Clippper - Manage Window Layouts with Less Effort but More Efficiency
Clippper is a native application for macOS that aims to help you manage window layouts without the need to remember many shortcuts or create complex configurations.
Support: macOS 13.0(Ventura) and above.
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Updates:
V1.5.0(2024.08.29)
- Auto Revival
V1.4.0(2024.08.26)
- Launch with Layout
V1.3.6(2024.08.12)
- Add "Use exact center" for center operation.
V1.3.3(2024.08.12)
- Move windows between spaces. Now you can move windows to previous/next space through shortcuts 🎉.
- Invoke operations or custom actions directly from menubar.
How Clippper works
To reduce shortcuts and simplify configuration steps, Clippper uses Clips to manage window layouts, which is a size list that you can use to move & resize your window. All you need to do is to set up your clips, and then use Control + Option + ⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️ to control your window.
Note: all shortcuts in Clippper are configurable.
Use Clips
For demonstration below, the clips are [1/2, 1/3, 1/4] on horizontal direction and [1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4] on vertical direction. So by pressing the shortcuts repeatedly, the width of the window would cycle between half, third and fourth of the screen width, with the height cycling between full, half, third, fourth of the screen height.
If you are using a vertical screen, I would recommend you to switch the clips on directions, or use any values you like.
Movement
It's just simple as breath: Control + Option + Command + ⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️.
Windows would move by their own size most of the time, and automatically attach to edges, which means you can easily make a window move to an edge or a corner, and when it does, pressing the shortcuts again will send the window outside of the screen.
Pair Mode
Normally if you want to achieve a two/three column layout, you need to use shortcuts for Left/Right Half/Third(s) to achieve that. With Clippper, you just need Pair Mode.
Resize the current window to any size you want, as long as there is a rectangle-like space left, then switch to another resizable window, by pressing Control + Option + P, the window would automatically move & resize to occupy the space left.
Pair Window Lock (experimental feature)
After pair two windows together, if you adjust the size of one of them, the other one will automatically resize if there is enough space on the screen.
Since this is an experimental feature, it might be unstable sometimes and you need to enable it in Experimental section before using it.
Actions
If you need more flexible layouts, Clippper has an actions system that can help you build your own workflows. For each action, you can add one or more operations(move, resize, display......) to it, and Clippper will execute them one by one when you invoke the action.
There is an example action that does two things: Move the current window to the next screen and then make it maximize.
If you're familiar with Moom, which is a great application, Actions are pretty much like it but more powerful.
How to use Actions？
There are two ways to use actions: shortcuts or actions menu.
Coming soon
- Stage Manager support
Suggestions & Supports
Send an email to here if you have any suggestions or need supports.
Check out our official site for more information about Clippper.