[FancyZones] faster layout switch, how it should work

Multiple profiles would be much more useful, if one can switch between in less than a second using only the keyboard. At the moment it’s impossible. How this should work from the users perspective:

press ctrl+` and the window opens up instantly.

At my very powerful gaming-machine it takes about half a second. That’s too slow. Probably because of the dimming and rendering of the position windows in the background. But the dimming and the windows are not necessary, unless you’re editing zones. The picture below each layout-title already gives you that information. So please drop it, so that it can open faster.

Now I should be able to immediately change the elment focus/blue outlines using my arrow keys, wasd or “jkl;”. And then I should be able to press enter and with that immediately change to that layout and close the window and go back to work.

At the moment I have to grab my mouse to select a profile. I cannot confirm my selection using the keyboard and when I try to use tabs and then arrow-keys for selection, I end up focussing the “delete”-icon, which I definitely don’t need to access that quickly. Deleting a layout is something rarely done and is done with some consideration, changing a layout is very often done and should be so fast, that the user will be able to do it subconsciously without giving it any thought.

[KamyMouss]

@DavidGretzschel Hey David, I’m currently working on a feature to implement Hotkeys for FancyZone layouts, and would love to get your feedback! If you’re interested, please fill out this form.

Feedback from anyone else who would appreciate such a feature is welcome as well.

[KamyMouss]

Speed is the most important feature for such a shortcut.

We’re on the same page. I have also seen multiple people recommend we keep the “focus on active window” instead, so this is noted. Your feedback was immensely helpful, thank you.