Chrome and windows explorer are both taking up a fourth on the right.
Below is a picture of Android Studio taking up the left half of the screen. Here is the breakdown:ĭragging a window to the bottom edge of the screen does not trigger any type of snap. Pause for a second before you release the mouse, and it will show you a transparent rectangle preview of where it is going to snap to. Where you drag it will determine how it snaps. Mouse Method- Grab some blank space on the top bar of a window, and drag it to an edge or corner. Once you pick up on this simple trick, you will wonder how you survived without it.ġ. To use the Snap feature, choose either the mouse or keyboard method described below: Windows 10 further breaks your screen into four quadrants to which you can snap your windows. Previously, you could snap windows to take up half of your screen so that you could see two windows side by side. For those of you new to the concept, you will be pleased to discover that Windows allows you to grab an open application or window and “snap” it to a predefined area.
Those of you familiar with Windows 7 and 8 have probably witnessed the organizational wonder that is windows snapping.
