It’s no surprise that an operating system called Windows has historically had an excellent window manager. Microsoft has always made it easy to dock two windows side by side using a keyboard shortcut. But as good as it is, Windows has kept this shortcut pretty hidden. Now, with Windows 11, Microsoft has improved “Snap Layouts,” as it’s called, and now it’s much easier to discover and use.

To use Snap in Windows 11, hover over the Maximize button on any window and you’ll see a grid of multiple window layouts. You can space the windows evenly, pin a thin window to the right, divide them into four window quadrants, and more. Click on a slot and the current window will take up the defined space. You can then choose windows to add to other open slots.

Once the window layout is created, the windows will be grouped. You will find the group in the taskbar and you can open the whole group with the shortcut Alt+Tab.

If you like keyboard shortcuts and dragging gestures, you’ll be happy to hear that Windows still supports them. Drag a window to the top-center portion of the screen and you’ll see the same Grid Layouts option. You can also hit the Windows + Z keyboard shortcut to get started.