After the GlazeWM [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31043063] post, last month, I once again went down the Windows window manager rabbit hole, trying:

- GlazeWM - https://github.com/lars-berger/GlazeWM

- nog - https://github.com/TimUntersberger/nog

- win3wm - https://github.com/McYoloSwagHam/win3wm

- workspacer - https://github.com/workspacer/workspacer

- amethystwindows - https://github.com/glsorre/amethystwindows

- MaxTo (paid) - https://maxto.net/en

- AquaSnap (paid) - https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap

As a ratpoison [https://ratpoison.nongnu.org/] user, a decade ago, returning to the rigid window management of i3-based window managers, no longer appealed to me.

MaxTo provided much of the experience I was looking for, but random crashes when using multiple desktops and my inability to get custom recipes triggering correctly had me look elsewhere.

FancyZones offered much of the functionality I liked about MaxTo, BUT it did not support keeping maximized windows within a defined zone, so, I added this feature.

It's a bit rough around the edges, but works perfectly for my current workflows.

Grab it here: https://github.com/peddamat/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.58.0-m...

New release here: https://github.com/peddamat/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.58.3-p...

Just pushed a commit that adds a flag to the Settings page, allowing you to toggle the behavior on and off.

New v0.0.2 installer available at original link.