Moving windows using keyboard...faster?

Posted by Alois Mahdal on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Alois Mahdal
Published on 2012-03-22T10:25:16Z Indexed on 2012/03/22 11:32 UTC
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I like using keyboard shortcuts because it's faster as it does not force me to move my hands off the keyboard.

In Windows I can use them to move windows around desktop:

  1. Press Alt+Space to open common windows menu
  2. Press M to choose "Move" command
  3. Navigate window position by cursor keys
  4. Confirm new position with Enter

Additionally, to achieve better accuracy, I can hold Ctrl while navigating.

Now the problem is that the normal "step" when moving is about 20px, and my desktop is quite large, so "walking" all the way across takes quite a long time. This kind of defeats the purpose of using keyboard for these tasks.

Is it possible to change size of this step so that takes less steps to walk the same distance? (I imagine a hidden setting in Windows registry...?)

I tried holding Alt while navigating, but it does not seem to have influence on speed.

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