I am looking for a program that would allow me to select two windows at the same time on Windows 7. Any license or price is fine.
Use case: I sometimes want to perform concurrently the same window operation on two windows, e.g. moving or resizing them. I'd like to select multiple windows by holding down CTLR, as we can do to select multiple items in a list in many programs.
Technically, in Windows you can only have 1 window at a time "on top" and "in focus". So you can't select 2+ windows to be "in focus" simultaneously.
However, if what you need is to have your keystrokes processed by 2+ windows, this is something you can achieve. The proper technical solution is to have keystrokes registered by the 1 window that is "in focus" and then use something to clone or resend the same keystrokes to other windows.
The only solution I've found is to use AutoHotkey with some kind of custom script. Unfortunately, scripting for AutoHotkey is not mindlessly easy but, for this particular problem, it doesn't seem prohibitively hard either.
Cloning mouse movements/clicks seems like a much harder problem since the 2+ windows can have random locations, sizes, etc. Here is an attempt to solve this problem.
I'd like to recommend AquaSnap, it's an application that lets you easily arrange and organize windows. It has quite a few features in the free version which include,
And with a $9 upgrade, it gives, even more, features including,
Aquasnap is a powerful window manager that helps you arrange and organize multiple applications on your desktop with minimum effort. It allows you to achieve maximum multitasking, especially if you own a high-resolution monitor or a multi-monitor setup.
With simple gestures (window docking), you are able to split your screen in 2, 3 or 4 areas and to easily adjust the layout to best fit your needs. By making your windows behave like magnets (window snapping), it allows you to efficiently align them without losing a pixel. Need to keep an eye on a small window? Just shake it and it will become transparent and always on top. AquaSnap also adds many easy to remember and customizable keyboard shortcuts to make you even more productive. And these are only some examples of what AquaSnap has to offer, try it and be amazed!
