becoming more prevalent and sometimes 1/3 is still too wide.

[jlhall]

As a current workaround, you can get close to a 1/4 window pretty quickly by getting the window placed where you want (using 1/3, or whatever you're comfy with), then hitting (Ctrl + Shift + Option + Left Arrow) a few times to shrink the window smaller until you get the 1/4 sizing.

[markmoser]

I believe left/right half cycles from 1/2 to 3/4 to 1/4, repeat.

[markmoser]

..maybe that is thirds.

[a7hybnj2]

I too would like to see 1/4 an option. Or maybe even more granular control in a config file.

[WesleyJohnson]

I'd like to piggy back on this, but having the 1/4 be a corner. So instead of dividing the screen in fourths horizontally, divide it in a 2x2 grid. With people using 4k+ TVs as screens now, having something take up a corner like this is very useful.

[jlhall]

@WesleyJohnson You can already achieve a 1x1 corner in 2x2 grid with existing functionality.

| .... | .... |
| ------------- | ------------- |
| Upper Left | Upper Right |
| Bottom Left | Bottom Right |

Ctrl + Command + Left/Right Arrow for UL/UR
Shift + Ctrl + Command + Left/Right Arrow for BL/BR

Are you saying you'd like to be able to resize to 1/4 width with respect to that corner? If that's true, I think this is the closest thing available right now:

1. Repeat either of the above commands to go from 1/2 -> 2/3 -> 1/3 relative to 1x1 corner you want.
2. Ctrl + Shift + Option + Left Arrow to scoot towards 1/4 within the 1x1 corner.*

*Unfortunate side effect of using "Make Smaller" in this way is that you lose vertical size while moving towards 1/4 horizontally, so you'd need to be discerning about how close to 1/4 you want to get. Hope that helps!

[WesleyJohnson]

The 1x1 in corner in the 2x2 grid is exactly what I wanted. I didn't
realize this functionality existed already, thanks so much!

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:57 PM Jonathan Hall [e-mail]
wrote:

@WesleyJohnson https://github.com/WesleyJohnson You can already achieve
a 1x1 corner in 2x2 grid with existing functionality.
.... ....
Upper Left Upper Right
Bottom Left Bottom Right

Ctrl + Command + Left/Right Arrow for UL/UR
Shift + Ctrl + Command + Left/Right Arrow for BL/BR

Are you saying you'd like to be able to resize to 1/4 width with respect
to that corner? If that's true, I think this is the closest thing available
right now:

1. Repeat either of the above commands to go from 1/2 -> 2/3 -> 1/3
   relative to 1x1 corner you want.
2. Ctrl + Shift + Option + Left Arrow to scoot towards 1/4 within the
   1x1 corner.*

*Unfortunate side effect of using "Make Smaller" in this way is that you
lose vertical size while moving towards 1/4 horizontally, so you'd need to
be discerning about how close to 1/4 you want to get. Hope that helps!

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[aaugustin]

I have the same use case: quarter width would be useful on a 3840x2160 display.

I would be happy to cycle through 1/3 => 1/2 => 2/3 => 1/4 => ... with option-command-left/right.

However I understand that adding more steps in that cycle could be annoying for existing users.

[snoblenet]

I too would greatly appreciate this option, as I often like to size my iTunes MiniPlayer to a vertical 1/4 of the screen and everything else to a vertical 3/4.