I believe in the theory that more monitores make you more productive. I use a few tools that I’d like to share.

Sizer

Sizer is a utility to resize windows to exact dimensions. It is used by web designers, technical authors, developers and minecraft players, to exert control over where and how big application windows should be.

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Every window gets a context menu on the edge of the lower right corner.

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On resizing every window gets a tooltip with (live updating) the current size.

Fancy Zones

FancyZones is a window manager utility for arranging and snapping windows into efficient layouts to improve the speed of your workflow and restore layouts quickly. FancyZones allows the user to define a set of window locations for a desktop that are drag targets for windows. When the user drags a window into a zone, the window is resized and repositioned to fill that zone.

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Monitor Switcher

Monitor Switcher is designed for users with two or more monitors who in certain situations would like to quickly change their monitor setup (e.g. enable/disable a TV which is attached to the HDMI port, make an attached TV the primary display to remove tearing switch which monitor is on the left/right…). Along the monitor state and setup the resolution is also saved and restored.

The program works by saving a current monitor setup as configured using the windows control panel to an xml file. Once saved the configuration can be quickly restored at any time.

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Screen Ruler

Screen Ruler is a lightweight and configurable ruler tool for Windows Desktop. It allows you to measure the size of elements on the screen in different units, including pixels, centimeters and inches. Measuring is possible either using a two-dimensional, rectangular ruler scale or a one-dimensional, horizontal or vertical scale. The ruler can be moved and resized precisely using either the mouse or the keyboard and custom marking lines can be added. Besides coming with a light and a dark theme, Screen Ruler also allows you to fully customize its appearance by changing all color settings.

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