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Using Windows 7’s Snap feature on dual monitors

One new feature in Windows 7 that I really dig is the “Snap” feature where, if you drag a window to the side of the screen, it will be resized to take up half the screen size. I was lucky enough to get a new monitor at work so that I could have a dual display with my laptop and it is great but it was not immediately apparent to me how to use Snap with a dual monitor setup. When I would drag a window to the edge of the screen, it would move that window onto the other monitor. I figured out that if you use the key combinations to invoke Snap, instead of the mouse, you can use Snap on either monitor. Simply make the window active that you want to snap and use one of the following combinations:

1. Windows – Left Arrow snaps to the left.
2. Windows – Right Arrow snaps to the right.
3. Windows – Up Arrow maximizes the window.

The Snap feature will use the monitor that the window is currently on.