---
title: "Auto arrange | Findow Docs"
description: "Windows take their place as they open, in the layout you pick."
canonical: https://findowmac.com/docs/auto-arrange.html
---

Everyday moves

# Auto arrange

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

## Turn it on

Open the [menu bar panel](https://findowmac.com/menu-bar-panel.html) and pick a layout under Arrange.

## Layouts

| Key | Layout |
| --- | --- |
| ⌃⌥⌘1 | Grid |
| ⌃⌥⌘2 | Columns |
| ⌃⌥⌘3 | Rows |
| ⌃⌥⌘4 | Focus |
| ⌃⌥⌘5 | [Your grid](https://findowmac.com/your-grid.html) |

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.