GUI windows are not handled by PowetToys about wslg HOT 6 OPEN

@murbanowicz , would you please describe the detail of issue ? But if I understand the issue correctly, this is not specific to WSLg, but more generic to how Windows RDP client software (mstsc.exe) projects remote window to Windows desktop. For example, any of those remote window can't be arranged by "cascade", "stack" and "tile" from Windows default taskbar. Is this the issue you are referring ?

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Hi @hideyukn88,

I did not use Windows RDP before, so I am not sure.

I will try to explain as much as possible:
I grab the window with "normal" windows and hold down the shift key, enabling PowerToys FancyZones immediately.
With "WSLg" windows, the shift does not change anything, so windows arrangement as you're saying is impossible.

This is somehow showstopper in my case, as working on ultrawide without proper windows arrangement is not productive, so I am still on Windows-based WebStorm, even the WSLg based is working faster.

Is it something possible at all to be addressed or due to "external" dependency it will not be improved?

The side issue is that Windows are not in line with the Windows theme, but this is not that important ;)

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Have you tried defining a different keybind @murbanowicz? I think the shift key might be captured as part of the application inside WSLg and therefore not triggering the FancyZones prompt. You could also try letting FancyZones override the default Win+Arrow Keys behaviour and try that way of ordering and organizing your windows.

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Thanks for the suggestion! That is interesting - it works, but this way the WSLg windows get quite large gutters around, which does not happen for "native windows".

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@OscarWoHA any idea?

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Update WSLg to 1.0.57
WSL GUI apps now have Windows snapping with the keyboard (Press WIN + an arrow key to snap to the side)

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But it still doesn't work. Win+Arrow moves the window around, but it doesn't resize to zone size. also its titlebar / border-shadow etc.. gets mangled.

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