Spectacle

Features

Window Managers - Organizes and arranges application windows into specific layouts on the desktop using keyboard shortcuts.
Accessibility-Based Window Manipulators - Uses system accessibility frameworks to programmatically manipulate window coordinates and dimensions.
Global Hotkey Managers - Registers system-wide keyboard listeners to trigger window repositioning and resizing actions.
Keyboard-Driven Control - Provides keyboard shortcuts to arrange and resize windows without the need for mouse interaction.
Multi-Monitor Window Management - Provides keyboard shortcuts to quickly move application windows between different connected monitors.
Window Organizers - Ships a utility for snapping windows into predefined screen regions and centering them without a mouse.
Keyboard-Driven Window Orchestration - Provides a toolset for moving, resizing, and orchestrating window locations using keyboard-driven commands.
Screen Region Snapping - Moves windows into predefined screen areas such as halves, thirds, or corners using shortcuts.
Desktop Workspace Organizers - Optimizes screen real estate by maximizing, centering, and resizing windows to reduce manual dragging.
Workspace Layout Automations - Provides commands to maximize, resize, and revert window states to optimize screen real estate.
State History Buffers - Maintains a history buffer of previous window states for undo and redo navigation.
Event-Driven Configuration - Triggers window layout functions immediately upon detecting registered keyboard system events.
Window Resizing Shortcuts - Provides keyboard-driven controls for rapidly changing window dimensions while aligning with screen boundaries.
Multi-Monitor Geometry Resolution - Resolves target pixel areas for placing windows across multiple displays with varying resolutions.
Window Layout History - Tracks a stack of previous window coordinates and dimensions to allow reversing layout changes.
Window Snapping Coordinates - Allows windows to be quickly snapped into predefined screen regions like halves, thirds, or corners.
Display Region Mappings - Calculates exact pixel coordinates for snapping windows into predefined regions across multiple monitors.

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