Hookshot

@xryan really like the concept but trying to use it feels clunky and unresponsive. I can only get the action to trigger about 20% of the time- I use a track ball, dont see why that would make a difference, but jfyi. I wish there a way to configure the timing or sensitivity. Also wish diagonal and other moves like a double back* and release were options to allow for more macros with a single modifier key. *like i could imagine a double back "flick" hold modifier key, move left a little then quickly reverse and move right as you release mod key- this would double the amount of actions you could program per direction.

@adamdexter Thanks for taking the time to write feedback, I really appreciate it. Not sure if you saw my suggestion in a previous comment for if you're having issues executing the gestures - hopefully that would help. I don't have a trackball to test with, so that could be part of the issue. I did try out the double back options, but I just didn't like them enough to want to use them. Diagonal moves are the most common request, and the reason that they are not in there is because it is extremely easy to move the cursor diagonally without thinking when you want to just move in a cardinal direction quickly. With that said, I'm currently working on an update that I think will make using Hookshot a lot better.

@adamdexter If you get a chance, try out v1.5 (https://hookshot.app/downloads/H...). The new "Reticle" feature in that release gives some visual feedback to cursor movement and handles diagonal movement. Let me know if you try it out and have any feedback!

@sunnyheart Never heard of Penc, and what's not intuitive about this Hookshot app?

@sunnyheart If Penc does it for you, that's awesome. Hookshot is built on Rectangle, so you also get keyboard shortcuts and dragging the window to screen edges for moving/resizing. Penc is also built for trackpad usage, while Hookshot's cursor movement can be used with any mouse or trackpad. Hookshot is also built a little more with speed in mind.

@philofrog Excellent idea, thanks for letting me know. I have a backlog task for making it so moving windows will behave like macOS, where they kind of snap to the screen edge and other windows. I'll add this idea to the backlog as well.

@xryan glad to see someone is still working on improving macOS window-management beyond strict keyboard-centric, tiling management! (I also edited my previous comment to link the video I forgot before.)

@philofrog thanks for sharing the video. Honestly, I was reluctant to publicly release Hookshot since there's just too many window managers already out there for macOS. I just ended up liking and using my prototype so much that I felt like I needed to share it.

@philofrog Upvote for mentioning Zooom/2 as I'm still using it on my machines running Mojave. Although abandoned, it still works quite well. What makes Zooom/2 special and irreplacable for me, in addition to snapping to display edges is the Auto Raise + Only allow when modifier is held. This allows you to flip through open windows and bring them to the front very easely. In conjunction with the Move and Resize on held modifiers this gives you ninja speeds in managing windows.

@magnuson Much appreciated! I'm really glad you like it!

@mihailtugushev To each their own on what they find intuitive 🙂 Although BetterTouchTool has some functionality that overlaps with Hookshot, I don't really see Hookshot as something that's aimed at the BetterTouchTool market. I see it more for users that just want a quick, lightweight way to get windows where they want them - not users that want to change the behavior of their mac in all sorts of ways imaginable.

@xryan sorry, not described. I made the intuitive move Windows by gestures. I need a separate utility and additional expenses. Example — https://d.pr/i/EhiHmP. Enough move three fingers to change the location of the window or use extra shortcuts to change the size of the windows.

@mihailtugushev Thanks for the additional info! I'm not trying to win over BetterTouchTool users that already have a workflow they prefer, but allow me to state some counter-points that may be valuable to other users. 1. Hookshot cursor gestures can be performed with any mouse or trackpad. 2. I do agree that the three finger swipes are about as intuitive as it gets for gestures, but I find that I actually prefer the default behavior from macOS for three and four finger swipes. I'd prefer not to change those using a 3rd party tool, and BetterTouchTool does have a learning curve for getting everything just right if you do decide to go that route. After a bit of Hookshot usage, I found that the cursor gestures were just as nice for me, personally. 3. As a 3rd party application, listening to trackpad input does incur a CPU cost (I developed the Multitouch app that also allows users to configure trackpad gestures, and this is something that I always have tried to minimize). That might not be of concern to you, especially if you are plugged in all the time, but Hookshot's cursor gestures only incur CPU usage when the configured modifier keys are pressed. 4. I'm in the camp that has used BetterTouchTool in the past and found it to be very unstable. I know I'm not alone as I've seen a lot of other users report this, although maybe we're in the minority? That's actually why I wrote the Multitouch app in the first place. The last straw was when I had to force restart my mac just to stop BetterTouchTool from exploding and restarting itself constantly just so I could delete it. At the time I only had three finger click configured on it. I completely understand if you're already attached to BetterTouchTool, but to me Hookshot is a nice in-between where you still get quick performant gesture based window movement and all the benefits of a fully featured window manager, without the overhead of something built with way more features that you may not need.

@andyunleash It's available via a terminal command, just not in the UI yet. defaults write com.knollsoft.Hookshot gapSize -float 10 Restart the app after executing the command in Terminal.

@xryan Awesome thanks!