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ShiftIt still working basically fine for me after a decade: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by very_good_man · 2023-11-30 · in Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

ShiftIt helps me a lot. Basic, simple keyboard shortcuts. And it's free (as in free speech). https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by guaka · 2019-04-07 · in Study: Two Monitors or One Ultrawide

- ShiftIt (macOs) https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by warpech · 2019-03-28 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite utility desktop apps?

…Source tool that help me manage windows sizes and positions (including minimizing and maximizing): https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt I've recommend it to pretty much any Mac user I've met.

comment by hunvreus · 2018-02-07 · in Designing Windows 95’s User Interface

I use ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ), and ctrl+alt+cmd+M maximizes the window just like you expect.

comment by jasim · 2018-02-07 · in Designing Windows 95’s User Interface

ShiftIt is alright: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt It's rather limited - make window fill quarter/half screen, make window fill whole screen, move window to next monitor - but it's very easy to configure, and supports XQuartz windows.

comment by to3m · 2017-06-08 · in Show HN: Grid-based window tiling for X11 with powerful keyboard controls

I can't recommend enough the first app I install on any new Mac, ShiftIt: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt - It's open source + free - Once you install it and learn the keyboard shortcuts you basically can forget it's there because it…

comment by Archio · 2017-05-20 · in Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac

I use ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ) for this.

comment by touart · 2017-04-04 · in The Mac Pro Lives

I just bought a 34" 21x9 ultra wide monitor and am in a similar dilemma. I use ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ) for window management since I can assign a single keyboard command to center whatever window I’m working on.…

comment by redeemedfadi · 2017-03-27 · in Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors

Also https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by mcdevhammer · 2016-07-15 · in Hammerspoon – Powerful automation of OS X with Lua

I've given ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ) a go for window management. So far its been stable and works for 99% of applications (Adobe products being a very notable exception). Also, it's very minor, but I wish the "Go to…

comment by nness · 2016-03-18 · in What I’d like to see in OS X 10.12

ShiftIt will do that: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by rahimnathwani · 2015-12-22 · in Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

Or ShiftIt https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by DavideNL · 2015-08-16 · in Terminal Window Manager for OS X

I use ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ), which is similar, as I recall, but free. Has keyboard shortcuts. I use it for pretty much all my windows. (A few years ago, before I started using OS X, I wrote something similar for…

comment by to3m · 2015-08-16 · in Terminal Window Manager for OS X

Regarding window management: I use an excellent little free app called ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ) that makes window management way better. Uses maybe 20MB of RAM and plays nice with multiple displays.

comment by tthayer · 2015-04-28 · in Ask HN: New job is having me switch from Linux to Mac – how do I cope?

…similar to Spectacle (I use both on different machines) and should be functional back to 10.6. https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by chriskelley · 2014-07-03 · in Hydra: A lightweight OS X window manager with a powerful API

…window manager. I use Spectacle, but I think ShiftIt is much more popular. http://spectacleapp.com/ https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by ansimionescu · 2014-05-15 · in Mac keyboard shortcuts

OSS alternative to Divvy: ShiftIt https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by sleepyhead · 2014-01-13 · in Mac Apps We Use Every Day

Other (FLOSS) options: * ShiftIt: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt * Spectacle: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle

comment by follower · 2014-01-02 · in Resolving power button issues in Mac OS X Mavericks

…with ShiftIt, I can approximate a primitive keyboard-controlled tiling window manager on the Mac: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by phaedrix · 2013-12-27 · in Ask HN: Have you remapped the Caps Lock key? [Poll]

…doesn't do mouse drag but its open-source and has hotkeys - [ctrl+option+cmd+{left|right|up|down}] https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt Another useful utility is RightZoom which makes the Maximize button behave as expected:…

comment by alanning · 2013-11-19 · in Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

Let me put in a word for ShiftIt. https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by afandian · 2013-10-19 · in Amethyst - A dynamically tiling window manager for OSX, modeled after xmonad

…wide, every Twitter Bootstrap site thinks i'm on a mobile device and collapses the grid layout. [1] https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4059820

comment by jared314 · 2013-10-04 · in Why You Should Try a Tiling Window Manager

…to give Slate a try...ShiftIt helps, but still no comparison to a decent Tiling WM like Awesome. https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by phaedrix · 2013-02-19 · in Slate: a Mac OS X window manager for power users

…concerns. Maximizing is just option-command-F, which is pretty natural to hit for me. https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by carb · 2013-02-10 · in A month after switching to Macs

Get ShiftIt, and you can maximize without needing to piss about: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt/issues/72#issuecomment-3727710 (You want this build, rather than the official one from its page on the git hub.)

comment by to3m · 2012-07-23 · in I just cannot get along with Apple

…a bunch of apps that can do this for you, with varying degrees of automation: ShiftIt (Free/OSS): https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt/tree/shiftit16 DoublePane ($3): http://5amcode.com/ Tyler ($10): http://blog.reflare.com/tagged/tyler…

comment by callahad · 2012-07-08 · in goomwwm: Get out of my way, Window Manager

…http://notational.net/ * Quicksilver (Quicksilver) http://qsapp.com/ * ShiftIt (window positioning) https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt * The unarchiver (opens exotic archive formats) http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html * Yummy FTP…

comment by johncoltrane · 2012-06-18 · in Ask HN: Just ordered my first Mac- what apps should I know about?

…Git GUI: GitX (L) - http://gitx.laullon.com/ Window "manager" : Shiftit - https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt General productivity: I love QuickSilver, however it's been crashing quite frequently on me since I installed Lion, so I'm

comment by haar · 2012-06-17 · in Ask HN: Just ordered my first Mac- what apps should I know about?

…build with Xcode on OS X Lion, but the author has a very stable 1.6 binary available for download: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt/issues/72#issuecomment-3...

comment by technosmurf · 2012-06-04 · in Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad

…at least didn't bother listing them. Here's but a handful, for others who are interested: ShiftIt: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt TileWindows: http://www.carsten-mielke.com/tilewindows.html Mercury Mover:…

comment by pudquick · 2012-06-03 · in Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad

Have you tried "Shift it" for OSX: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by kasperbn · 2012-05-03 · in I'm Giving Up Reading for a Year

ShiftIt is a great open source alternative for window managing in OSX as well. https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by chriskelley · 2012-03-31 · in OSX For Hackers

There is also ShiftIt < https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt> , although I haven't tried it yet. The functionality of TylerWM seems quite simple. I wonder wether there is any Open Source clone of it.

comment by albertzeyer · 2012-02-23 · in TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

…Free and does everything divvy and SizeUp can do !! A git repo, with latest chages based on https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt/network appears to be here: https://github.com/mehowte/ShiftIt Very easy to build with Xcode 4 on SL 10.6.8 ...…

comment by shiven · 2011-07-21 · in John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

SizeUp looks like a paid-for version of https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt .

comment by xiongchiamiov · 2011-03-06 · in Multitasking

…it's not too bad working on it, even for a someone as used to a tiling wm as me. [0]: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

comment by xiongchiamiov · 2011-03-06 · in Multitasking

ShiftIt ( https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt ) is a capable, open-source alternative to SizeUp and Divvy.

comment by callahad · 2011-01-31 · in Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

…here) But I'm not very good at it yet and it doesn't have org-mode. * I've lately been using https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt on the mac for keyboard-based window snapping. I like it. * Visual Studio 2008 / C# 3 for most programming…

comment by mullr · 2010-11-08 · in Ask HN: What do you use?