Window Management

Snap Zones

Instantly snap any window to a precise screen region with keyboard shortcuts, the Snap Wheel, or the menu bar. BetterStage provides 16 snap zones covering halves, quarters, thirds, a centered half-width by half-height position, and full-screen.

Keyboard Snap Zones

All keyboard snap zones use the Ctrl + Opt modifier combination paired with arrow keys or letter keys.

Halves

Left halfCtrl+Opt+Left
Right halfCtrl+Opt+Right
Top halfCtrl+Opt+Up
Bottom halfCtrl+Opt+Down

Quarters

Top-left quarterCtrl+Opt+U
Top-right quarterCtrl+Opt+I
Bottom-left quarterCtrl+Opt+J
Bottom-right quarterCtrl+Opt+K

Thirds

Left thirdCtrl+Opt+A
Center thirdCtrl+Opt+S
Right thirdCtrl+Opt+D

Two-Thirds

Left two-thirdsCtrl+Opt+Q
Center two-thirdsCtrl+Opt+R
Right two-thirdsCtrl+Opt+W

Centered

Center (half width and half height)Ctrl+Opt+C

Full Screen

Maximize windowCtrl+Opt+Return

Interaction with Window Modes

Snap zones behave differently depending on the monitor's active Window Mode:

  • Enhanced Native — all 16 snap zones work the traditional way, snapping the focused window to halves, quarters, thirds, Center, full-screen, and so on.
  • TabStack — directional snap actions move the focused window into the adjacent pane. The Snap Wheel, keyboard, and menu use pane-aware actions instead of overriding the managed layout; Center remains an Enhanced Native placement action.
  • Bento Box (Legacy) — when explicitly enabled, snap requests are routed through its tiling engine and rebalance the legacy BSP tree.

Window Modes are remembered per monitor per stage, so the same shortcut produces the right behavior on whichever screen the focused window lives on.

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Snap Wheel