> On the other hand, macOS has a weird snapping implementation where you need to click and hold the green “zoom” button, then choose to “tile” left or right. But, once you pick another window to fill the other half, both of those windows (together as one) move to their own virtual desktop. I want them split on my current desktop, not on a separate desktop.
> Also, unlike Windows or Linux, you can’t “maximize” a window using the green “zoom” button, it will only make the current window fullscreen (and again, on its own desktop). Confusingly, you need to again click and hold the green “zoom” button, then choose “Zoom”. Apple calls the green button “zoom” in their documentation, but its default function is fullscreen, not zoom.
Apple keeps changing the green button, but with Monterey, if you hold down Option then hover over the green its menu options become:
- Zoom
- Move Window to Left Side of Screen
- Move Window to Right Side of Screen
Which I think effect the behavior the author wants. In general, the Option key is the gateway to additional behaviors in the macOS GUI. I can't find a way to make this the default behavior of the green button, but what you can do is add keyboard shortcuts for them.
System Preferences... > Keyboard > Shortcuts > +
Application: All Applications
Menu Title: Move Window to Left Side of Screen
Keyboard Shortcut: something unique such as control-command-left-arrow.
Repeat for "Move Window to Right Side of Screen" and "Zoom".
The title bar can also be double-clicked to zoom (default is to minimize, but there's a preference under System Preferences... > Dock & Menu Bar to set it to zoom).
> Also, unlike Windows or Linux, you can’t “maximize” a window using the green “zoom” button, it will only make the current window fullscreen (and again, on its own desktop). Confusingly, you need to again click and hold the green “zoom” button, then choose “Zoom”. Apple calls the green button “zoom” in their documentation, but its default function is fullscreen, not zoom.
Apple keeps changing the green button, but with Monterey, if you hold down Option then hover over the green its menu options become:
- Zoom
- Move Window to Left Side of Screen
- Move Window to Right Side of Screen
Which I think effect the behavior the author wants. In general, the Option key is the gateway to additional behaviors in the macOS GUI. I can't find a way to make this the default behavior of the green button, but what you can do is add keyboard shortcuts for them.
System Preferences... > Keyboard > Shortcuts > +
Repeat for "Move Window to Right Side of Screen" and "Zoom".The title bar can also be double-clicked to zoom (default is to minimize, but there's a preference under System Preferences... > Dock & Menu Bar to set it to zoom).