Mac window tiling icons & keyboard shortcuts
Window tiling icons are shown in the menu that appears when you hold the pointer over the green button in the upper-left corner of a window. They’re also shown next to the menu items you see when you choose Window > Move & Resize (or Window > Full Screen Tile) from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Move and resize the active window
These options move and resize the active window.
Icon | Name | Keyboard shortcut | Description | ||||||||
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Fill | Fn-Control-F | Expand the active window to fill the desktop. | |||||||||
Center | Fn-Control-C | Center the active window on the desktop. | |||||||||
Left | Fn-Control-Left Arrow | Move the active window to the left half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Right | Fn-Control-Right Arrow | Move the active window to the right half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Top | Fn-Control-Up Arrow | Move the active window to the top half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Bottom | Fn-Control-Down Arrow | Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Top Left | n/a | Move the active window to the top-left corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Top Right | n/a | Move the active window to the top-right corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Bottom Left | n/a | Move the active window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Bottom Right | n/a | Move the active window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
n/a | Return to Previous Size | Fn-Control-R | Make the active window the size it was before it was tiled. | ||||||||
Move and arrange multiple windows
These options move and arrange multiple windows.
Icon | Name | Keyboard shortcut | Description | ||||||||
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Left & Right | Fn-Control-Shift-Left Arrow | Move the active window to the left half of the desktop and move the second window to the right half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Right & Left | Fn-Control-Shift-Right Arrow | Move the active window to the right half of the desktop and move the second window to the left half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Top & Bottom | Fn-Control-Shift-Up Arrow | Move the active window to the top half of the desktop and move the second window to the bottom half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Bottom & Top | Fn-Control-Shift-Down Arrow | Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop and move the second window to the top half of the desktop. | |||||||||
Quarters | n/a | Arrange windows in the top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right corners of the desktop. | |||||||||
Left & Quarters | Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Left Arrow | Move the active window to the left half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-right corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Right & Quarters | Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Right Arrow | Move the active window to the right half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-left corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Top & Quarters | Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Up Arrow | Move the active window to the top half of the desktop, move the second window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Bottom & Quarters | Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Down Arrow | Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-left corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the top-right corner of the desktop. | |||||||||
Full screen tile
These options tile windows to full screen or Split View.
Icon | Name | Keyboard shortcut | Description | ||||||||
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Entire Screen | n/a | Expand the active window to full screen. | |||||||||
Left of Screen | n/a | Expand the active window to Split View on the left. | |||||||||
Right of Screen | n/a | Expand the active window to Split View on the right. | |||||||||
Exit Full Screen | n/a | Exit full screen. | |||||||||