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Comment by sambe | Hacker News Reader

I always used Divvy for this, but IIRC it's paid only. Looks like a nice start.

Author here. I actually started this project after buying Divvy. Divvy has many more features but I could never set it up just right. In particular I found no way to use the grid feature without the mouse (other than assigning shortcuts to pre-defined layouts). So I scratched my own itch and created Keypad Layout as a simple no-frills replacement that works exactly the way I want it to.

I'm loving this model. Thanks for sharing.

I own Magnet, Moom, Cinch and a few others. I always end up abandoning because the powerful keyboard features get in the way when you're in an actual workflow, and the basic ones make me reach for the mouse.

Yes, I ended up using pre-defined shortcuts for common areas. It seemed like a massive downer after paying money for it, but in the end covered 95% of my use-cases acceptably.

I'm wondering if Divvy is going to be hit by this patent holder: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14333957

This project seems safe, as the UI doesn't show a preview grid you can drag over.

According to that thread's comments the patent was granted in 2011 whilst Divvy was around in 2010, so hopefully it's safe.

I believe the application date drives that, 2008 in this case.

I have a 4k monitor and Divvy is a godsend for setting up the monitor as a 6x6 grid which I can then split with either the numpad keys or the 2x3 stacked control keys which mirror the layouts.

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