Keyboard Shortcuts

Rectangle Pro has a large list of stock keyboard shortcuts for moving and resizing windows to their desired sizes and positions. If there’s a size and position that doesn’t exist, it can be built in Custom Size & Position.

Create Custom Shortcuts If a size and position doesn't exist, you can create your own.

Repeating Shortcuts

Several shortcuts will cycle through different sizes and positions when they are repeated. For example, repeatedly executing the first shortcut for thirds, fourths, sixths, etc, will cycle through each of the subsequent sizes/positions in that category.

The Fill commands will cycle through some of the available fillable screen areas, defaulting on half width when there are not suitable fill options.

Repeated Commands Setting in the General tab

For half based actions, like left/right half and quadrants, the repeated commands setting in the General tab can be adjusted to set the repeat behavior to cycle sizes.

Another option in that setting is to allow repeated commands to cycle across adjacent displays.

Holding Shortcuts

Holding shortcuts in the Nudge and Size categories will continuously execute these actions until they are released.

Win Arrow Keys

This is a unique shortcut in that the configured modifiers are combined with the arrow keys to provide a similar state machine as what is used in Windows (but not identical). For example, executing right will perform right half, followed by up will perform top right.

Orientation Aware Shortcuts

Some shortcuts will automatically adjust for portrait oriented displays. Thirds are the most commonly used orientation-aware shortcuts. Note titles like “First Third” instead of “Left Third”.

Next/Previous Space

The Next/Previous Space shortcuts will programmatically click down on a window’s title bar, followed by executing the keyboard shortcut for switching Spaces. If you have changed the default keyboard shortcut in macOS for switching spaces, then you will need to configure Rectangle Pro to execute those keyboard shortcuts instead. See corresponding discussion in the Rectangle Pro community GitHub repository for instructions on how to do this.

All Sizes/Positions

Category	Window Actions
Stateful	Win Arrow Keys
Fill	Fill Left, Fill Right, Fill Top Left, Fill Top Right, Fill Bottom Left, Fill Bottom Right
Maximize	Maximize, Almost Maximize, Maximize Height
Halves	Left Half, Right Half, Center Half, Top Half, Bottom Half
Corners	Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right
Thirds	First Third, Center Third, Last Third, First Two Thirds, Center Two Thirds, Last Two Thirds
Additional Thirds	Top Third, Center Third, Bottom Third, Top Two Thirds, Bottom Two Thirds
Corner Two Thirds	Top Left Two Thirds, Top Right Two Thirds, Bottom Left Two Thirds, Bottom Right Two Thirds
Fourths	First Fourth, Second Fourth, Third Fourth, Last Fourth, First Three Fourths, Center Three Fourths, Last Three Fourths
Fifths	Firsth Fifth, Second Fifth, Third Fifth, Fourth Fifth, Last Fifth
Sixths	Top Left Sixth, Top Center Sixth, Top Right Sixth, Bottom Left Sixth, Bottom Center Sixth, Bottom Right Sixth, First Sixth, Last Sixth
Eighths	Top Left Eighth, Top Center Left Eighth, Top Center Right Eighth, Top Right Eighth, Bottom Left Eighth, Bottom Center Left Eighth, Bottom Center Right Eighth, Bottom Right Eighth
Ninths	Top Left Ninth, Top Center Ninth, Top Right Ninth, Middle Left Ninth, Middle Center Ninth, Middle Right Ninth, Bottom Left Ninth, Bottom Center Ninth, Bottom Right Ninth
Display	Next Display Ratio, Previous Display Ratio, Next Display, Previous Display, Next Space, Previous Space
Snap	Snap Left, Snap Right, Snap Up, Snap Down, Snap Top Left, Snap Top Right, Snap Bottom Left, Snap Bottom Right
Nudge	Nudge Left, Nudge Right, Nudge Up, Nudge Down
Size	Larger, Smaller, Larger Width, Smaller Width, Larger Height, Smaller Height
Other	Center, Upper Center, Restore, Last
Multiple Windows	Reveal Desktop Edge, 2x2 Tiles, 2x3 Tiles, Cascade All Windows, Cascade App Windows, App Next Display, App Previous Display, App Left Half, App Right Half, Tidy