{"id":2215,"date":"2017-03-10T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:34:34","slug":"keyboard-shortcut-snap-window-side-screen-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/03\/10\/keyboard-shortcut-snap-window-side-screen-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Shortcut &#8211; How to Snap a Window to the Side of the Screen in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I covered this keyboard shortcut back on October 18, 2013\u00a0in a blog post called <a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/2013\/10\/18\/keyboard-shortcut-to-dock-a-window-in-windows-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keyboard Shortcut to Dock a Window in Windows 8<\/a>. The keyboard shortcut hasn&#8217;t changed in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>However I continue to meet clients that have not yet discovered this keyboard shortcut and have been using their mouse to fiddle with the sides of a program to resize it\u00a0or to\u00a0place two programs side by side on their screen.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s lots of different ways to describe what we&#8217;re doing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to maximize the app or desktop window to the (left or right) side of the screen<\/li>\n<li>How to snap a window to the (left or right) side of the screen<\/li>\n<li>How to dock a program\u00a0to the (left or right) edge of the screen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Here&#8217;s\u00a0how:\u00a0 <strong>Windows Key + Right Arrow <\/strong>or <strong>Windows Key + Left Arrow<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the program, app,\u00a0or browser window you want to move.<\/li>\n<li>Press and hold down the Windows button on your\u00a0keyboard.<\/li>\n<li>Press the (right or left) arrow button on your keyboard to move the program, app, or browser window to that side of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Windows-Right-Windows-Left-200-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2217\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Windows-Right-Windows-Left-200-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/Windows-Right-Windows-Left-200-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/Windows-Right-Windows-Left-200-200-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/10\/Windows-Right-Windows-Left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I covered this keyboard shortcut back on October 18, 2013\u00a0in a blog post called Keyboard Shortcut to Dock a Window in Windows 8. 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