Fancy Zones Navigation Enhancement

[NathanCampioni]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

To add upon using Win+arrows to move around zones there should be a simple way with a shortcut to place a window in multiple zones (maybe Win+Shift+arrows, even better would be if the keys were always customizable).

It would keep the window into the previous zone and enlarge it to fill also adjacent zones in the arrow direction which normally would just move into by only using Win+arrow.

In addition an alternative to maximize which must be disabled when using the shortcut navigation of fancy zones should be proposed.

Scenario when this would be used?

It's an everyday use to enlarge a window, but sometimes you don't want to enlarge it fully, which in any case you can't do with shortcuts since if I want to have enabled the fancy zones navigation setting I must disable the windows maximize shortcut, therefore another option to do that and to do things which I can do with the mouse using fancy zones is needed. This would even allow to add a window to more zones than it would be possible with the mouse giving more freedom to the user.

Supporting information

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[lucfig]

I totally agree with this. Currently I create a canvas layout with multiple overlaping zones, but that is far from optimal.

I would also add an option to control the positions with Win+Numpad.

I also miss a shortcut to maximize.

[maclarel]

+1 to this. Having to go over to the mouse and drag a window to an area of overlapping zones is a pain. It would be great to be able to do something like Win+Shift+ to trigger overlap into multiple zones beyond what's currently in use.

[julie777]

I would also add an option to control the positions with Win+Numpad.

Adding more info: I use N to launch/open applications. I don't have a numpad. I would hope there is a better way to define shortcuts that are more accessible.

I have created a more general issue #22186 to prompt discussion for the entire topic as opposed to single issues.