If you don’t feel the grid gives you enough control, change the grid size at the bottom – I use 10 x 6 cells on my 27″ iMac and 9 x 5 cells on my MacBook Pro.Remember, you’re not actually going to use the keyboard for these actions, so if they’re complex, it’s ok. Moom will warn you if you use something that’s already assigned to the OS try using “CTRL” instead of “CMD”. Make sure not to use something you use all the time like “CMD+V” or “CMD+P”. Now, click in the box that says “No Shortcut” and assign a keyboard shortcut to that action.Using the grid, select the area of the screen you want your window to resize to when the action is triggered.Select “Move & Zoom” from the action menu in the newly created setting panel.At the bottom left of the dialog, click on the “+” icon to create a new custom action.First, open the Moom settings dialog and click on the “Custom” tab.Once you have shortcuts created, we can then assign those to gestures in Jitouch:
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Here’s how to go about configuring shortcuts in Moom.
#JITOUCH STOP WINDOWS#
Unfortunately, Jitouch only supports splitting into two windows side-by-side that’s where Moom comes back into play.īy taking advantage of Moom’s customizable keyboard shortcuts and Jitouch’s ability to assign gestures to customizable actions – including executing keyboard shortcuts – I’m able to build custom views of windows in Moom and then use Jitouch to fire-off those shortcuts using a mouse gesture. I use this feature of jEdit quite a bit and so it seemed natural to be able to do the same thing with the windows in the OS.
#JITOUCH STOP CODE#
For years I’ve used a source code editor called jEdit and one of it’s greatest features is the ability to split windows vertically or horizontally in an almost endless way. That said, there are often times when simply splitting the screen isn’t enough. When building applications, I typically have a code editor open on one half of the screen and either a database IDE or a browser window open on the other half. Using Jitouch to split windows has become a very natural part of how I work. Split windows on OSX using Jitouch's "Maximize Right" gesture so that you can do side-by-side comparison, work on application code in one window and see the browser in the other, or just generally make the most of your widescreen monitor. This allows you to quickly split your screen between two documents, browser windows, applications, etc. One of the nice built-in features in Jitouch is the ability to automatically push a Window to the left or right of your screen by drawing a line toward the right or left of your screen. You may not be a big fan of gesture-based navigation, but once you use Jitouch you’ll wonder how you ever moved around in your OS without it. Apple built a lot of great gestures into OSX, but Jitouch expands on those available gestures and allows you to customize them.
#JITOUCH STOP PRO#
If you have a Mac and are using either the Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad or the built-in multi-touch trackpad on your MacBook, MacBook Pro or Air then you should really take a look at Jitouch. It’s the keyboard integration that I’m going to focus on in this little post – it’s going to allow us to tie in another of my favorite OSX add-ons: Jitouch. Moom does all of the things you would expect from a good Window Management application (move, zoom, resize, revert, etc.) and it does them in a very intuitive and flexible way allowing you to use your mouse to select pre-defined or customized layouts, or use your keyboard to nudge windows into shape. There are several great options out there for managing window size, placement, visibility, etc., but the one that has proved most useful to me is Moom from Many Tricks. If you don’t believe me, go look at the host of applications in the AppStore designed to give you more control over your windows and applications thousands of users agree. Don’t get me wrong, I love just about everything about OSX, but window management is one area where OSX falls short.
Window management in OSX leaves a lot to be desired.
Gesture-based Window Management with Moom and Jitouch
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