Rectangle Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Any tools for a customizable trading dashboard (charts, order flow, news, etc.)?

  Try rectangle if you’re on mac. It’s a window manager and you can config hot keys to move windows around. For example I keep my large monitor split in 3, with a window in each third. I know it’s not exactly what you asked, but prob the best you can achieve. If you want to try to roll your own web solution, you can try to create a page with multiple iframes. The catch is that sites control whether they can be... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• The Future Is Niri

  This is how I use my Mac desktop with Rectangle https://rectangleapp.com That and the apple touchpad to swipe three fingers left and right to switch desktops (and different machines as one desktop is remote desked into a windows box and another terminal+tmux session to a linux box). - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• iTerm2 Critical Security Fix

  Full-screen-but-not-native is useful enough that it's handy to have around for all windows in all programs. So the move there is to install Rectangle.app (https://rectangleapp.com/), the successor to Spectacle, and then choose your terminal independently. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Show HN: Resizer2 – i3/KDE window movement on Windows

  I use https://rectangleapp.com/ for KDE-like window management on my Macbooks. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Apple's macOS Sequoia lets you snap windows into position

  It's OK, but far from enough for a power user. After trying it out, I decided to go back to using the open source Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• macOS Sequoia is available today

  Hm, I've been really happy with Rectangle (https://rectangleapp.com) and its shortcuts have become second nature to me, but if the native version is equally keyboard friendly I might give it a go. (btw, have you tried Rectangle and if so - what didn't you like?) (Not affiliated with it, just a happy user). - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• macOS Sequoia is available today

  I have been using a little app called Rectangle[1] for years now, and it solves every possible window positioning need I have ever had. No ads, no cost. As far as the conversation goes, 1st party implementation by Apple would be nice and all, but 3rd party doesn't bother me in the slightest. (at least in this case) [1] https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• U.S. Govt pushes Nvidia and Apple to use Intel's foundries

  Regarding macOS window management, have you tried Rectangle? It’s free and open source… https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Linux: We Need Tiling Desktop Environments

  Rectangle (https://rectangleapp.com/) makes macOS window management good enough (for a non-tiling WM), by adding keyboard shortcuts and drag gestures. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Window-Switcher: Alt+(backtick) same-app window switching for Windows 10/11

  This area only recently, but I think macOS is still behind. When I'm using macOS, I can't stand the GUI without these tools: Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/ Easy Move+Resize: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize They move the macOS desktop usability near the place where KDE was in. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• A Mac Rectangle inspired window manager for Windows 10/11 powered by AutoHotkey

  "Mac Rectangle" is a strange way of saying this is inspired by https://rectangleapp.com. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  - Rectangle: window management [https://rectangleapp.com/]. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  MicDrop - Add a global "mute microphone" button in the status bar (https://getmicdrop.com/) AltTab - Give the same (sane) behaviour to cmd+tab as alt+tab on Windows (https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/) Rectangle - Window snapping (https://rectangleapp.com/) Maccy - A clipboard history manager (https://maccy.app/) DropZone - Add a "shelf" zone in the same way as Dropover. It's less good than Dropover, but it's... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

  Https://rectangleapp.com is the spiritual successor. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

  Not to drop this kind hacker’s competitor, but I’ve been a happy user of https://rectangleapp.com/. Will definitely be checking this out instead tho, even though I’ve paid for rectangle — any demo that has SublimeText windows in it is a demo I trust! - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Updating My Mac Window Shortcuts Strategy for Optimal Workflow

  Rectangle’s installation is incredibly straightforward. Its immediate out-of-the-box functionality was a pleasant surprise. For anyone seeking to reduce the friction of window management on their Mac, Rectangle is a solution I wholeheartedly recommend. - Source: dev.to / 12 months ago

• How I stay (more) focused with ADHD

  Tip: I use Rectangle app to set up keyboard shortcuts to resize windows (I only have three shortcuts there: left/right half of the screen and full screen). - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?

  If you are using MacOS, I recommend these 2 apps 1. "Rectangle" for window management https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Working in the Vision Pro [video]

  Use tiling window manager + one large or ultrawidescreen monitor. If you have Mac, rectangle is good free software (https://rectangleapp.com/). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

  But Raycast also has some functionality in that direction. [1] - https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024

  Two more little utilities that I cannot live without on Mac: A tiling window manager like https://rectangleapp.com/ Muzzle, which automatically silences desktop notifs when you're screensharing https://muzzleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago