FancyZones in 5 Minutes (Beginner's Guide)

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

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FancyZones (part of PowerToys) is a window manager utility for arranging and snapping windows into efficient layouts to improve the speed of your workflow and restore layouts quickly. FancyZones allows you to define a set of window locations for a desktop that are drag targets for windows. When you drag a window into a zone, the window is resized and repositioned to fill that zone. In this quick Beginner's Guide I break down how to get it installed and how to make custom layouts in just a few minutes.
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00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Installation of PowerToys
01:30 - What is a FancyZone?
02:05 - FancyZone Settings
02:50 - Layout Editor & Customization
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@AnthonyNardozza Жыл бұрын

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

@JamesMontemagno Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@tregytregster2425 2 ай бұрын

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

@vxxx6783 9 ай бұрын

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

@bookerworm2717 Жыл бұрын

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

@samsonstrings 2 ай бұрын

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

@mohamedsakka2338 Жыл бұрын

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

@serialfx Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheReal03Z Жыл бұрын

Using this with the LGDulup is amazing! Thanks

@bebl Жыл бұрын

So handy, thanks a lot for your video!

@johnc4624 Жыл бұрын

Wow - super tool.. and well explained - bravo

@REDPlys Жыл бұрын

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

@benoitb.3679 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bamenvy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, dude. Great vid.

@prodvassey 11 ай бұрын

Amazing my man

@MaestroStefanoPetrini Жыл бұрын

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?

@satalaj 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@utubewillyman Жыл бұрын

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

@frankiee2768 Жыл бұрын

this is great ty!

@qojte 11 ай бұрын

Excellent vid!

@user-uc8vh6ox1n 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@wilsonvivas7362 Жыл бұрын

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

@jorgjorgsen7528 2 жыл бұрын

thanks helped me alor

@TabletPro Жыл бұрын

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

@michbegl 7 ай бұрын

Thanks goat

@JohnHatchard 9 ай бұрын

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.

@Wololoo88 5 ай бұрын

Great video +1 like

@DiegoAguilera Жыл бұрын

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

@KevinGilmartin 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@rikudouensof 2 жыл бұрын

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}"

@zb1348 3 ай бұрын

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

@brandonwoodruff7248 Жыл бұрын

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

@clementj_ Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! However, I have a small issue: when I want to put a KZfaq 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?

@clodes_sigdhart 8 ай бұрын

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

@jdjd5113 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@jdjd5113 Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@pebblebeach65 9 ай бұрын

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.

@MattAnonymous 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Linus! 🤣

@Sxrew 22 күн бұрын

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

@youtubeseer1272 7 ай бұрын

Great video! thanks

@batya7 Жыл бұрын

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

@MeepMeep88 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@manuelhayen872 2 жыл бұрын

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

@xarain Жыл бұрын

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

@JamesMontemagno Жыл бұрын

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

@The_Alpha_Kevin Жыл бұрын

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

@jblaze600 Жыл бұрын

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

@simplysurfing 7 ай бұрын

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 ?

@seanys 6 ай бұрын

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?

@vleflvlkev 11 ай бұрын

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)

@Armis71 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@yointoo Жыл бұрын

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

@JohnDoe-uc7et Жыл бұрын

Can you maximise an application over two sreens?

@kibagami25 8 ай бұрын

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

@oldgamer1330 8 ай бұрын

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

@manuelprates5502 10 ай бұрын

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

@swekiwi4517 Жыл бұрын

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

@JamesMontemagno Жыл бұрын

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

@swekiwi4517 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno thank you, it worked!

@swekiwi4517 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno Thank you! Worked like a charm!

@designy7677 8 ай бұрын

How did you delete the zone?

@jhirn2957 Жыл бұрын

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

@justingolden21 10 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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.

@thebat8869 Жыл бұрын

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

@DivineMisterAdVentures Жыл бұрын

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.