FancyZones in 5 Minutes (Beginner's Guide) | PowerToys Window Manager

[@AnthonyNardozza]

I've had PowerToys installed for years and just finally tried FancyZones, well done intro!

[@JamesMontemagno]

Great to hear!

[@bookerworm2717]

Loved it - thanks so much for helping me get acquainted with Fancy Zones.

[@serialfx]

Came back from Windows 11 because my PC is not fully supported. Missed the new snapping windows feature W11 had. Found this and couldn't be happier.

[@tregytregster2425]

Great app and I really appreciate the quick and concise intro. Thanks.

[@samsonstrings]

This is exactly what I have been looking for. Oh Thanks a lot. Loved it.

[@JohnHatchard]

Is there any way to configure fancy zone preset shortcuts to have specific apps automatically open within each zone? That would be the killer app for me to increase productivity. For example say using the priority grid (from left to right) have File Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Discord open by clicking one fancy zone custom preset.

[@REDPlys]

HOLY SHIT MAN THANK YOUU BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A MINUTE!!! ❤

[@benoitb.3679]

3:20 Stannis Baratheon: "Fewer." Idiocy aside, Power Tools looks super helpful! Never knew it existed at all, thanks :)

[@MaestroStefanoPetrini]

I need to restart my pc several times a day, and I obviously need windows to remember the size of my explorer and programs windows at restart. I threw in the toilet lot of precious time every time for decades due to this problem. Why when i close windows holding down shift makes the system remember the size of windows but on restart these sizes are not remembered anymore? What can I do to get out of this Windows nightmare?

[@KeesKouwenberg]

Never used these, but I now see they can be usefull in my workflow. But, major BUT... as I can see a chosen layout is used for all virtual desktops? I hope I am wrong, because if I really wanna use this to the full extend, I need different fancy zones on multiple virtual desktops. [Edit] Found it CAN be different on all virtual desktops, me happy!!! Thank you for the guide!

[@vxxx6783]

Nice job. Exactly what I needed to get it set-up quick, without missing out on work.

[@shawnwitton9985]

Hi James. Thank you soo much for the insights on FancyZones. I have been looking for something like this for quite a while. There is something else I have been looking for that, until now, has alluded me. Perhaps you can offer me some insights. I day trade stock. Envision a chart covered in candles as well as multiple other indicators linked to the bars in question. I want a black screen that runs top to bottom on the window that I can move left or right, in minute increments, with the simple click of a key. That would allow me to hide what is coming in the near future and "practice" evaluating my next move, bar by bar. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Have a good day!

[@utubewillyman]

Thanks for this. I found it FancyZones to be completely unusable until I watched this.

[@mohamedsakka2338]

thanks for your efforts you made it simple and lemme tell you this i am using this as a developer and it helpt alot thanks again

[@satalaj]

Thanks for sharing

[@softdroid1655]

V helpful video thank you!! Only two years late to this 😅

[@Sxrew]

Can you do a zone inside a zone? Like Picture in Picture? I'd love to play certain video games with a smaller window in a corner

[@bamenvy]

Thanks, dude. Great vid.

[@DiegoAguilera]

Wish there could be a way to customize keyboard shortcuts to snap a window on an specific section of the grid

[@PHPhilippeCAUX]

i James, Thanks for this great video on Fancy Zone, I have 2 questions that maybe you can help me with : 1) When you enter Fancy Zone edotor, you have a parameter symbole (Gear) on the right side in the top section where the screens are represented. I do not get this symbole to access to the parameters. Do you know how to activate it ? 2) I have defined a customized set of zones that I want to use with my screen #3. But I am unable to apply it to my screen 3. ANd not for other screens too. How to allocate my customized zones to srreen 3 ? I hope my questions are understandable. Thanks, Phil

[@prodvassey]

Amazing my man

[@jdjd5113]

I'm having trouble using FancyZones I have a screen Samsung 49" Curved screen S49A950, 5120x1440 a) The installation is going well b) splitting the screen works fine c) The placement of the different windows is fine but I maximize one of the windows in one of the splits on the screen maximize this window the entire screen and not just the individual partition area. So how do you set so that when you maximize a window it stays within the area of the screen to which you have assigned the window and does not fill the entire screen?

[@JamesMontemagno]

I hood down shift while dragging to have the window fill the partition

[@jdjd5113]

@@JamesMontemagno It does not work, when I have maximized a window it cannot be moved, it is locked to appear all over the screen. Can't you tell exactly what you do to get maximum window in an area?

[@TheReal03Z]

Using this with the LGDulup is amazing! Thanks

[@clementj_]

Thanks for the tutorial! However, I have a small issue: when I want to put a KZbin video in full screen while I have defined a specific zone, the video goes full screen on the entire screen instead of just the defined zone. How can I fix this?

[@MeepMeep88]

1:50 5:00 I'm having an issue where when you UNsnap it from the zone, it stays that size and shape... How do you make it so it reverts back to the original shape like how normal snap does it.. Kinda weird you didn't show any instances of it going back to its original shape

[@kohimame]

As far as I'm aware it does not snap back to its previous (normal) shape. I'm not sure if the issue's the same on Windows 11, though.

[@Jay-jk8lh]

@@kohimame It looks like there is now an option for it - "Restore the original size of windows when unsnapping"

[@manuelhayen872]

Hey man I got a specific app that I want to use it for but it doesnt work for on that app ... any fixes?

[@brandonwoodruff7248]

Does using power toys fancy zones with a single monitor LGCX 55 inch cause stuttering during streaming or recording to OBX?

[@bebl]

So handy, thanks a lot for your video!

[@zb1348]

Hey James , thanks for the intro .. is it possible to have like a massive virtual screen set up in fancy zones whereby , if I push the mouse to the edge or press -> it scrolls across , essentially having your monitor set up almost like a viewport to a much larger screen? Thanks

[@KevinGilmartin]

This is exactly what i needed to get my head around this, thank you. Do you know if there's a way to save your apps in place within the zones, so the always go there when you open them?

[@JamesMontemagno]

Not that I know of but I think there is a feature request out there

[@TabletPro]

would you consider doing a review of the tools for windows tablets in Tablet Pro STUDIO? They are unique tools like powertoys tools that you can't find anywhere else. Makes for interesting content and makes using desktop apps much much easier with pen and touch. comparable to keyboard and mouse speeds. Thank you James

[@andreasmaximus6116]

If I create a canvas with overlapping zones, how do I snap a window to a zone that is underneath or overlapped by other zones?

[@batya7]

I'm having trouble setting the zones, then snapping the apps to the zones I create.

[@qojte]

Excellent vid!

[@JohnDoe-uc7et]

Can you maximise an application over two sreens?

[@kibagami25]

I've tried everything and you cannot. It seems that even when you hit f11 in a browser, the full screen kicks on and takes over the entire monitor. Still looking for that software that can fullscreen two video split screen

[@johnc4624]

Wow - super tool.. and well explained - bravo

[@simplysurfing]

After all this hardwork and installing the software...one reboot and its all gone ?....or it remembers each unique folder by name and where it should open when a folder icon is double clicked ?

[@The_Alpha_Kevin]

hej great video but i cant skale my games anymore to the zones dont know why but maybe you can help and other windows wont skale too i have to do it manuelly

[@wilsonvivas7362]

Great video Thank you! One question, how do you change from template 0 to template 1 on the screen? Thanks

[@pebblebeach65]

James, Can you change the resolution of a window within Fancy Zones, I thinking no, but it is worth asking. I have been using Fancy Zones for a while but until I watch you video I didn't know how much more is was capable of doing.

[@vleflvlkev]

I want to watch multiple youtube video lives, how do I get them to stay in fancyzones while full screen (dont want to see chrome window bar)

[@manuelprates5502]

I can't do what you do at 4:58. Help! Mine just don't show to get dragged into a "zone" that I want

[@laceycook4935]

you have to hold shift when you move the window for the break out sections to appear.

[@xarain]

Thank you for the nice intro. Can i share my "zone(s)" during a zoom meeting?

[@JamesMontemagno]

Yes! There is an app called region to share in the microsoft store. I’ll do a video for next week

[@rikudouensof]

Thanks James. James, Please, Can you help with a tutorial on how to Xaml bind a Viewmodel that has dependency injection in a viewmodel to a Xaml page in an Xamarin or MAUI solution. I have seen the dependency injection video, but when things get blow out of proportion because the viewmodel has injected input. Yes I can use datatype but cannot do the binding context in xaml that will allow me to do the "Source={Binding}"

[@seanys]

How do I set which layout gets used every time I hit shift and drag a window? How do I change which layout gets used when I've already hit shift and am dragging a window?

[@Armis71]

With fancyzones, can you reboot and if you open certain apps will it remember which zones it was before and automatically goes to that zone?

[@JamesMontemagno]

I haven’t found a way to do that yet, but good feature request

[@oldgamer1330]

Can you just open single windows to saved sizes like an old program Winsize2.

[@clodes_sigdhart]

does anyone know if you can shuffle or randomize the apps' positions in order to protect OLED screens while working?

[@jblaze600]

I have a LG C1 48, I can’t shrink the canvas to 1920x1080. Is there a toggle or something?

[@designy7677]

How did you delete the zone?

[@דודלוי-צ6כ]

Thank you very much

[@yointoo]

Is it possible to run an app fullscreen(focus mode) in a zone?

[@justingolden21]

Love FancyZones but sadly it'll sometimes crash and not load at all or only load default zones. Wish PowerToys weren't so buggy.

[@Litruv]

I get around it by setting the shortcut to the fancy zone, then it's ctrl+win+alt+ little annoying still, but works a bit easier then resetting the zone.

[@frankiee2768]

this is great ty!

[@jhirn2957]

Intro, 4 minutes, title 5 minutes, video length 6 minutes.

[@Wololoo88]

Great video +1 like

[@swekiwi4517]

Thanks! But how do you make them snap so that there isn't a space between every window, as seen at 5:11?

[@JamesMontemagno]

In the fancy zone layout editor. Click edit and then adjust the "space around zones"

[@swekiwi4517]

@@JamesMontemagno thank you, it worked!

[@swekiwi4517]

​@@JamesMontemagno Thank you! Worked like a charm!

[@michbegl]

Thanks goat

[@jorgjorgsen7528]

thanks helped me alor

[@MattAnonymous]

Thanks Linus! 🤣

[@ryanmarie4461]

SHIFT!? THE SECRET WAS SHIFT? ive been banging my head against the wall for weeks trying to get this to work. I just had to press shift...

[@youtubeseer1272]

Great video! thanks

[@MisterDivineAdVenture]

Really ticks me off to have an app tie up a bunch of key combinations that I don't use - nothing more stupid than NOT to implement a simple foldout context menu or popup menu. Geez - that's proof they are not human factored.

[@thebat8869]

This doesn't work for hwinfo64 or hw monitor :/

[@VincentVegas64]

This does not work with CMD windows.

[@JamesMontemagno]

Have you tried windows terminal?

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

UGGGGHhhhh I can't find ANYONE showing "Canvas"

[@obsidian741]

That is quite fancy, but I still can't really think of an actual use case... Maybe because I don't have a very big screen

[@cazzone]

it's stupidly complicated, just make the old desktop functions work

[@khaledsalah9248]

There's a free program called window grid that's much better in my opinion. nice video nevertheless : )

[@supremedictator.]

The part where you didn't tell people how to launch PowerToys was extra-annoying.

[@corb_fy]

This software is the biggest scam I've seen. It works as intended with only a few basic apps.

[@niko9942]

It's free

[@niko9942]

And it works with anything that is in windowed mode.