Mac window tiling icons & keyboard shortcuts

Window tiling icons are shown in the menu that appears when you hold the pointer over the green button in the upper-left corner of a window. They’re also shown next to the menu items you see when you choose Window > Move & Resize (or Window > Full Screen Tile) from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Move and resize the active window

These options move and resize the active window.

Icon	Name	Keyboard shortcut	Description
	Fill	Fn-Control-F	Expand the active window to fill the desktop.
	Centre	Fn-Control-C	Centre the active window on the desktop.
	Left	Fn-Control-Left Arrow	Move the active window to the left half of the desktop.
	Right	Fn-Control-Right Arrow	Move the active window to the right half of the desktop.
	Top	Fn-Control-Up Arrow	Move the active window to the top half of the desktop.
	Bottom	Fn-Control-Down Arrow	Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop.
	Top Left	n/a	Move the active window to the top-left corner of the desktop.
	Top Right	n/a	Move the active window to the top-right corner of the desktop.
	Bottom Left	n/a	Move the active window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop.
	Bottom Right	n/a	Move the active window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop.
n/a	Return to Previous Size	Fn-Control-R	Make the active window the size it was before it was tiled.

Move and arrange multiple windows

These options move and arrange multiple windows.

Name	Keyboard shortcut	Description
Left & Right	Fn-Control-Shift-Left Arrow	Move the active window to the left half of the desktop and move the second window to the right half of the desktop.
Right & Left	Fn-Control-Shift-Right Arrow	Move the active window to the right half of the desktop and move the second window to the left half of the desktop.
Top & Bottom	Fn-Control-Shift-Up Arrow	Move the active window to the top half of the desktop and move the second window to the bottom half of the desktop.
Bottom & Top	Fn-Control-Shift-Down Arrow	Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop and move the second window to the top half of the desktop.
Quarters	n/a	Arrange windows in the top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right corners of the desktop.
Left & Quarters	Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Left Arrow	Move the active window to the left half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-right corner of the desktop and move the third window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop.
Right & Quarters	Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Right Arrow	Move the active window to the right half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-left corner of the desktop and move the third window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop.
Top & Quarters	Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Up Arrow	Move the active window to the top half of the desktop, move the second window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop and move the third window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop.
Bottom & Quarters	Fn-Control-Option-Shift-Down Arrow	Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-left corner of the desktop and move the third window to the top-right corner of the desktop.

Full screen tile

These options tile windows to full screen or Split View.

Name	Keyboard shortcut	Description
Entire Screen	n/a	Expand the active window to full screen.
Left of Screen	n/a	Expand the active window to Split View on the left.
Right of Screen	n/a	Expand the active window to Split View on the right.
Exit Full Screen	n/a	Exit full screen.

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Mac window tiling icons & keyboard shortcuts

Move and resize the active window

Move and arrange multiple windows

Full screen tile