WindowGrid is a modern window management program for Windows.
Allows the user to quickly and easily layout their windows on a dynamic grid using just the mouse.
Gives functionality to the normally useless right mouse button when moving a window. Doing this will enable the grid snap mode.
Present
- Simple to control
- Portable and Installable
- Works with aerosnap
- Unintrusive
- Grid overlay can be customised
- Can auto update
- Customizable input
- Supports Windows Vista (SP2), 7 (SP1), 8, 8.1 & 10
- Supports x86 and x64
- Written in C# and C++
- Utilizes WPF
Future
- Saved window locations
- Theme Customization
- Hold left click while moving the window
- Hold right click and move cursor to select the starting grid position of the window
- Release right click and move cursor to resize the window
- Release left click when window is as desired
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/windowgrid.net
Bitbucket Binaries: https://bitbucket.org/joshua_wilding/windowgrid-binaries
- Crashes at startup (Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6).
- Grid overlay can sometimes be delayed.
- The WindowGrid32.dll may need to be added to some virus scanners exclusion lists.
- Problems when moving non-DPI aware windows between monitors with DPI scaling.
Please report any issues at: https://bitbucket.org/joshua_wilding/windowgrid-binaries/issues
OR
Send an email to: windowgrid@gmail.com
- ADDED
Transposing of grid when displaying on a monitor in portrait orientation (Height > Width).
- MODIFIED
Re-added recommended OS settings.
- MODIFIED
Moved overlay code into WindowGridOverlay.
- FIXED
Should now work on pre-Windows 8 again.
- FIXED
Removed update connection warning on startup.
- ADDED
Input customization.
- UPDATED
Now using WPF in place of WinForms.
- MODIFIED
New Interface.
- FIXED
Install related issues on specific locales (Was related to directory security).
- FIXED
A few DPI related issues.
- FIXED
Hook related issues (i.e. Tab tearing in Chrome).
- FIXED
Many other issues.
- ADDED
Spacebar as an alternative to right click.
- ADDED
Move window mode when pressing middle click.
- MODIFIED
Drastically simplified the hook process.
- FIXED
Numerous issues.
- FIXED
Some install issues.
- FIXED
Auto start should now work correctly on Windows 7.
- FIXED
Small hook related problems.
- ADDED
"Cover Window Overlay" option.
- ADDED
Install Dialog.
- MODIFIED
"WindowGrid.exe" will now use its running location as it's working directory rather than "ProgramData" (Portable).
- FIXED
Some hook related issues.
- ADDED
Option to disable splash screen.
- ADDED
Ability to change the grid colors from the context menu.
- ADDED
About menu.
- ADDED
Option to enable showing of window contents while dragging windows.
- UPDATED
Context Menu layout.
- UPDATED
Compiled using VS2015 from VS2013.
- FIXED
Window borders in Windows 10 display correctly now.
- ADDED
Auto updating on startup.
- ADDED
Windows 10 support.
- ADDED
Preliminary command line argument support.
- FIXED
Some scheduling related issues.
- NOTE
Some windows in Windows 10 may not display correctly.
- ADDED
More Logging.
- FIXED
Crash when using incorrect working directory.
- FIXED
Auto start issues.
- FIXED
Some performance and graphical issues related to the Grid.
- FIXED
Small hook related issue.
- MODIFIED
Unified the log files.
- ADDED
Install button in settings, installs the exe and adds shortcut to start menu.
- MODIFIED
Hook dlls now stored in internal zip file.
- MODIFIED
Compressed icon.
- ADDED
New logo and color theme.
- ADDED
Customizable colors and opacity in 'Settings.xml'.
- ADDED
Logger to the C# component.
- ADDED
Supported OS' to the manifest.
- FIXED
Some issues.
- UPDATED
Grid renderer (Better layout and new start/end point indicators).
- FIXED
Some performance issues.
- ADDED
Grid renderer.
- MODIFIED
Hold right click to select starting grid, let go to start sizing window.
- UPDATED
Context menu.
- UPDATED
Now a single file, settings are now stored in user directory.
- ADDED
Disabling of Windows Aero Shake in settings.
