Compare FancyZones vs. SmartWindows

FancyZones serves as a window management tool designed to help users arrange and snap their application windows into optimized layouts, enhancing workflow efficiency and allowing for quick restoration of these layouts. This utility empowers you to specify a series of designated zones on your desktop where windows can be directed. By dragging a window into a predetermined zone or using a designated keyboard shortcut, the respective window automatically resizes and relocates to occupy that zone completely. Additionally, if you have the "Use non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation" option activated, you can enter zone selection mode by simply clicking the secondary mouse button. When two zones are positioned next to each other, a window can be adjusted to span the combined area of both zones, effectively rounding up to the smallest rectangle that encompasses the two. As you maneuver the mouse cursor close to the shared boundary of two zones, both zones become active at the same time, giving you the flexibility to drop the window into either or both. Moreover, you can drag the window until it activates one zone and then, by pressing and holding the control key while continuing to drag, select multiple zones to expand your layout options. This feature significantly streamlines the process of organizing your desktop workspace efficiently.

Are you able to code, write, program, code, illustrate, or edit images on your computer. It would be amazing if your windows could be placed in the right places and the right sizes for each role, and then restored at the touch of a button. SmartWindows allows you to do exactly that! Switch between the layouts that best suit your coding, gaming, and writing style. SmartWindows will save you time and increase your productivity every day. SmartWindows not only saves and restores application positions, but also remembers and opens files. SmartWindows supports all your favorite applications, such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel, Project, Notepad, Wordpad, Wordpad, Excel, Project, Excel, Notepad, Wordpad, and Project. You will love the freedom and flexibility that comes with multiple monitors. No worries. SmartWindows supports multiple displays simultaneously. You can restore app positions on each monitor.