What is Reddit's opinion of Divvy?

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Divvy - quick window layout.
Dragondrop - drag, navigate through windows etc. for the place you want to drop, and then drop.
Really great especially if using a laptop. Both cheap on the app store.

I’ve used Divvy for ~7 yrs and always liked being able to resize based on the tile setup they use. Made a global shortcut of Cmd+Shift+D and it does what I need.

For the Magnet/Rectangle/Moom/etc users, am I missing out on some cool features here or what? I always see those mentioned w/o a mention for Divvy in threads like this.

Ja imam 34" 75hz ravan k'o bivsa. Preporuka da bude zakrivljen da se ne bi klatio kao metronom ako delis na vise od 3 dela.

Preporuka za 'secenje' ekrana: divvy.

Mozes da kupis a mozes i na divce da nabavis.

I like https://mizage.com/divvy/ The grid is configurable, you can set hotkeys to resize the current window or just invoke a mini grid and "draw" where you want it and it has a macos version as well. My one gripe with the windows build is that on boot the mini grid pops up and has to be dismissed. It's a small thing.

The LG CX right? Same thing here in Spain. I ended up managing to snag a 48" CX for 999 but it took a minute monitoring prices and all.

I use it most for productivity and was really torn between that and an ultrawide, but in the end getting OLED 48 for cheaper than a 49 ultrawide (I don't see the CHG90 so cheap around here) made so much more sense.

Also, for grid tiling, I'm super surprised no one's mentioned Divvy here so far. It's exactly what you're looking for.

I’m 99.9% sure my Upper Left Quadrant shortcut is SHIFT+OPT+UP+LEFT. It’s been a habit for years I’m not even sure of the combination it’s just muscle memory at this point.

I wish I could check for you to be 1000% positive but the Geniuses have my Mac at the moment. They do offer a free trial on their site though, so please try it before you buy and confirm your shortcuts are accepted.

I genuinely think they’ll work though!

Very nice!!! I have a "43 monitor myself and already think it's too small :face-palm emoji here:

I'm actually debating whether I should get the grovemade stand, I've had a glass one for ages but my desk top is already walnut so might take the plunge and follow your lead.

Last, with a monitor that large I find myself spending tons of time resizing windows, I'm a big fan of Divvy for that.

with my Ultrawide on Windows I use a program called Divvy from Mizage (https://mizage.com/divvy/) it allows me to resize every window to a custom size. So I'll run my browser in half screen, my email client and chat client side by side on the other half with email being 1/3 of the full screen and chat being 1/6. Allot of times I run Excel 2/3 with just email 1/3 etc. Depending on the current work I need to do. Divvy also works with Dual screens as well. Here is what I would ask myself. Do I ever have a single windows that needs more than a full screen? Or would I want to have 3 windows all equal? If yes then UltraWide would likely be best. If No, then Dual screen may work and does offer some other advantages (such as desk placement) Cost can be similar for both options, so it's really down to what your use case is.

I love Divvy for window management. https://mizage.com/divvy/ one of the best features is being able to move between monitors by re-entering your shortcuts ex: shift-space-q switches the window between my top right quadrant when typed twice.

Basically, for me, I do all my main work on the front monitor and only have ancillary info on the side ones. I use Divvy (autohotkey will also work) to quick-key apps into a specific window orientation such as full screen right monitor or half screen left monitor etc to quickly put apps in a preset configuration/location. It makes managing things so much easier. I think you would love that PLP setup I linked to in my last message (if you don't game). https://mizage.com/divvy/

I have tried Magnet and Divvy.... I am staying on Divvy. yes its more expensive, but gives you more control on window position... its must have for large monitors (i did use it on iMac and Dell 34" ).

|You mean like an alternate Finder?

I believe he's talking about the X11 or XQuartz window systems, and wants to build a "window manager" ontop of xlib. Although, he probably means something that is a bit higher-level and functions more as a window resizer.

The book mentioned above is certainly a suggested read if you want to dive into MacOS programming, but depending on how low-level you want to go, you may want to prioritize elsewhere (Objective-C and C).

I'd head over to Github, and do a quick search for similar projects, take a look at the structure. There's a great deal of window manager type projects there, from low-level ones built with C or Rust to higher level ones made with Applescript and Python. It'll be a great place to study what you're looking to accomplish.

Of course if you have a workflow that works for you, by all means stick with it, but you might also want to take a look at an app called Divvy. It has a unique approach to window sizing / positioning / snapping / alignment which I prefer over BTT.