Almost since its inception back in the summer of 2015, Microsoft has offered us the possibility of working as we are most interested in Windows 10. For this we have at our disposal a highly customizable and adaptable work environment to the needs of each one. All this based on functions integrated into the operating system. That is why now we are going to see how to divide the PC screen in Windows into several parts.
As you can imagine, this is something that will offer us new possibilities in Windows multitasking work. With this we will have the possibility to run several programs at the same time and have them all on the screen in order to switch between them more easily. In fact, if we have a large screen and a good computer, this will help us greatly in our daily work. Moreover, if we do not focus on the aforementioned multitasking work, one of the main advantages of this is to be able to divide the PC screen .
If we do this, we can easily run several applications such as the browser and the text editor, all in view at the same time. That is why to achieve this that we tell you, we are going to help you right here. We are going to show you how to divide the screen in Windows 10 and work with two programs simultaneously.
Enable Dock Windows Windows
Of course, the first thing we should know in this regard is that to work with several windows on a single monitor, we have to activate the Dock windows function. To achieve this that we tell you, to begin we have to go to the configuration application of the operating system. We achieve this with the Win + I key combination to make it appear. In that window, in the case that concerns us, we have to opt for the System option, where we click.
At this moment, in the right part of the window that appears, we will see several sections related to the operation of Windows. Then we click on the so-called Multitasking. It will be at that moment when in the left panel that appears on the screen, we find the Dock windows control.
Here all we have to do is make sure that the dock windows slider that we mentioned is activated. In addition, below this selector, we find other options related to the behavior of windows in Windows. Therefore at this point we can also activate all or only those that interest us. These are the options that we find in this case:
- Automatically resize when docking a window to fill available space.
- Show docking options next to docked windows.
- Resize adjacent docked windows when resizing a docked window.
In this way, depending on how we want the windows to behave when placing more than one in view, we activate or deactivate these options. Once all this is done, we can close the Settings application. In this way we can say that Windows is ready to help us divide the screen into several windows.
How to split the Windows screen into multiple windows
Once we have carried out the previous step in the Settings application, let’s see how to fit the windows of the programs in a divided screen . The first thing we do if necessary is to open two or more application windows on the system. Next we select the program window that we want to fit on one of the sides of the screen. We place the mouse in an empty area of the title bar, hold down the left mouse button and drag the window to the left side of the desktop until the pointer touches the edge.
As soon as the mouse pointer touches the edge of the screen, we will see that the desktop blinks briefly and a luminous outline appears. At that moment we release the mouse button. Then the desktop screen will be divided into two halves, and the one that we have dragged before, is fixed on the left side.
Dock two or four programs on the Desktop
Therefore, to dock another program, for example, on the right side, we just have to repeat the dragging process, but now to the opposite side. Then, following the same steps but to the right of the desktop, the second program will snap to the right side of the screen.
From this moment we already have two applications open, one next to the other, on the desktop screen. This means that we will have a divided screen in Windows to work more comfortably. In addition, this is something that we can also do, instead of with two, with four windows to see them simultaneously. To do this we have to repeat the same dragging process, but instead of to both sides, to the four corners of the screen.
Split the screen in Windows with PowerToys
When we refer to PowerToys , we are actually talking about a series of independent tools developed by Microsoft itself. They are not included natively in the operating system, but we can download them from this link . To give us a rough idea, these are a set of utilities created to improve the experience of using Windows. We were originally able to see them in Windows 95, where they were hugely successful, but over time they fell into oblivion. This is why Microsoft now wants to resurrect these PowerToys as open source applications.
Well, once we know all this, we will tell you that one of the PowerToys that we find here will also help us for this that concerns us now. And it is that this focuses on helping us to divide the Windows screen into several parts to work with more than one program at the same time. Once we have installed them in the system , we have to locate the so-called FancyZones .
It is actually a window manager with a multitude of configurable and customizable parameters. All of them designed in order to help us work in the most efficient way with multiple applications in Windows. FancyZones thus allows us to have several windows on the desktop at the same time. In the same way, we can configure different locations for these windows and thus place them correctly in a more automated way.
If we drag a certain window to that predefined area, it will be adjusted automatically. We can configure all this from the PowerToys design editor using the Win + ñ key combination.
