If you look back at our previous article about the new Windows 10 era PowerToys, you can read about other planned utilities in the pipeline such as a battery tracker, batch file re-namer, and many more. The creation of layouts can be done via a window layout or table layout, which Microsoft says provide additive and subtractive models, respectively. Users can create, save and close custom layouts. Choosing any layout shows a preview of the layout on your monitor(S).
The developers have provided a list of zone layouts that can be quickly adjusted by how many windows are on the monitor. It is designed to "make it easy to arrange and snap windows into efficient layouts for your workflow, and also to restore these layouts quickly," says Microsoft.īefore invoking FanzyZones it is required to set it up using Win+~ to launch the settings UI. Default is 1s but this delay can be adjusted in settings.įancyZones is described as a windows manager. Users can invoke the Windows key shortcut guide, once installed, by holding down the Windows key for a short period.
It provides a dynamic context sensitive full-screen overlay of applicable Windows key shortcuts - taking into account the current desktop and active window. The Windows key shortcut guide is, as exactly as it sounds.
There are just two PowerToys in this initial collection the 'Windows key shortcut guide' and 'FancyZones'. Now, for those interested, Microsoft has released the first couple of PowerToys as preview software, as well as the code behind them via GitHub. In brief, in May we found out that Microsoft was officially rekindling the project/concept to "provide power users with ways to squeeze more efficiency out of the Windows 10 shell and customize it for individual workflows". PC veterans will be well aware of the PowerToy software accessories / extensions, some of which became so essential that they eventually made it into the Windows OS as standard features. Back in May HEXUS reported that Microsoft PowerToys were about to make a comeback in the Windows 10 era.
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