osx - What keyboard shortcuts move, resize, and maximize windows under Mac OS X?
2013-10
I just checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%5Fof%5Fkeyboard%5Fshortcuts but the following "Window management" entries are blank for Mac OS X:
- Move the focused window
- Resize the focused window
- Maximize the focused window
Are there really no built in keyboard shortcuts for these in OS X? I do this stuff all the time with GNOME under Linux.
Not built in, but you can install 3rd party software.
Personally, I prefer Size Up - it has a huge array of options for auto resizing with a single keypress including quarter screen, maximise and moving windows between monitors and even Spaces.
Following along with the idea of windowflow - check out it's parent project Optimal Layout. I tried sizeup for a while and was actually trying to find a replacement for it when I found Optimal Layout.
It is by far the best OSX keyboard based window manipulation app I've seen yet! Rocks...
I've tried the other third party apps here and have found Moom to be the best:
Spectacle hasn't been mentioned yet. "Move and resize your windows with ease." -- http://spectacleapp.com
It's open source: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle
See the following AppleScript for the popular (and free) Mac OS X keyboard/mouse shortcut program QuickSilver that will get you a keyboard shortcut for the green zoom button. When you install that and use it with Quicksilver, you'll be able to customize your keyboard shortcut.
tell application "System Events"
if UI elements enabled then
set FrontApplication to (get name of every process whose frontmost is true) as string
tell process FrontApplication
click button 2 of window 1
--button 2 is the green "zoom" button for all applications
--window 1 is always the frontmost window.
end tell
else
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
display dialog "UI element scripting is not enabled. Check 'Enable access for assistive devices'"
end tell
end if
end tell
I'm on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard).
In Mail, I have the first message in my Inbox selected and I'm trying to navigate to the last message using my keyboard.
In Thunderbird, I just hit the End key, which for me is "Function-right arrow" because I'm on a MacBook Pro.
In Mail, with the first message selected, if I hit "Function-right arrow" (i.e. End), the scroll bar moves down, allowing me to see the messages at the bottom of the list, but the first message at the top of the list is still selected. What I want is for the last message to be selected.
I've tried lots of key combinations and searched for the answer but haven't been able to find it. Please help. I posted this originally at discussions.apple.com but the only advice I received was to file a bug with Apple, which I did.
Type option-down arrow and keep it pressed for > 1s. The same goes for going to the top of the mail list, but type option-up arrow.
In Lion, it's fn + → and fn + ←