Exclude apps from placement or history
Manage apps that should not move separately from apps whose manual movements should not be recorded.
Understand the two lists
| List | Effect | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Window layouts | Skips the app in placement operations such as arrangement, snapping, linked resizing, and snapshots. | Protect an app that should not be moved |
| Undo history | Does not record that app’s manually moved windows for Undo / Redo. | Avoid recording frequent manual movements |
History exclusion does not itself disable placement. If only one app will not move, check the window-placement list first.
Add a running app
- Open Window Management → Excluded Apps.
- Select the window-layout or undo-history list.
- Search the running apps in the add-app field.
- Select the intended app and add it.
- Check that it appears in the selected list.
If an app is missing from suggestions, open it and a normal window first.
Default entries and your own entries
Dismissing a default entry stops applying that default exclusion; restore it to apply it again. Remove a user-created entry to take it out of your own list.
Disabling a default exclusion can make a previously protected app eligible for placement. Confirm that moving it is appropriate. Suggesting an entry submits a proposed improvement; a submitted status does not mean the rule has been adopted for everyone.
Toggle the active app with a shortcut
Assign the active-app placement-exclusion toggle to add or remove the focused app. Undo-history exclusions have their own focused-app toggle.
Leave settings, activate the intended app, and run the shortcut. Check the app name in the result and its list state.
If adding, suggesting, or saving fails
If a notice says the app is already in the list or already suggested, or that requests are limited, check the list and do not submit repeatedly. If a retry time is shown, wait until then.
After a save error, check whether the list actually changed before retrying. Exclusions belong to the current window-management profile; check other profiles separately if you expect the same exclusions there.