Documentation

Getting started

  • Getting startedInstall Orthant, grant Accessibility permission, and snap your first window.
  • ShortcutsEvery default Orthant shortcut, and how to rebind them.

Placing windows

  • The grid overlaySummon a grid over every display and draw exactly where a window should go.
  • Custom regionsDraw any block on any grid, name it, and give it a shortcut.
  • Multiple displaysHow Orthant decides which screen a window belongs to.

Help & upkeep

  • TroubleshootingFixing the Accessibility permission when macOS says it is on but Orthant says it is not.
  • SettingsGrid size, gaps between windows, and launch at login.
  • UpdatesHow Orthant updates itself, and how to turn that off.
  • UninstallRemoving Orthant completely, and the one thing an uninstall cannot remove.