Window centering and resizing

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

I am not sure how to make use of Center Window and Move/Resize actions to center my active window and resize it to a custom size after I double-click on window’s title bar.

In the video you can see I'm trying to click on the title bar and height is randomly set. Also, 30% of my clicks are, for some reason, ignored. I have macOS’ default double-click behavior set to Do Nothing.

I have an external monitor attached to my MacBook Pro.

[
  {
    "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786321.8452811,
    "BTTTriggerType" : 600,
    "BTTTriggerTypeDescriptionReadOnly" : "Doubleclick Window Titlebar",
    "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
    "BTTUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
    "BTTOrder" : 1,
    "BTTActionsToExecute" : [
      {
        "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786365.383858,
        "BTTTriggerParentUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
        "BTTIsPureAction" : true,
        "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
        "BTTUUID" : "BFC05138-FBF8-40E7-BECF-13FE6E9D02AE",
        "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 97,
        "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Center Window",
        "BTTOrder" : 0
      },
      {
        "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786365.3838871,
        "BTTTriggerParentUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
        "BTTIsPureAction" : true,
        "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
        "BTTUUID" : "BAB551CB-D885-4B3B-9BD6-E0205013C3BC",
        "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 251,
        "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Custom Move  or  Resize Window",
        "BTTActionMoveResizeConfig" : "{\"BTTChangeWidthRelative\":1,\"BTTOriginToUse\":0,\"BTTChangeWindowWidth\":true,\"BTTCareForStageManager\":false,\"BTTActiveOrHoveredWindow\":0,\"BTTNewWindowWidthAbsoluteAddition\":0,\"BTTChangeHeightRelative\":1,\"BTTNewWindowHeightAbsoluteAddition\":0,\"BTTOriginDisplay\":0,\"BTTChangeXOriginRelative\":0,\"BTTNewWindowWidthRelative\":50,\"BTTChangeYOriginRelative\":0,\"BTTUseVisibleFrame\":false,\"BTTNewWindowHeightRelative\":90,\"BTTScreenOrigin\":0,\"BTTChangeWindowHeight\":true,\"BTTDirectionToMove\":0,\"BTTScreensToMove\":0}",
        "BTTOrder" : 1
      },
      {
        "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786365.383873,
        "BTTTriggerParentUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
        "BTTIsPureAction" : true,
        "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
        "BTTUUID" : "63444073-B9D1-47BD-974F-9C5236D6AF3F",
        "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 254,
        "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Show HUD Overlay",
        "BTTHUDActionConfiguration" : "{\"BTTActionHUDBlur\":true,\"BTTActionHUDBackground\":\"0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000\",\"BTTIconConfigImageHeight\":100,\"BTTActionHUDPosition\":0,\"BTTActionHUDDetail\":\"\",\"BTTActionHUDDuration\":0.90000000000000002,\"BTTActionHUDDisplayToUse\":0,\"BTTIconConfigImageWidth\":100,\"BTTActionHUDSlideDirection\":0,\"BTTActionHUDHideWhenOtherHUDAppears\":false,\"BTTActionHUDWidth\":220,\"BTTActionHUDAttributedTitle\":\"{\\\\rtf1\\\\ansi\\\\ansicpg1252\\\\cocoartf2822\\n\\\\cocoatextscaling0\\\\cocoaplatform0{\\\\fonttbl\\\\f0\\\\fnil\\\\fcharset0 SFPro-Bold;\\\\f1\\\\fswiss\\\\fcharset0 Helvetica;\\\\f2\\\\fnil\\\\fcharset0 SFPro-Regular;\\n}\\n{\\\\colortbl;\\\\red255\\\\green255\\\\blue255;\\\\red0\\\\green0\\\\blue0;}\\n{\\\\*\\\\expandedcolortbl;;\\\\cssrgb\\\\c0\\\\c0\\\\c0\\\\c84706\\\\cname labelColor;}\\n\\\\pard\\\\tx560\\\\tx1120\\\\tx1680\\\\tx2240\\\\tx2800\\\\tx3360\\\\tx3920\\\\tx4480\\\\tx5040\\\\tx5600\\\\tx6160\\\\tx6720\\\\pardirnatural\\\\qc\\\\partightenfactor0\\n\\n\\\\f0\\\\b\\\\fs80 \\\\cf2 test\\n\\\\f1\\\\b0\\\\fs24 \\\\\\n\\\\pard\\\\tx560\\\\tx1120\\\\tx1680\\\\tx2240\\\\tx2800\\\\tx3360\\\\tx3920\\\\tx4480\\\\tx5040\\\\tx5600\\\\tx6160\\\\tx6720\\\\pardirnatural\\\\qc\\\\partightenfactor0\\n\\n\\\\f2\\\\fs48 \\\\cf2 test2}\",\"BTTActionHUDBorderWidth\":0,\"BTTActionHUDTitle\":\"\",\"BTTActionHUDHeight\":220}",
        "BTTOrder" : 2
      }
    ]
  }
]
2

I would recommend to configure it only with the custom move & resize action:

[
  {
    "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786942.8488021,
    "BTTTriggerType" : 600,
    "BTTTriggerTypeDescriptionReadOnly" : "Doubleclick Window Titlebar",
    "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
    "BTTUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
    "BTTOrder" : 0,
    "BTTActionsToExecute" : [
      {
        "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786942.8487701,
        "BTTTriggerParentUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
        "BTTIsPureAction" : true,
        "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
        "BTTUUID" : "BAB551CB-D885-4B3B-9BD6-E0205013C3BC",
        "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 251,
        "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Custom Move  or  Resize Window",
        "BTTActionMoveResizeConfig" : "{\"BTTOriginDisplay\":0,\"BTTChangeYOriginRelative\":0,\"BTTScreenOrigin\":0,\"BTTDirectionToMove\":0,\"BTTChangeHeightRelative\":1,\"BTTScreensToMove\":0,\"BTTNewYAbsolute\":0,\"BTTNewXRelative\":0,\"BTTOriginToUse\":0,\"BTTNewWindowWidthRelative\":50,\"BTTChangeWindowWidth\":true,\"BTTNewWindowWidthAbsoluteAddition\":0,\"BTTNewXAbsolute\":0,\"BTTNewWindowHeightAbsoluteAddition\":0,\"BTTUseVisibleFrame\":true,\"BTTChangeYOrigin\":1,\"BTTCareForStageManager\":false,\"BTTChangeXOriginRelative\":0,\"BTTChangeWidthRelative\":1,\"BTTActiveOrHoveredWindow\":0,\"BTTNewWindowHeightRelative\":90,\"BTTChangeWindowHeight\":true,\"BTTNewYRelative\":0,\"BTTChangeXOrigin\":1}",
        "BTTActionMoveResizeName" : "center & resize",
        "BTTOrder" : 1
      },
      {
        "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1758786890.2215829,
        "BTTTriggerParentUUID" : "E485668B-43CB-4E7B-A64E-E1266BA0C58E",
        "BTTIsPureAction" : true,
        "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeOtherTriggers",
        "BTTUUID" : "63444073-B9D1-47BD-974F-9C5236D6AF3F",
        "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 254,
        "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Show HUD Overlay",
        "BTTHUDActionConfiguration" : "{\"BTTActionHUDBlur\":true,\"BTTActionHUDBackground\":\"0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000\",\"BTTIconConfigImageHeight\":100,\"BTTActionHUDPosition\":0,\"BTTActionHUDDetail\":\"\",\"BTTActionHUDDuration\":0.90000000000000002,\"BTTActionHUDDisplayToUse\":0,\"BTTIconConfigImageWidth\":100,\"BTTActionHUDSlideDirection\":0,\"BTTActionHUDHideWhenOtherHUDAppears\":false,\"BTTActionHUDWidth\":220,\"BTTActionHUDAttributedTitle\":\"{\\\\rtf1\\\\ansi\\\\ansicpg1252\\\\cocoartf2822\\n\\\\cocoatextscaling0\\\\cocoaplatform0{\\\\fonttbl\\\\f0\\\\fnil\\\\fcharset0 SFPro-Bold;\\\\f1\\\\fswiss\\\\fcharset0 Helvetica;\\\\f2\\\\fnil\\\\fcharset0 SFPro-Regular;\\n}\\n{\\\\colortbl;\\\\red255\\\\green255\\\\blue255;\\\\red0\\\\green0\\\\blue0;}\\n{\\\\*\\\\expandedcolortbl;;\\\\cssrgb\\\\c0\\\\c0\\\\c0\\\\c84706\\\\cname labelColor;}\\n\\\\pard\\\\tx560\\\\tx1120\\\\tx1680\\\\tx2240\\\\tx2800\\\\tx3360\\\\tx3920\\\\tx4480\\\\tx5040\\\\tx5600\\\\tx6160\\\\tx6720\\\\pardirnatural\\\\qc\\\\partightenfactor0\\n\\n\\\\f0\\\\b\\\\fs80 \\\\cf2 test\\n\\\\f1\\\\b0\\\\fs24 \\\\\\n\\\\pard\\\\tx560\\\\tx1120\\\\tx1680\\\\tx2240\\\\tx2800\\\\tx3360\\\\tx3920\\\\tx4480\\\\tx5040\\\\tx5600\\\\tx6160\\\\tx6720\\\\pardirnatural\\\\qc\\\\partightenfactor0\\n\\n\\\\f2\\\\fs48 \\\\cf2 test2}\",\"BTTActionHUDBorderWidth\":0,\"BTTActionHUDTitle\":\"\",\"BTTActionHUDHeight\":220}",
        "BTTOrder" : 2
      }
    ]
  }
]
1 Like
3

Thanks, @Andreas_Hegenberg! That was it. Also, is it possible some applications are handling this internally somehow and BetterTouchTool isn’t getting the event to apply this action? For example, when I click on Zed (code editor) titlebar, it zooms the window to fill the screen.

4

in theory that is possible, although it is a bit weird that an app would handle this.

Maybe BTT can not recognize the titlebar of Zed - I’ll check

1 Like
5

Yeah, super-weird, because I have macOS system-wide setting set to do nothing, and yet Zed resizes its window to fill the screen (not fullscreen, but zoom).

6

@Andreas_Hegenberg, maybe I could test this somehow for you?

7

It is definitely some integrated logic in Zed that is executed regardless of the macOS setting. They should probably fix this to check the macOS setting. ([[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] persistentDomainForName:NSGlobalDomain] objectForKey:@"AppleActionOnDoubleClick"])

You can workaround it like this:

image
image2332×1750 426 KB

(instead of the hud action assign your custom resize action)

1 Like
8

Ok, thanks so much for looking into it! I will report this on their GitHub page.