Winaero Menu Skip to content Home Blog Windows 10 Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Firefox Opera Vivaldi About How to resize a window using keyboard only in Windows 10 and other versions It is not often that you need to resize a window using the keyboard only in the Windows operating system.

Every Windows user at least has a touchpad or mouse these days.

However, if the keyboard is what you prefer to use, then here is how you can resize a window using the keyboard RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows errors and optimize system performance To resize a window using keyboard only in Windows 10 and all earlier Windows versions, do the following: Switch to the desired window using Alt Tab.

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Tip: see how to tweak AltTab to enlarge thumbnails and disable live aero peek preview.

Also see two secrets of Alt Tab dialog in Windows 10 you might not be aware of.

Press Alt Space shortcut keys together on the keyboard to open the window menu.

Now, press S. The mouse cursor will turn into a cross with arrows: Use the left, right, up and down arrow keys to resize your window.

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You are done. Modern operating systems like Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 7 allow you to perform few extra actions with windows.

They allow you to control the size and positioning of open windows better by dragging them to the edge of the screen.

If you drag a window using its title bar to the top edge of the screen, it will be maximized.

With the mouse pointer touching the left or right edges of the screen when dragging a window, it will be snapped to the left or right side of the screen respectively.

If you grab the title bar of a window with the mouse and drag and shake it, all other background windows will be minimized.

Both actions have their own hotkeys: Win Home: Same as Aero Shake (minimizes all windows except the foreground window) Win Left arrow key: Snaps an app window to the left.

Win Shift Up arrow key: Maximizesresizes a window vertically.

Win Down arrow key: Minimizes a window if its not maximized, otherwise it restores the window to its original non-maximized sized.

While the operating system does not allow you to control individual options, you can use my freeware Winaero Tweaker to enable or disable snapping, drag to maximize and vertical resizing options: Bonus tip: You can also resize a window to a specific size or move it to specific position using the free app, Sizer.

Also, using the free AquaSnaps AquaStretch feature you can resize windows by double clicking their edges.

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About Sergey Tkachenko Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer from Russia who started Winaero back in 2011.

On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software.

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