Excellent work. This tool has standardised the behaviour to do the exact same thing in every app and has made the green zoom button useful again rather than an ignored button because you couldn't guarantee the result.
Fantastic little helper.
I think you should have written this as a comment; your 1-star "review" doesn't give any info on this product like whether it works as intended or not. Instead it just gives your opinion on what the zoom button should do, even if that opinion aligns with Apple's.
I sure miss this utility since upgrading to Yosemite!
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Version 1.81
2 answer(s)
huymac
28 January 2015
You don't need this utility for Yosemite anymore: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/151729/6278
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jermerf
07 February 2015
I want to say to huymac that yes this is still needed in Yosemite. The functionality given is not the same. When you click the green button it goes full screen, it does not fill the width and height. Option+green button is just the old behaviour without right zoom, ie, filling height only (And honestly max don't really do that either, a finder window will just go from being one arbitrary Wid.xHei. to another arbitrary Wid.xHei.) option+shift+green only maximizes width+height of some programs. This is even to mention that, we don't want to press any other keys. We want to click the green button and maximize width and height (not go fullscreen) and have that be the default behaviour with no other keys
Given that Apple completely SCREWED the green button functionality in Yosemite, will Rightzoom be updated to make the green button work as it should?
Please say there's a fix for that coming!
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Version 1.81
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huymac
28 January 2015
No fix needed. Functionality is built into Yosemite:: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/151729/6278
Puh-lease! Useful yes, and I miss it on Yosemite, but that's going waaaaayyy overboard with the praise. Hope that was sarcasm.
And NO, I don't to use yet another keyboard shortcut, nor do I want Spectacle! Why should I have to install a third-party app that does multiple things, just one of which is to zoom windows to their "normal" size like OSX USED to do natively?
When I try to open it to install it it says "RightZoom" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.
:(
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Version 1.8
3 answer(s)
Jess-MacUpdate
26 November 2013
MagdaC1369, here's how to get around that problem….
- Right-click (Control-click) on the application's icon.
- Select Open from the contextual menu.
- In the next dialog which appears, click Open.
The application will open, and you will not have any further problems opening the application in the future--the application will open normally.
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MagdaC1369
27 November 2013
Why thank you. However when I closed it it won't open again. I've probably done something wrong. I give up
Yes there is a problem with Adobe apps but it should be fixed from Adobe side. That's problem is very old and is described in right zoom readme. Just use Exclusions.
We installed Right Zoom on several iMacs running 10.7 with Acrobat Pro (CS4) installed. Acrobat slowed to less than a crawl. Upon deleting Right Zoom, problem vanished.
I love Apple and I love Mac's. On my 21.5'' I Mac I have never been able to totally expand my window to the entire desk top until now. Have no idea why apple designed it that way as all other pc's already utilize the entire screen. This had been my only complaint with I Mac in the past, but is now resolved and is the perfect computer. This is a must have application for your Mac.
ALL,
Please remember to create an exclusion for Adobe Reader! Adobe Reader becomes very unresponsive and unusably slow due to Rightzoom. Creating an exclusion would fix this! (I did not discover that, I read that somewhere on the net)
SAMEER RAJIMWALE.
PUNE.
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Version 1.72
1 answer(s)
zo219
20 June 2012
Or just use Preview. Which comes on every Mac and is way superior to Adobe Reader anyway.
Wonderful App, works great. Does just what it's supposed to and is so easy it became habit and when I didn't have it(when I upgraded) I was lost. If you have issues, remember to update and check the exclusion list, it's there for a reason.
Work great going left to right but up and down (on Firefox for example) there's a thin horizontal gap revealing part of my desktop wallpaper that doesn't fill the entire window frame. This should be built into apple by now but since it's not, here's a suggestion for a future release: "Down Zoom"
Used to work OK, but recently upgraded to latest version and now I can't stop the configure screen coming up every time Right Zoom is launched. I'm running Snow Leopard in a user (not admin) account, with Right Zoom as one of my login items. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I like RightZoom a lot, but it created a conflict with Word 2008, wherein I've had problems placing the cursor within selected text. As word processing is one of the main things I do on my computer, I have, unfortunately, had to move on to Klicko.
Otherwise a ridiculous application that a developer had to go to the trouble of making, but a seriously needed one: I don't know how anyone works with these haphazardous expand/shrink/minimize/maximize without some sort of modification made to the core system in their everyday computing...
In any case, this is long needed... But what NEEDS to happen is: Apple simply makes that stupid green button... Work!
On the other hand, if you're willing to spend a little money, you might want to check out this combo to get a "Windows 7 effect":
Cinch + SizeUp
Good luck!
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Version 1.7
1 answer(s)
Bmanmac
19 February 2011
Check out Hyperdock if you really want some Win7 features :-)
With the default settings, the default keyboard combo for right Zoom with disable that combo in Photoshop CS4, even if the settings are set (as in the default settings) to "only enable Right Zoom in these specific apps".
Might affect other apps, I only noticed in Ps CS4.
I sent this info to the developer as well.
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Version 1.7
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Codemaster
08 February 2010
why not change the hotkey?
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Version 1.7
gcoghill
08 February 2010
I'm just giving people a heads up in case they run RZ without looking at the options.
Also, since the options state that it should only be active on specific applications, this is a bug.
I just disabled the hotkey altogether, but like I said wanted to give a heads up to other Photoshop users to avoid spending two hours troubleshooting their setup when a key combo stops working (like I did) :)
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Version 1.7
Codemaster
08 February 2010
The hotkey is designed to work for all apps, not only for selected
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Version 1.7
gcoghill
08 February 2010
If that's the case, the wording on the options screen should be more specific. The Applications tab says "Use Right Zoom in the following applications only".
The key combo should have a note that it will take effect in all applications, regardless of the settings on the Applications tab.
Personally, if I want the RZ app to only work within certain apps, not sure why I would want the key combo to work on *all* apps.
Thanks for this app. I find it particularly useful on small displays, with the exception of the configuration dialog, which is too tall to fit some screens.
Love the app. Can't believe Apple messed this up. However, one little quirk: Adobe Illustrator CS3 seems to have difficulty with it. With Right Zoom installed and running, Illustrator begins to hang up nearly every time you select something. The beach ball appears and it only hangs for a few seconds, but it is troublesome. Otherwise, this is excellent.
I've just installed this app and it's fantastic, especially as a former Windows user!! I've been looking for something like this since I bought my Mac 2 years ago! So, thanks!
My only problem seems to be that even though it maximises on the right hand side, it always leaves about 2mm on the left hand side, even when I use it on a screen that has already been manually maximised. As it happens, this has been an issue from day dot with Safari, that whenever I open it, no matter that I have dragged it to maximise the screen in my last session, it always opens a little to the right. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Please help me fix the stupid zoom-button behaviour of iTunes 9 and bring support for Snow Leopard! :)
Apple - give me a break with your inconsistent zoom-button behaviour! :P
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Version 1.61
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webstuff
13 September 2009
Actually, iTunes 9 DOES make the zoom button behavior consistent. Prior to version 9, it did something no other window did.
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Version 1.62
star-affinity
14 September 2009
In what way is it consistent?
Or maybe it is consistent, but in a non-logical way.
At least it makes no sense to me nor to any of the others I've discussed the behavior with.
This is one OS X enhancer I can't live without. Just one thing, how do you get to the screen to configure it? (Not to sound like a total TOOL but I can't find it.)
I don't know if it's possible, but I'd like to be able to set a modifier key to enable it when clicking the green button instead of just all the time or a keyboard shortcut. For example option-click the green button to expand to fullscreen. Clicking it normally would maintain the default OS X behavior. This would make it act like how it used to be in the days of OS 9.
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Version 1.6
2 answer(s)
Codemaster
29 March 2009
Yes, that's a good idea for the next update! Thanks.
If you make one widow full screen you defeat the heart of the operating system. The heart of the operating system is drag and drop. If you have one window covering the entire screen you can not drag and drop. Let me give you an example. I was helping someone who wanted every window full screen, so we had word and safari full screen. Then the person I was helping wanted to know how save a picture from safari into word. It took us twelve steps. The person said to me "there must be a better way". I showed the person that if you had both windows side by side, with no overlap you could transfer the same picture from safari to word in three steps, using drag and drop, and save yourself nine steps. In a nutshell if you make all of your windows full screen it slows you down, lowers your productivity, and takes more time. When you click the green button the default behavior is to make the window only as big as necessary. Give the default behavior a try, you will probably find that you become more productive and have more time for the rest of your life.
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Version 1.5
3 answer(s)
Codemaster
23 March 2009
So don't expand the window when you need drag and drop, is it too hard?
Or use Alt+Tab to switch to another window or F11 to show Desktop.
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Version 1.5
Zzamboni
27 March 2009
This comment makes no sense. Blasting RightZoom because of drag-and-drop?
First: having windows full screen doesn't prevent drag and drop. Try this: drag from one window, and without releasing the dragged object, switch to a different app by pressing Alt-Tab, F9 for Expose, or even Ctrl-number for switching to a different Space. Once you are on the window you want, drop the object there. Works even if all your windows are full-screen.
Second: you don't _always_ need drag and drop. When I'm writing, coding or reading, I prefer to have the corresponding window full screen, to minimize distractions and maximize my writing/reading space.
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Version 1.6
Peter-Black
27 March 2009
12-steps for drag and drop!?? How about drag into the expose corner for all windows, hover over the app you want, wait until the window comes to the front and the + sign appears, then drop. Simple.
I was (and I am) looking for an application like this for a long time. I was also expecting to see apple changing the green plus sign behaviour, the way it originally works seems more like a bug than anything else.
Right Zoom works perfectly if you are in a one monitor situation, unfortunately when working with a dual setup (my case) its behaviour starts to become quite annoying. Since instead maximising the window size to the size of the monitor where that window is, it simply moves the window to the first monitor and than maximizes it... So no use for me... and I am still looking for the right zoom application still.
Regarding the cmd + tab shortcut it was really a bad idea since it is the default key for a new tab in Safari, fortunately you can easy change the key or delete that option from the option .plist file inside the app, so it is really fixable.
Has I said good app for a one monitor, not that useful for multiple monitors...
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Version 1.4
1 answer(s)
Codemaster
27 March 2009
Multiple monitors support is added in v.1.6, but users report it is still buggy. If you want to help us test it, you are welcome.
Why in the world would you use COMMAND + T on your App? Now I can't open a new tab on my browsers. Bad idea! I just quick the program and removed it from my startup apps list.
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Version 1.4
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Codemaster
17 March 2009
am sorry, but you are just idiot yourself.
The key can be easily changed.
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Version 1.4
Robotank
29 March 2009
What a hilarious response from the app's developer. While I normally wouldn't suggest insulting customers, even in response to a stupid question, I think this was carried off with grace and style. +1 smile!
This a really nice utility, but how am I supposed to open a new tab in Safari now that the new key command for maximizing changed to Cmd-T? Any way to set this to a different key??
Excellent work. This tool has standardised the behaviour to do the exact same thing in every app and has made the green zoom button useful again rather than an ignored button because you couldn't guarantee the result.
Fantastic little helper.
RightZoom seems to cause a problem with the Quicktime Plugin in Safari (probably only Safari because Safari the only browser was on my list of supported apps for RightZoom). Any action you take (button press, etc) on a quicktime plugin window causes the computer to become completely unresponsive for 3-5 seconds and the quicktime movie choppy. Additionally, any left click within the quicktime movie brings up the menu you normally get when right-clicking, instead of its normal function of stopping playback.
This is on 10.5.6 Intel, Safari 3
This behavior also seemed to have started affecting the finder, but that was solved by a reinstall of quicktime. The safari problem was not.
So I'm stopping using RightZoom for now.
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Version 1.2
2 answer(s)
Codemaster
06 March 2009
From the developer:
Really there it seems to be some freezes when Quick Time movie is played inside Safari.
After investigation I have found it's Apple's bug, and it seems there's no workaround at this moment. I will send a bug report to Apple.
To the DEVELOPER: can you please make it so the 'Command-E' can be turned on or off easily? I use Command-E regularly to eject .dmg files and discs. Thanks!! Nice app!!
"You can also use Command + E keys to maximize the current active window in most applications."
TNX for listening!! ;-) ;-)
However, Cmd-e may conflict with Finder's "Eject" command, as it apparently does with Safari's "Use selection for Find". No showstopper for me, though. TNX again!!
This is great on a laptop! However I'd ideally like to have the Mac OS 9 solution: Option-Click to force the window to enlarge to fill the whole screen, but auto-size as OS X normally does otherwise.
This is great.... I can't see why Apple just does not use the windows modifier for controlling window resizing. Right Zoom brings it to us now. Thanks!
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Version 1.1
1 answer(s)
Gordon142
02 March 2009
While I understand people having different preferences on this, the Mac way of handling windows does have its own advantages. For example, on a large wide-screen monitor, there is little point in having the browser occupy the entire screen, it either does nothing since the web page dimensions are hard-coded or it strings out text and makes it hard to follow a line. On the other hand, having windows intelligently resize to fit the current content is very useful. Full-screen zooming is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
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Totally convenient.
Maybe you from Windows...
your 1-star "review" doesn't give any info on this product
like whether it works as intended or not.
Instead it just gives your opinion on what the zoom button should do,
even if that opinion aligns with Apple's.
Useful yes, and I miss it on Yosemite, but that's going waaaaayyy overboard with the praise. Hope that was sarcasm.
And NO, I don't to use yet another keyboard shortcut, nor do I want Spectacle! Why should I have to install a third-party app that does multiple things, just one of which is to zoom windows to their "normal" size like OSX USED to do natively?
Sometimes Apple just sucks!