[HN Gopher] Show HN: Resizer2 - i3/KDE window movement on Windows
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Show HN: Resizer2 - i3/KDE window movement on Windows
I was really frustrated when I needed to go back to windows after
using KDE for a few years, and becoming used to the Meta+Mouse
keybinds for resizing and moving windows around, so I made a script
for it that lets me use those shortcuts on windows too, maybe
someone here finds it useful too? I also really need help with a
name for the project, resizer2 doesn't sound that cool and catchy
:(
Author : alvel
Score : 35 points
Date : 2024-12-29 00:21 UTC (22 hours ago)
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| LorenDB wrote:
| This will be so useful! I absolutely love Meta+mouse, but I have
| to use Windows for work.
| QuiCasseRien wrote:
| i use https://github.com/RamonUnch/AltSnap since many years
| alvel wrote:
| I've used it a few times, but always had some issues with it
| and felt it tried to do way too much while not doing some
| obvious stuff like changing the cursors to reflect what's
| happening, but it is way more customizable than mine right now
| tuananh wrote:
| when i see i3, i expect it to be tiling window manager. this is
| not it.
| alvel wrote:
| No it's just for moving/resizing windows, like with floating i3
| windows
| d_tr wrote:
| Gnome supports this too, and I think lots of other Linux
| window managers as well.
|
| I miss it on Windows.
| devops99 wrote:
| > running Windows
|
| oof..
| alvel wrote:
| yeah ik, but it makes it a bit more bearable
| jitl wrote:
| I always describe this as "fluxbox window management", but u
| guess it made its way into KDE eventually! I don't remember it in
| the KDE2 days at least.
|
| Anyone have a good app that does this for macOS? I use this one
| which works great but it's unmaintained so I worry one day it
| stops working
|
| https://github.com/jmgao/metamove
| shrikant wrote:
| I use https://rectangleapp.com/ for KDE-like window management
| on my Macbooks.
| HiPHInch wrote:
| Great, I'm willing to recommend it to others around me
| Klaster_1 wrote:
| Quick feedback:
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| 1. Win+LM+RMB doesnt snap windows into Fancyzone zones.
|
| 2. Not compatible with RMB gestures. I use StrokePlus.net system-
| wide, but the same may hold true for in-app gestures.
|
| Otherwise, good job! Been following a relevant issue [0] in
| PowerToys, but so far, no perfect solution has surfaced yet.
|
| [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/269
| alvel wrote:
| 1. I've ideally wanted it to work with the native zones in
| windows, and possibly with powertoys' zones too, but they're
| not really well documented afaik and I haven't been able to get
| it to work yet. My plan was to just have it work like when
| you're moving it in windows, move it to a corner to snap to
| there, and if you hold shift it would place it in a zone. 2. Do
| you mean swapping LMB and RMB? It uses both mouse buttons so if
| you use Win+LMB/RMB for something else you'll need to change
| one of them to not conflict
|
| I've also followed the same issue (and posted this there
| already too) but wasn't satisfied with any of the alternatives
| people suggested so I just made my own instead :)
| sebmaynard wrote:
| I used to use AltSnap (https://github.com/RamonUnch/AltSnap)
| which works extremely well, and supports template snap zones.
|
| Recently I wrote my own and now use that daily instead, which
| supports similar functionality (alt+drag) but also "zooming"
| in/out and panning around the desktop
|
| https://github.com/sebmaynard/DPaZ
| alvel wrote:
| I've used AltSnap but always found it a bit buggy and bloated
| with options, my project is extremely opinionated and without
| any configuration right now, but it changes the system cursors
| to match what's happening and works better with multiple
| monitors (you can snap windows between monitors)
|
| DPaZ looks interesting :D
| imiric wrote:
| Kudos for shipping, but if you weren't aware, this can be done in
| a few lines with AutoHotkey[1].
|
| AHK is a very powerful tool if you must use Windows. :)
|
| BTW, you might want to add a license to the project. Otherwise
| it's technically not usable.
|
| [1]:
| https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/scripts/index.htm#EasyWin...
| alvel wrote:
| I made an ahk version of this a while back :), but had some
| issues where a lot of game anti cheats started blocking AHK, so
| I've improved it a bit and made it a native program instead
| alvel wrote:
| Now it's has the MIT license too, thanks :)
| password4321 wrote:
| barely related but useful to me (save/reload):
| https://github.com/caoyue/WindowResizer
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