Hover over an apps taskbar icon, and you’ll see both the app alone and its layout grouping. If you go to the taskbar and hover over the icon for one of the apps in your layout, you will see a thumbnail for both the app and for the layout group it’s part of you can click on either. Your snap layout will be reflected in the taskbar as well.
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If things get confusing, use Alt-Tab to see where each app is or find them in the taskbar.)Īnd you’re ready to go! Snap layouts arranges your windows into a neat grid pattern.
(Note: Sometimes, while you’re rearranging, one app can overlap the other. When you choose a zone for one app, the others may appear as thumbnails in another zone. You can also simply click on the app if it’s in the zone you want it to be in. Alt-Tab to each open app, and choose which zone you want that app to be in. If you had other apps open, they may appear as thumbnails in another of the zones.Your app will then snap into that position.Ĭhoose a layout and then the zone you want your active app to be in. Choose a layout and hover over the zone you want your active app to be in.Each layout will have several zones in a different configuration.
You’ll see four (or six if you have a large monitor) different grid layouts that you can choose from. Hover your cursor over the maximize icon in the upper right corner of an app or press Win-Z.(Certainly, it’s a lot better than the constant Alt-Tab switching between apps that many of us are used to.) Replacing the drag-and-drop snap assist feature of Windows 10, snap layouts let you arrange your apps quickly and neatly on your desktop, making it much simpler to see all and use all at once. Windows 11 may not be exactly revolutionary, but there are some features that are just plain useful, and snap layouts are one of them.
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