Launches the editor (this shortcut can be changed in the Settings window) When two or more windows are snapped in the same zone, you can cycle between the snapped windows in that zone by using the shortcut Win+ PgUp/PgDn. However, you must first set Override Windows Snap to enabled in the FancyZones settings and select Move windows based on: Relative position. You can use Win+ Ctrl+ Alt+ to expand the window to multiple zones. Snapping to multiple zones with only the keyboard You can drag the window until one zone is activated, then press and hold the Control key while dragging the window to select multiple zones. Snapping to multiple zones with the mouse + keyboard When the mouse cursor is near the common edge of two zones, both zones are activated simultaneously, allowing you to drop the window into both zones. If two zones are adjacent, a window can be snapped to the sum of their area (rounded to the minimum rectangle that contains both). However, you must first set Override Windows Snap to enabled in the FancyZones settings.Ī window can be snapped to more than one zone in the following ways. Next zone to snap can be chosen either by its index or by relative position. You can use Win+ to snap window to a zone. If both 'Hold Shift key to activate zones while dragging' and 'Use non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation' are disabled, zones will appear right after you start dragging the window.

You can also trigger zone selection mode by clicking non-primary mouse button if the 'Use non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation' setting enabled. As you move your mouse, hovering over a zone will highlight that zone.

By default, you will also need to press and hold the Shift key (This setting can be disabled via Settings). Snapping to a single zone with the mouseįirst, drag the window. When you drag a window into a zone, or enter the associated keyboard shortcut, the window is resized and repositioned to fill that zone. FancyZones allows you to define a set of zone locations to be used as targets for windows on your desktop. FancyZones is a window manager utility for arranging and snapping windows into efficient layouts to improve the speed of your workflow and restore layouts quickly.

Window management