# Window Layout Resizer

> Resize the current window into different customizable layouts (Multiple monitors are supported).

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-layout-resizer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-layout-resizer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `window-layout-resizer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ray
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 362
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 3.95 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.5
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-03
- **First published:** 2017-10-02
- **Size:** 208 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/window-layout-resizer/)
- **Website:** [https://add0n.com/layout-resizer.html](https://add0n.com/layout-resizer.html)

## Description

Window Layout Resizer is a versatile Chrome extension designed to optimize your browsing experience by resizing the current browser window into various customizable layouts such as half, one-third, or quarter sizes. Tailor the window configurations to your workflow by defining custom sizes and adjusting item order in the popup menu. The extension is fully compatible with high-resolution displays, including Retina, and supports multiple monitors seamlessly by using percentage-based sizing, ensuring layout stability even when monitors are changed.

Ideal for multitasking, you can split your screen into different sections and allocate various web pages efficiently across your display space. For additional support or suggestions, users can visit the official website or report issues through the GitHub repository, making Window Layout Resizer a reliable and user-centric tool to manage window layouts.

## Rankings

- #6,121 — Overall
- #4 — layout
- #8 — resize
- #52 — size
- #67 — windows
- #144 — monitor

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `system.display`
- `notifications`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate the add-on's clean design, ease of use, and helpful presets for window resizing, especially on large screens. However, many express frustration that the add-on does not retain settings after the browser closes, lacks customizable presets or proper handling of custom sizes, and does not support all common screen resolutions, limiting its usefulness.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a nice and clean user interface
- Useful for managing window sizes, especially on large screens
- Includes presets for quick window resizing
- Faster and more complete than some other similar tools

### Cons

- Does not save window sizes after closing the browser
- Cannot add or customize presets easily
- Custom size input does not work properly in some Firefox versions
- Limited standard resolution sizes supported, making it inconvenient for some screen resolutions

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-layout-resizer)