maximize a window on Yosemite

[atlchamp]

I dont understand why Apple just doesn't make the green button, a button that makes the app your using use the full desktop space, like a maximize button. Why is that so hard?! Yosemite needs to include that instead of the green button being full screen.

 

[roland.g]

I dont understand why Apple just doesn't make the green button, a button that makes the app your using use the full desktop space, like a maximize button. Why is that so hard?! Yosemite needs to include that instead of the green button being full screen.

It does. Just hold down the option key and it changes from full screen arrows to a plus. The button is dual function. Except for non full screen apps, then it defaults to the old style plus button.

 

[576316]

Hasn't maximise always meant full screen? Even on Windows the third button in the corner is always the one that makes the window fill your screen. In Yosemite Apple have just made it so this button opens the app in full screen mode rather than having the arrows in the right hand corner like in Mavericks.

 

[atlchamp]

it does. Just hold down the option key and it changes from full screen arrows to a plus. The button is dual function. Except for non full screen apps, then it defaults to the old style plus button.

thank you!

 

[joedec]

thank you!

You can also double click in the title bar, the default behavior is maximize.

... Jeff

 

[xzoidberg]

These works for me:

1. Zoom: Option + Click Fullscreen button

2. Maximize: Option + Shift + Click Fullscreen button

In OS X Yosemite, Fullscreen button is the third button, on top left of a window.

Hey it's my first post!

 

[leinadhok]

It does. Just hold down the option key and it changes from full screen arrows to a plus. The button is dual function. Except for non full screen apps, then it defaults to the old style plus button.

Thanks, roland.g.

 

[LAPTOPODO]

I would like to be able to select the kind of behaviour for those buttons at least for the green one!

 

[roland.g]

I believe you can also double click or double tap the title bar and it will do the same.

 

[arvidajoe]

Fix

See here ... Apple support posted a fix:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...t-behaviour-of-the-fullscreen-maximize-button

 

[azpc]

Thank you for responding!

Unfortunately, Right Zoom is not fully compatible with several key apps used by clients.

Opening a window to the full available window space is a fundamental issue. Users from Linux and Windows camps are shocked when they discover there is no true "Maximize" button on the Mac.

Clients have been asking me about this with every OSX release since 2007. Every year clients want to know if this issue has been fixed. Each year the answer is the same - unfortunately no.

Apple needs to provide some options in System Preferences to set the default behavior of the green zoom button.

My suggestions are:

Maximize Window for Content (Default before Yosemite)

Full Window (Max Window size excluding menu bar and Dock)

Full Screen (Yosemite Default)

One other request:

An option in Get Info for setting the default window size for an App. Windowed, Full Window, Full Screen.

If you want to get involved, you can contact Tim Cook and Craig Federighi on Twitter. They are easy to find.

 

[superman23]

You can also double click in the title bar, the default behavior is maximize.

... Jeff

on mine this minimizes the window. i think i set it up this way years ago but i cant remember. It used to be called Windowshades? i think this goes back a lot longer than i realize..

 

[bmac89]

You can also double click in the title bar, the default behavior is maximize.

... Jeff

When I double click the title bar it actually minimises the window.
For me this happens in the old OSX - Leopard, Snow Leopard, Mavericks as well as my clean installed Yosemite. I wonder why some people it works as maximise and others as minimise! Any ideas?

 

[joedec]

When I double click the title bar it actually minimises the window.
For me this happens in the old OSX - Leopard, Snow Leopard, Mavericks as well as my clean installed Yosemite. I wonder why some people it works as maximise and others as minimise! Any ideas?

There is a setting to minimize on double click in;

System Preferences/Dock

Undo that and it maximizes on double-click.

 

[bmac89]

There is a setting to minimize on double click in;

System Preferences/Dock

Undo that and it maximizes on double-click.

Thanks - I will have a look at that. I don't know how I missed that.

 

[Frederico Luna]

Thank you for responding!

Unfortunately, Right Zoom is not fully compatible with several key apps used by clients.

Opening a window to the full available window space is a fundamental issue. Users from Linux and Windows camps are shocked when they discover there is no true "Maximize" button on the Mac.

Clients have been asking me about this with every OSX release since 2007. Every year clients want to know if this issue has been fixed. Each year the answer is the same - unfortunately no.

Apple needs to provide some options in System Preferences to set the default behavior of the green zoom button.

My suggestions are:

Maximize Window for Content (Default before Yosemite)

Full Window (Max Window size excluding menu bar and Dock)

Full Screen (Yosemite Default)

One other request:

An option in Get Info for setting the default window size for an App. Windowed, Full Window, Full Screen.

If you want to get involved, you can contact Tim Cook and Craig Federighi on Twitter. They are easy to find.

Did my part Just sent a feedback through Apple's website. Until they change that, i'll keep using SizeUp.

 

[gwjohnson]

The Option + green button to fill screen does not seem to work with all apps – it doesn't seem to work for me in Excel for example...