Windows 10: Can you Snap a video-playback into a snapped window instead of fullscreen in Windows 11

In Windows 11, using the snap-assist feature. I have my 5Kx2K divided into three sections. When I play a video, I want to be able to expand the video to the snapped window size and not the full 5K Screen. When I Expand any video, it takes up the full 5K screen size instead of expanding to just the middle snap-window. Is this possible?windows

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Chrome, Snap, 1809 and fullscreen video

I don't know how common this is, but i found a solution to a problem at least some people were having. (Primarily a couple of reports on the Chrome Subreddit, one of which i have answered with the solution)

I thought it might be useful to put the solution here too as a reference for anybody else facing the same issue.

Only affects (as far as i know):

Windows 10 1809, Chromium based Browsers and Windows (Aero) Snap.

The Issue:

'Snap' Browser window to display edge. Go to Youtube etc, and play a video. Go fullscreen. Exit fullscreen. Your Browser window 'grows' in size. Continue to enter and exit fullscreen and the windows grows larger each time. The side that was 'Snapped' to the edge disappears off the display.

The solution:

Turn off Windows Snap (Settings/System/Multitasking) and install AquaSnap. It has a free version which does everything needed here. Under Snap Method select Aquasnap Advanced. Now you have replaced the Windows Snap functionality with something that doesn't break your Chrome Browser!

Bonus: Also Hotkeys for docking windows and 'Magnet' effect.

Disclaimer:

I am not affiliated in any way to the afforemention software. Just a frustrated 1809 user who found a nifty solution to an annoying problem!

 

How to: Use Snap Layouts and Snap groups in Windows 11

Windows 11 comes with a lot of multi-tasking improvements, one of the best ones is Snap layouts and Snap groups. This article discusses how to use Snap Layouts and Snap groups in Windows 11.

How to use Snap Layouts in Windows 11





Snap layouts in action - Picture credits https://blogs.windows.com/



The new Snap layouts feature focus is to increase user's productivity, which helps to arrange or snap the apps logically on the screen according to the user choice. This is particularly helpful when the user has a bigger, or widescreen, and has multiple applications open as per the requirement. To invoke snap layouts, on the active Window, either press Windows key+Z or hover over the maximize button. In the earlier releases of Windows, the user had to drag the app to the edge of the screen to activate the snapping feature.

On traditional displays, you would see four layout choices and for ultrawide screens, you would see six layout choices.





To choose the location of the app, simply click the mouse button in the desired layout to snap the first active app on that part of the screen. When the first app is snapped, snap assist would show up, asking you to select the app you want to snap on the second layout. After the second, select the app for 3rd layout(if you selected that layout) and so on.





(In the Picture - snap assist on the right when Hyper-V is snapped on the left)

Snap groups:


So after using Snap groups to snap your work apps, let us say you want to take a break, and want to use Focus sessions on the Clock app. This is where the snap group feature comes in handy. You can pick up where you left them off and can open the layout with a single click. In the taskbar, it shows the title as Group.





Snap Group having 2 apps grouped

To summarize, Snap groups remember the layouts used when multiple apps have been snapped mutually into a group using the Snap Layouts feature so that you can quickly resume where you left off.

Coming Soon

In the Windows Insider Builds 22557+, Microsoft has introduced a new way to invoke Snap layouts. Just drag a window to the top of the screen to reveal the snap layouts, drop the window on top of a zone to snap it, and use snap assist to finish building your layout.





How to turn off Snap Flyouts

In case this feature is not relevant to you, Microsoft has also provided an option in Windows 11 to turn off specific settings related to Snapping in the Settings app. To turn off Snap layouts:

1. Open Settings>System.
   
2. Navigate to Multi-tasking.
   
3. Turn off the settings you like, under snapping.
   
   
   
   
   

Also read:

• Windows 11 multitasking features to help you be more productive than ever before
  
• Windows 11 review - Your Windows Guide
  

 

Apps that run fullscreen can't snap...

All the apps that open fullscreen in windows 10 ( meaning the little arrow on the top of the window next to the apps name) cant snap on my computer somehow. This is because I can access the top bar of the windows once its full screen so I cant click and
drag the window to snap. Is there a way to fix this problem?