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reecefromaus Author

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Double click title bar makes app take up entire screen.

Is there a way in Big Sur to make a double click of the title bar of make the window take up the whole screen like it does in Catalina? At the moment when I double click the window gets bigger, and is vertically maximised, but not horizontally.

Just bought a new MBP and it's super frustrating that after 9 years of this feature on my 2012 MBP that I now have to reach for the keyboard for such a simple function. I do this literally hundreds of times a day and it's affecting my workflow.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 4, 2021 2:28 PM

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reecefromaus Author

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Posted on Mar 4, 2021 2:40 PM

Already did that. Doesn't solve the problem. That maximises the window's vertical height on the screen but not the horizontally. I don't use that "full screen mode" thing that you get from the green button. I hate that, and would gladly disable that feature if possible. I just want the window to expand to the entire screen when I double click. I know I can get what I want by clicking the green button while I hold the option key, but this is a waste of keystrokes to me. I've built up a lot of muscle memory for just double clicking the title bar like I can in Catalina on my 2012 MBP and now I just find my flow gets broken every time I try to do this and don't get the full screen I'm after.

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