FreeSnap for Windows

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Developer’s Description

By Blue Onion Software

Move and re size windows without clicking and dragging.

Manually resizing windows can be a pain, and getting them to line up along the side of the screen is an unwelcome dexterity test. With FreeSnap, you can move and resize windows with your keypad. Just fire up the program, and you can use hotkeys to center windows or send them to all corners of the screen. You can use the "plus" and "minus" keys to resize windows without tiresome clicking and dragging.

FreeSnap for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: June 6, 2009

Latest update: July 15, 2015

Version: 1.5.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: None

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Total Downloads: 2,528

Downloads Last Week: 0

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4/5

1 User Votes

For me, this is an indispensible desktop extension.
WwwfredJanuary 6, 2010
Pros
- Offers long-desired and indispensible functionality
Cons
- To put a window in the left or right half of the screen takes 4 key presses. - Some standard key shortcuts are overruled. (e.g. Win+Tab; in 'laptop mode' also Win+L) - If you center a window and then resize it, it's no longer centered.
Summary
I'm using this tool mainly to resize/move windows to one of the following configurations: 1) two windows, next to each other (filling the left and right half of the screen) 2) one window, centered, and resized to 1/2 or 2/3 of the screen width and full screen height. This makes documents easier to read (compared to full screen size and left/right half of the screen). However, this kind of usage was apparently not anticipated by the makers, because you have to edit the configuration file to define customized window sizes to be able to do this quickly. (TIP!) This tool has become indispensible for me, but I think it could be improved by making the above-mentioned functions accessible in a more ergonomic way: Most importantly, I'd like to be able to customize the key shortcuts, and to be able to move and resize a window to the desired size and position in one key press.