Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X

Re:Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X by alexlajeunesse on Thursday November 05, 2015 @04:25PM (#10516208)

Awesome! I was looking for something like this a little while ago and ended up using better touch tool, which does a lot of other things in addition to window snapping, but all I wanted was the window snapping.

I noticed that it doesn't want to maximize the window when I have an external display set up to be stacked above my laptop display. That's my default setup so I won't be able to use it, but still neat!

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Re:Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X by gbrueckner on Thursday November 05, 2015 @06:44PM (#10516918)

Hey Alex, thanks for trying Snapp!

> I noticed that it doesn't want to maximize the window when I have an external display set up to be stacked above my laptop display.

Do I understand correctly that you are trying to maximize the window on your laptop display? If so, I just tried this myself: the mouse has to be dragged into the topmost row of pixels of the display, which is not very practical if the mouse can move further up onto your external display...

Maybe it would be better if the window was maximized when the mouse is dragged into the upper half of the menubar, not just the topmost row of pixels?

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Re:Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X by alexlajeunesse on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:33AM (#10520306)

Yea exactly! That sounds like a good solution

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Re:Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X by wingerlang on Friday November 06, 2015 @04:17AM (#10518488)

> but all I wanted was the window snapping

If you still only want that, there's Better Snap Tool which is just the snap portion of BTT. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580?m...

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Re:Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X by gbrueckner on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:05AM (#10518628)

There are a number of apps in the App Store with the same functionality as Snapp (Better Snap Tool, [0], [1]), but afaik none of them are free or open source.

[0] Cinch: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cinch/id412529613?mt=12

[1] Divvy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/divvy-window-manager/id41385...

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Re:Show HN: Snapp – Windows-Like Window Snapping for OS X by wingerlang on Friday November 06, 2015 @06:29AM (#10518928)

I am quite aware, I just took his comment as in he wanted BTT but only the snapping, in which case BST is the exact thing he is looking for.

While I personally don't mind closed-source and paid software, I guess it is a nice thing to do for multiple reasons. I had a look at the code and it did inspire me to have another look at another little application I've been meaning to work on - so thanks for that!

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