Adjust Mode

Adjust Mode is for small layout corrections without reaching for the mouse. You can use it to move or resize the active window, send the window to another display, toggle full screen, or adjust supported splitters and sliders under the cursor.

You can enter Adjust Mode with the command.enterAdjustMode command. If the command does not have a sequence or shortcut yet, assign one in Settings.

Adjust Mode chooses the thing to adjust from the cursor position first. If the cursor is over a supported draggable control, such as a splitter or a slider value indicator, that control becomes the target. Otherwise, Adjust Mode works on the active window.

If Cursor Crane cannot find a supported target, it shows a warning and leaves Adjust Mode.

Adjust a Window

When the active window is the target, Adjust Mode lets you move the window, resize its edges, center it, move it to another display, or enter and exit full screen.

By default, number keys move the window to screen ticks. 1 is the first tick and 0 is the last tick. Press a number directly for horizontal movement, or hold Shift while pressing a number for vertical movement.

Hold a Nine-Square Grid edge or corner key to resize the corresponding side of the window. For example, holding the right edge key adjusts the right edge; holding a corner key adjusts two edges. You can also hold multiple Nine-Square Grid keys together to adjust multiple sides.

While resizing, number keys move the selected edge or edges to screen ticks. Direction keys move to the next tick on the matching axis.

Input	Action
Number keys	Move the window or selected edge to a tick
Shift + number	Move the window vertically by tick
Direction keys	Move to the previous or next tick
Control + direction	Move or resize by a small fixed distance
Command + direction	Move the window to another display
`	Center the window horizontally
Shift + `	Center the window vertically
=	Enter full screen
-	Exit full screen

Resize by Ratio

Hold the center Nine-Square Grid key to resize the window by ratio instead of moving it.

Type two numbers: the first number is the numerator, and the second number is the denominator. 0 means 10, so 5 0 means 5 / 10.

By default, the ratio applies to the window width. Hold Shift while entering the second number to apply it to height.

The numerator cannot be larger than the denominator. If the requested size is smaller than the app allows, macOS may keep the window larger than the requested ratio.

Adjust Splitters and Sliders

When the cursor is over a supported splitter or slider value indicator, Adjust Mode adjusts that control instead of the active window.

Input	Action
Number keys	Move the splitter or slider to a tick in its range
Direction keys	Move to the previous or next tick
Control + direction	Make a small immediate adjustment

Leaving Adjust Mode

Successful adjustments keep you in Adjust Mode, so you can keep refining the same target. Press Esc to leave when you are done.

Related Commands

CommandIdentifier	Action
command.enterAdjustMode	Enter Adjust Mode