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Snapping and Snap Layouts

Halves, thirds and quarters, Snap Layouts, Snap Assist

#With the keyboard

#Snap Layouts

Press Super+Z. A panel at the top of the screen shows six layouts:

• two halves;
• two thirds and one third;
• three thirds;
• a half and two quarters;
• four quarters;
• a wide middle between two narrow columns.

Point at a zone in a layout: the screen shows where the window will go. Click: the window in front moves there. Esc or a click elsewhere closes the panel.

#Snap Assist

Right after you place a window, every empty zone is outlined and the first one lists your other windows (most recently used first). Click one to put it in that zone; then the next zone asks, until the layout is full. Leave Empty skips a zone, Esc stops.

Snap Assist also appears when you snap a window to a half with Super+← or → (or by dragging it to the edge), offering the other half, unless a window is already snapped there.

Without a window in front, choosing a zone in Snap Layouts asks for a window for every zone, starting with the one you clicked.