One gesture, nothing else
Ctrl + Shift + left-click a window to enable it, click again to release it. No global hotkeys are registered, so it never fights with Excel multi-select or a browser's Ctrl+click.
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One gesture to pin a window and tuck it to the edge
Hold Ctrl + Shift and left-click any window — it stays on top from then on. Drag it to a screen edge, let go, and it tucks away into a red bar. Move the mouse over the bar and the window slides back out.
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- Windows 10 1703+ / 11 (x64) · 约 3 MB · v0.8.0
- No network access · No driver · Nothing written to system folders
- Click a window
- Drag it to an edge
- Release, it tucks away
Drag a window to the screen edge and it tucks into a red bar. Hover the bar and it comes back — always at the exact same size.
Why it earns a place on your desktop
It does one thing, and you never have to learn it.
Colour is the signal
Orange border means pinned. In a snap zone it turns red and thickens while the screen edge starts pulsing. Release, and it collapses into an 8px red bar.
Tuck it away, hover to bring it back
Drop a window on any screen edge and it hides, leaving only a red bar. Hover the bar and it slides out; move away and it tucks back in. A window you are typing in is never taken away.
Your window size never changes
Hiding only moves a window — never resizes it — and releasing leaves it exactly where it is instead of jumping back. A maximised window is un-maximised rather than going full screen.
Multi-monitor and high DPI
Windows snap to the monitor they are on and avoid the taskbar. Coordinates stay correct at 125% / 150% / 175% scaling.
Chinese and English
Switch the UI between English and Chinese in one click. It never goes online and writes nothing outside its own folder.
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Ask about this slotLearn it in three seconds
Three steps, that's all.
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Click once
Double-click topedge.exe to park it in the notification area. Hold Ctrl + Shift and left-click the window you want to manage — it stays on top and gets an orange border.
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Drag it to an edge
Drag the window towards the left, right, top or bottom edge. When the border turns red and thickens, that is your cue to let go.
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Release, and it tucks away
The window slides off-screen leaving a single red bar. Hover the bar to bring it straight back; Ctrl + Shift + left-click it again to return everything to normal.
Download TopEdge
Portable. One exe. Double-click and you are done.
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Portable
Runs from any folder; delete it to uninstall
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Free forever
No in-app purchase, no ads, no account
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Single file
No runtime required — no .NET, no Java
System requirements
- Windows 10 1703+ or Windows 11 (x64)
- No administrator rights needed (except to manage elevated windows)
Frequently asked questions
Is it free? Any limits?
Completely free. No subscription, no crippled feature set, no ad pop-ups and no telemetry. If it earns its keep you can donate below — entirely optional.
Does it need administrator rights or change my system?
No. It writes nothing to system folders, installs no driver and registers no service. Its only footprint is one config file next to the exe, plus an optional 'start with Windows' entry in the current user's registry that the tray menu can switch off again.
My antivirus flags it — why?
That is a heuristic false positive. The tool installs a low-level mouse hook, which is what lets it recognise Ctrl+Shift+left-click, and malware uses the same capability. The program never goes online and writes nothing to system folders; this page publishes the SHA-256 checksum so you can confirm the file you downloaded was not altered in transit.
How do I undo everything?
Use 'Release all' in the tray menu, or just pick 'Exit'. Before quitting it slides every tucked-away window back on screen and only clears the always-on-top flag it set itself.
Why does dragging to the top edge not maximise my window?
That is deliberate: it prioritises tucking a window against the top edge. When the drop point really is in the top snap zone it cancels the system's maximise, restores the original size and tucks the window away. You can still maximise with the button or by double-clicking the title bar.
If it helped you
TopEdge is completely free — no ad pop-ups, no feature-gating. If it saves you a few Alt+Tab presses a day and keeps your desktop tidier, you can buy the author a coffee. Entirely optional, and it unlocks nothing extra.
Not able to donate? Recommending it to a colleague, or sending a short email about how it fits your workflow, helps just as much.
Feedback and ideas
Found a bug, want a feature, spotted a typo? Email works best. Include your Windows version and the steps to reproduce and you will usually hear back the same day.
This is a spare-time project, so replies can be slow — but every message gets read.