Everyday moves

Auto arrange

Windows take their place as they open, in the layout you pick.

Turn it on

Open the menu bar panel and pick a layout under Arrange.

Layouts

Grid and Focus put the main window on top on a tall screen, and Focus keeps two large windows on an ultrawide.

The main window

In Settings > Arrange, under Layout, Main window can be the same as the others, half, 60% or two thirds of the screen.

When the screen is full

Choose this in Settings > Arrange:

• Slide extras off screen: extra windows wait past the left and right edges. Click a screen edge, or hold ⌃⌥ and use the mouse wheel, to move the layout along.
• Stack after a number of windows: extra windows stack with tabs, after 2, 3, 4 or 6 windows.

Windows that won't shrink

Some apps have a minimum size. Findow learns it and moves split lines to fit. Sizes are read a moment after a move, and Settings > Arrange can forget them.

Move windows

• Drag one tile onto another to swap them, or press ⌃⌥⇧← or ⌃⌥⇧→.
• Hold ⌃⌥ to see a map of your windows, then click one to go to it or drag it to reorder.
• Give an app a fixed position in Settings > Arrange. Position 1 is the main window.