How to use the snaps feature in Windows 10

Snaps

Windows 10 It has tried from the beginning to take care of the small details that its users end up liking. One of them is the classic window tiling function, or as they are now called within the system, the Snaps desktop. This feature is not new, as was originally introduced in Windows 7 with Aero Snap, but it has been polished throughout the successive versions of the operating system until it reaches a highly developed evolution currently in Windows 10.

The function of Snaps originated the experience of multitasking through double windows and it is a feature that is present in both tablet and desktop versions. Knowing it thoroughly is an important step if we want to get the most out of our work at the desk.

The Snaps Windows allow us to adjust the windows within our screen to be able to share the distribution of it among several at a single glance. Clicking on one of them and moving it to a margin allows us to activate this function, either to either side of the screen. Even we can use the top edge or the corners to activate other combinations in quarter-screen layouts.

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Keyboard snap functions

We can use the keyboard of our equipment to adjust windows in our system. Using the key combination Windows + left cursor or Windows + right cursor, we can snap the windows to one or the other side of the screen. We can also use the other cursors and do snap through Windows + cursor up to restore or maximize a window or Windows + cursor down to cause just the opposite effect. Once adjusted, we can use the same keys to move it through each of the hotspots from the screen.

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Snap functions with the wizard

Whether we use the mouse or the keyboard to effect the stacking of windows with Snaps the wizard will try to show us the final result by a line on the screen that will show the setting. For example, if we move the window to the left we will see that a line appears in the middle of the screen and it will highlight the area where the window will dock. If there are other windows open, the wizard will open a series of thumbnails to position the one we choose in the free zone. To do this, we just have to click on the thumbnail that we want and it will be adjusted in your area.

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Finally, once we have done the snap of a window in the middle of the screen, we can resize it if we click with the mouse and drag its dividing line. In this way we will be able to make a totally personalized adjustment of the windows depending on our work area. The rest of the screen will remain empty, so it is possible to leave it free if we wish.


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