Windows Tip: Cascade, Tile, Stack, or Side-by-Side Windows from Taskbar

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There is a window management feature that has been right there on the Taskbar for a very long time and yet I haven’t noticed until lately. If you have lots of windows open and would like to have a peek what’s on those application windows. Other than snapping, minimizing, maximizing, or moving them around, there is a better way.

Simply right-click on the Taskbar and choose one of three window management options, Cascading windows, Show windows stacked, or Show windows side by side.

Window Management Option from Taskbar - Windows Tip: Cascade, Tile, Stack, or Side-by-Side Windows from Taskbar

Cascading windows arranges all your open window in a cascade mode, allowing you to see all their title bars at once.

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Show windows stacked option lets you arrange your windows stacked vertically on top of each other. It works great on a display in vertical mode but isn’t very helpful for typical wide-screen display.

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Show windows side by side option is more interesting. It allows you to have Windows automatically arrange all your open windows side-by-side with each other, very useful for multitasking on large, wide screen monitors.

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After you choose one of these three options, you will also see an “Undo” option from the same right-click context menu to revert the layout back to the way it was.

Window Management Option undo option - Windows Tip: Cascade, Tile, Stack, or Side-by-Side Windows from Taskbar

Note #1 – these window management options only work on the open windows. Any minimized windows will remain minimized and will not show in any of these three layouts.

Note #2 – make sure you undo one option before choosing another one. The “undo” option only reverse one step back. Let’s say you selected “Show windows stacked” and switch it to Side-by-Side right after. You won’t be able to go back to the way it was before all your open windows stacked. You will have to end up restoring them manually.

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