Will it eventually be possible toset configurations in Stage Manager?

[Thomas Davie]

I’ve been experimenting with Stage Manager on a 3rd generation 12.9 IPP and rather like it. But I would like to be able to ‘lock’ or set desktops for various combinations of apps.

https://imgur.com/a/hPkrxrv

I would rather be able to select this group and have it auto populate rather than to set things up manually each time.

Tom

The main program is fully actionable and I can still see what I’ve got in the background

Being able to save configurations would allow me to treat each of these as a separate desktop when using stage manager on an external desktop.

 

[Thomas Davie]

This is with 2 full Goodnotes and 1 Notability document open. It’s useful to me to be able to work like this; it’s just not fun to set it up.

https://imgur.com/a/VN7Ip7T

Tom

 

[madat42]

This is with 2 full Goodnotes and 1 Notability document open. It’s useful to me to be able to work like this; it’s just not fun to set it up.

https://imgur.com/a/VN7Ip7T

Tom

I asked a related question earlier - try using the Shortcuts app automate opening your app and documents.

 

[Thomas Davie]

I asked a related question earlier - try using the Shortcuts app automate opening your app and documents.

Do you know if shortcuts is powerful enough to be able to specify the size and position of the ‘windows’ within the stage manager limits?

Tom

 

[madat42]

Do you know if shortcuts is powerful enough to be able to specify the size and position of the ‘windows’ within the stage manager limits?

Tom

That would be nice but as far as I know, nope. The only action dedicated to Stage Manager is to enable it. I then rely on the Split Screen action a few times to open two apps at a time. I still have to resize and drag apps into place, but getting it all set up is much faster than trying to do it without the Shortcut.

 

[Thomas Davie]

I do find Stage Manager very useful

https://imgur.com/a/9rdC5SD

Tom

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