

For example, pressing the Windows key and left arrow key resizes the window to fit the left half of the screen. If you are running Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or Windows 11, you can use Windows key keyboard shortcuts to resize and arrange windows on your computer. How to resize a window using the Windows key and keyboard To resize horizontally and vertically at the same time, use one of the corners of the window. To make the window vertically bigger, do the same thing at the top or bottom of the window.

To make the window horizontally bigger, move the cursor to the left or right edge of the window until it changes to the double-headed arrow. The animation below shows a double-headed arrow on the bottom, left, and corner of a window and how it resizes a window. If this double-headed arrow does not appear, the window cannot be resized. When this arrow appears, click-and-drag to make the window larger or smaller. To do so, move the cursor to any edge or corner of the window until a double-headed arrow appears. When the upper-right section of the window looks like, your window is now in "resize mode," meaning you can use the mouse cursor to make the window any size you want.
