Vertical monitor functionality you have to have - Powertoys is back

[rinners]

So I finally got fed up with resizing windows that only snap to a quarter of the screen when the screen is oriented vertically, I mean come on Microsoft it works when the monitor is horizontal...

So the solution comes from.... drom roll.... Microsoft!? Through their FancyZones feature of the revival of Power Toys. Yes @iamgigglz 1995 is back, did you ever fix your FancyZones issue?

You install off the microsft Github page and uses the W10 settings to configure the zones. It could only be simpler if it were already baked into windows...

 

[Dirtdiver]

I used this for a bit. It worked fine. For me trying to hold down the correct key combination to move to the correct area was anoyying.

Maybe I configured it wrong. Let me know how it goes.

 

[rinners]

I used this for a bit. It worked fine. For me trying to hold down the correct key combination to move to the correct area was anoyying.

Maybe I configured it wrong. Let me know how it goes.

I only wanted to have a window top and bottom of the vertical, holding shift while dragging is semi-intuitive. Haven't played more than that, the time saving, annoyance reduction is enough at this point.

 

[souljazk]

I mean come on Microsoft it works when the monitor is horizontal...

FZ is great! Getting a 50" 4k TV which I'll split into 8-12 Windows, depending on my workflow.

PS: There is ZERO way for the OS to tell the physical orientation of the LCD as there is no sensor in the screen to relay the orientation, so your above statement doesn't holdup / mean anything.

 

[souljazk]

I used this for a bit. It worked fine. For me trying to hold down the correct key combination to move to the correct area was anoyying.

Maybe I configured it wrong. Let me know how it goes.

Just hold shift and move the window ? Then you release the mouse button, it will snap to the section it's closest to.

 

[rinners]

FZ is great! Getting a 50" 4k TV which I'll split into 8-12 Windows, depending on my workflow.

PS: There is ZERO way for the OS to tell the physical orientation of the LCD as there is no sensor in the screen to relay the orientation, so your above statement doesn't holdup / mean anything.

I find the tone of your comment slightly more aggressive than it needed to be. But I will explain further

In a horizontal screen mode I can snap a window to half of the screen, left or right as well as any quarter of the screen, but when the screen is set to portrait I could only ever figure out how to snap to a quarter which meant I would then have to resize the window if I wanted it to occupy the top or bottom half of the screen.

Not sure why I would need a sensor on my monitor or a TV, it's not a mobile device, I set it once and then windows knows which orientation it's in.

 

[Dirtdiver]

Just hold shift and move the window ? Then you release the mouse button, it will snap to the section it's closest to.

I used it like 6 months ago for the exact same situation, a vertical monitor. I like I could set my windows. But I think I remember having issues or a bug or something. That's why I uninstalled it. Maybe never give it more time.

I was big into customization way back. You guys remember stardock, rocketdock.

 

[souljazk]

I used it like 6 months ago for the exact same situation, a vertical monitor. I like I could set my windows. But I think I remember having issues or a bug or something. That's why I uninstalled it. Maybe never give it more time.

I was big into customization way back. You guys remember stardock, rocketdock.

I have 2x horizontal 25" UW's and 2x vertical 24" and it works DAMN well! Never going back

Out of interest what GPU were you using?

 

[Dirtdiver]

Rtx 2060.

 

[Dirtdiver]

I have 2x horizontal 25" UW's and 2x vertical 24" and it works DAMN well! Never going back

Out of interest what GPU were you using?

Post a pic of that.🙂

 

[iamgigglz]

Nice! I'll check it out but I'm back to landscape-only for now at least so I don't really need a change anything.
Appreciate the tag nonetheless - good memory dude.

There is ZERO way for the OS to tell the physical orientation of the LCD as there is no sensor in the screen to relay the orientation

Sure, but Windows has a Landscape/Portrait setting and something about window snapping clearly changes when you change this setting.

 

[Off-The-Chart]

I have 2x horizontal 25" UW's and 2x vertical 24" and it works DAMN well! Never going back

Out of interest what GPU were you using?

all that on a 6GB 1060 Gaming X?

 

[souljazk]

all that on a 6GB 1060 Gaming X?

2x UW + 1x 24" on the 1060 6GB and the 4th one was running off a 2nd GPU (950 2GB) I had lying around. Now just have 1x 50" 4k running from the 1060 6GB.

 

[Off-The-Chart]

2x UW + 1x 24" on the 1060 6GB and the 4th one was running off a 2nd GPU (950 2GB) I had lying around. Now just have 1x 50" 4k running from the 1060 6GB.

*wonders why I was worried to add a second 24" on my 1080ti*