is there a way to do this? without having to manually resizing and dragging the windows around?

asked this before in chatterbox but never a formal thread

12/13/2010 1:11:25 AM

right-click taskbar

choose "Show windows side by side"

???

PROFIT

12/13/2010 2:31:02 AM

win7 snaps windows. Drag one toward the left or right side of the screen and it will fill that half of the screen. Or you can drag the corner of a window to the top or bottom and it will resize to full height in the same position and width.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/snap.aspx for video evidence.

12/13/2010 2:56:46 AM

I knew about both of those, but I want defined sections that I can choose the size of... Not just 1/2 and 1/2

12/13/2010 4:08:42 AM

You know, I was just thinking about this last night because I recently switched from dual 19s to a single 24. My motivation for doing it was because I don't use my machine for much of anything anymore, certainly not coding or anything needing multiple monitors...except for last night I was doing something that could use it and was thinking to myself "this manually resizing of windows kind of sucks".

12/13/2010 6:58:19 AM

Yeah, I switched to a single 27 and that's when I thought of it too. I would like a predefined area to "drop" video into if I am streaming a game, another to drop outlook into, etc.

12/13/2010 11:42:29 AM

Does nVidia still enable monitor grids?

12/13/2010 2:54:03 PM

Partition Magic or Symantec Ghost work pretty well

if you have a linux live CD you can boot and use gparted or the built in partitioner

12/13/2010 5:53:19 PM

^someone cant read.

Jaybee, if you find a solution to this, lemme know. I've wanted something like this for my 27" monitor for a couple of years now, but never was bothered enough by the lack of it to look.

12/13/2010 6:59:26 PM

yeah, I was wondering what the fuck ^^ was talking about

12/13/2010 7:06:55 PM

i tried these recently. didn't end up feeling comfortable with any of them, but they're worth a look

http://winsplit-revolution.com/home
http://jgpaiva.dcmembers.com/gridmove.html
http://maxto.net/

What I really want is "infinite" dimension desktop, where I can smoothly zoom in and out of the desktop. Think ctrl+mouse wheel in Photoshop

[Edited on December 13, 2010 at 7:40 PM. Reason : .]

12/13/2010 7:23:43 PM

maxto is alright

12/13/2010 8:32:33 PM