Aero Snap

Available in: Actual Window Manager, Actual Multiple Monitors, Actual Title Buttons, Actual Window Menu.

The Aero Snap action provides the fast and convenient allocation of windows within desktop for Windows XP/Vista by emulating the feature presented in Windows 7 - the Aero Snap mode. When enabled, the Aero Snap action provides various automatic effects while a window is being dragged or sized with the mouse.

The following effects are available when dragging a window:

• auto-maximize a window being dragged when the mouse pointer touches the top edge of desktop;
• auto-restore a maximized window when you are about to drag it. In other words, now you don't need to restore a maximized window first to drag it somewhere; instead, you can simply begin dragging it as any normal window - it will be restored automatically (and then you can maximize it back using the above-mentioned Aero Snap auto-maximizing);
• auto-span the left/right half of desktop with a window being dragged when the mouse pointer touches the left/right edge of desktop.
  Note
  The spanned window will be restored to its normal size when you begin to drag it again.

Also, the following effects are available when sizing a window:

• auto-maximize a window just vertically while sizing it either upwards or downwards and the mouse pointer touches the top/bottom edge of desktop;
• auto-maximize a window just horizontally while sizing it either leftwards or rightwards and the mouse pointer touches the left/right edge of desktop.

Hint  While dragging a window, you can temporarily disable this kind of snapping by pressing and holding the defined key combination; release it to activate the snapping back.

Related actions: Align, Change Run Mode, Snap, Stretch.

Possible triggers: Moving, Resizing.