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I loves me some Aero Snap, but I'll admit to a little disappointment: when it was first announced, I pictured a feature by which the edges of non-maximized windows would 'snap' against each other when you moved them close enough together (either by dragging a window edge to resize the window, or by moving one window close to another by its title bar).

This would make it much easier to work with a bunch of windows side-by-side-by-side. Are there any third-party programs or utilities out there that do this?

Please note I'm not talking about products like GridMove that snap windows to a multi-paned grid, I'm talking about something that affects the behavior of window edges themselves.

Update: Moab's comment summed up what I'm looking for perfectly:

More like docking windows to each other without modifying the size or placement?

Exactly.

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  • You mean something like a tiling window manager ?
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Sep 11, 2010 at 15:28
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    More like docking windows to each other without modifying the size or placement?
    – Moab
    Sep 12, 2010 at 21:14
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    @Moab: Precisely correct.
    – Dan J
    Sep 13, 2010 at 15:39
  • Great idea, now if someone will code a program for us....call it Sticky Windows.
    – Moab
    Sep 13, 2010 at 15:56
  • Display Fusion is a personal favorite of mine. It does window snapping, multi-monitor task bars, and all sorts of window/monitor management. The free version includes window snapping feature.
    – PFitz
    Nov 13, 2014 at 15:25

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DisplayFusionPro has an option that does both Application snaps and monitor snaps. The program is designed mainly for mulitple monitors, but it also works for a single monitor. I have the paid version, but there is a free version as well. The free version however only allows for snapping to the monitor.

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    Barring the sudden revelation of a free alternative, I'm accepting this answer. :)
    – Dan J
    Sep 17, 2010 at 16:00
  • DisplayFusion Pro works great for this. I have a couple of 24" monitors at work, and I have DisplayFusion Pro shortcut keys to snap a window to the exact right or left half of the screen. Makes it easy to view two web pages at once, or folders or anything else I need.
    – user9528
    Apr 8, 2011 at 4:04
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The latest version of allSnap works in Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit. It is reasonably configurable and should do exactly what you need.

As a bonus it's portable and tiny.

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  • Heh, this question is so old that I've since switched entirely to OS X (not that it includes this feature, either...) :) But thanks for your input - after all, this question is hopefully useful to others beyond myself!
    – Dan J
    Apr 22, 2012 at 4:20
  • Too bad it doens't work properly in w8
    – Gabriel
    Sep 30, 2015 at 13:00
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Looks like WindowSpace has this feature, as well. It's about the same price-point as DisplayFusion Pro, though.

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Somethig like this:

http://ivanheckman.com/allsnap/

or

http://pitaschio.ara3.net/

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