I often use the Win+Up arrow shortcut in order to maximize the current window.
However, while officially the function of this key shortcut is to maximize the current window, in practice, sometimes it does something else - it sometimes tiles it to the top corner (right or left) and prompts to choose another window to tile. When this happens, it's very confusing, because I need to get out of the tiling, by pressing Esc, then press Win+Up arrow again.
Is there any shortcut (or setting) to always maximize the current Window, without tiling functionality? I also never tile 4 windows (only 2 windows side-by-side), so if I can disable that functionality, it'd be even better.
From Help Docs on Keyboard shortcuts in Windows:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Win+D | Display the desktop. |
| Win+M | Minimize all windows. |
| Win+Shift+M | Restore minimized windows to the desktop. |
| Win+↑ | Maximize the window. |
| Win+← | Maximize the window to the left side of the screen. |
| Win+→ | Maximize the window to the right side of the screen. |
| Win+↓ | Change (reduce) window size from Maximized to Restored/Normal, or from Restored/Normal to Minimized. |
| Win+Home | Minimize all but the active window. |
| Win+Shift+↑ | Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen. |
Currently as per my experience in Windows 10:
Restore Down The Maximized Window OR Minimize The Restored Window
Win + Down Arrow
Minimize The Maximized Window
Win + Down Arrow (twice)
Maximize The Restored Window
Win + Up Arrow
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The windows key plus the up and down arrow keys don't minimize and maximize them, it just makes them a small rectangle in the corner of my monitor. But before it makes it a rectangle it does this below on the left, shows all my windows in tiby boxes...also super annoying.
Then I have to press escape to get rid of the tiny boxes and the small rectangle appears.
Windows key + up arrow does maximize it to half screen again, but not before all those tiny windows pop up, so I have to again hit the esc key before I can even see the window.
This is insane. I thought maybe I was the dumb one but clearly it's Microsoft. It shouldn't be hard for windows to keep their shape when you minimize and maximize them. It should be standard. It shouldn't pop back up as a huge rentangle in the middle of your screen covering all your other windows. Why is that even a thing?
I think you may have responded to the wrong person. This has nothing to do with my outlook.
You can use the following key combos:
- F11 - Kiosk Mode / Fullscreen
- Win + ↑ - Maximize
I remembered the shortcut I was talking about. This shortcut does not work on most apps, and I am not sure if it is a shortcut by Windows. I am using this shortcut to fully maximize Adobe apps like Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop etc. The shortcut is Ctrl \ but it doesn't work on most other apps.
I prefer the default bindings instead of needing customised ones:
- Alt+Space then pressing N to Minimize
- Alt+Space then pressing X to Maximize/Un-maximize
This also happens to be the default in Microsoft Windows.
Unfortunately it's different for GNOME Shell. There you press:
- Super+Up to Maximize
- Super+Down to Un-maximize
- Alt+Space + Space to minimize a menu
Launch keyboard:
Shortcuts, windows, minimize window, click at the right of the bar as indicated
It will toggle to new accelerator. Just press CTL + ALT + 0 not the numpad zero.
Do note that the numpad zero shortcut will no longer work after you do this. Shortcuts now make a distinction between numpad numbers and across the top numbers, although it isn't noted as 'numpad0' in the keyboard wizard.
Simultaneously holding down the control-command-F keys maximizes the window.
Re-typing the same keys reverse the process and puts the window back to its original size.
There are Apps that allow for this, Rectangle and Magnet come to mind off the top of my head. There are a few more. I prefer Rectangle over Magnet.
