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SecondShell is a portable utility that makes Windows Explorer a lot more user friendly
First, you can resize windows by holding down Alt+Right click and dragging the mouse anywhere in the window. Alt+Left click moves the window. By Odin's beard, how frickin' awesome is that?! Ctrl+Alt+Arrow key maximizes your window either horizontally or vertically, and Ctrl+Alt+Numpad 1-9 moves the window into the respective corner of your screen. There's a bunch of other keyboard shortcuts, too (but Windows 7 already has most of them built-in, I think).
Netbook and laptop users: if the resize-anywhere bit wasn't enough to get you excited, you can also remap Caps Lock to act as a Middle Mouse button! No longer will it be a struggle to open links in new tabs! It should be noted that Caps Lock remapping (and some other advanced features) will require some .INI file hacking -- the FAQ should have you covered, if you've never done that before, though.
SecondShell is one of those tiny little utilities that you simply must try; it's fast, flawless, and completely portable. It's also Windows-only, I'm afraid.
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Subscribe to commentsszekelyaSep 8th 2010 5:25PM
Sebastian, thanks a lot for this great review!
The following new features are in development currently:
-Roll up and down windows by rotating the mousewheel above the titlebar. (I've seen that in gnome, perfect idea.
-Resize windows by alt+mousewheel turning anywhere above a window - matches the idea of the above mentioned window moving and resizing.
-And some ideas of users in the forums.
Feel free to come up with anything you're missing from the default window management capabilities.
Thanks again
szekelya
Sebastian AnthonySep 8th 2010 5:30PM
Rolling through windows sounds like fun -- though it might be a bit tricky, depending on how sensitive the scroll wheel is :)
No problem -- keep it up!
IuqiddisSep 8th 2010 11:27PM
Is it possible to assign the four monitor corners to button or program shortcuts? Thanks, nice little program.
RolandixorSep 8th 2010 9:58PM
Can't we already do this on linux?
Just making fun of the windows users... but that's a bit uselss =D
RavikiranSep 9th 2010 5:06AM
yes we can! :D
these features were there in GNOME way back..!
fscSep 9th 2010 8:08AM
who use linux anyway, words of wisdom bro, drop that zero and go with the hero
EmilSep 9th 2010 4:59AM
I don't really see the use for this to be honest. So many programs already use ctrl/alt + mouse to do things which are far more important than changing the window size. Probably also the reason why such things were never included by default in Windows because it would severely limit programs to use mouse shortcuts.
Sebastian AnthonySep 9th 2010 5:01AM
Ctrl+Alt+Mouse isn't used by any programs that I know of... keyboard shortcuts, yes (+A, +S, etc.)
I don't know of many programs that use Alt+Mouse either...
EmilSep 9th 2010 5:18AM
A lot of graphics/design tools use those to manipulate/rotate the viewpoint or resize objects. It really depends on what you work on. I'm not a designer but even my text editor (ultraedit) uses ctrl+mouse to accomplish certain things (even if I never use those functions).
Sebastian AnthonySep 9th 2010 5:22AM
Yeah, I'm aware of the graphical apps that use it -- but, as you say, Ctrl+Click is more common, or Alt+Click -- not Ctrl AND Alt!
(Plus, you can re-map it in the INI file... or disable the program entirely with a simple key combo :)
EmilSep 9th 2010 5:33AM
I was actually more getting at the "but it adds such handy features that you'll wonder why Windows doesn't include them by default.". The reason being that with Windows handling those shortcuts no other program would be able to use them. I kind of missed the part with the INI file which basically renders all my complaints moot :)
Sebastian AnthonySep 9th 2010 5:37AM
Ah! True, I'll give you that :)
(Windows doesn't provide any customization for its various shortcuts, does it?)
tonygSep 25th 2010 12:04AM
The ALT+Click to resize and move is BRILLIANT - where has this been all my life!