"Next display" should just cycle through all displays

[robdell-ADUSA]

The setting for "Next display" should cycle through the displays. Keep "Previous display" for people who have more than 2 monitors, but it makes more sense to just cycle through all of the displays with one keystroke. It's most handy when you have just two monitors. :)

[rxhanson]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're looking for. If I repeat next or previous display commands the window will cycle across displays, but I'm thinking you're looking for something that's a little different?

[robdell-ADUSA]

Thanks for the reply, Ryan! I’m using MacOS Tahoe 26.0.1 on a Macbook Pro M2. When I move a window from my main display to the next display, the window moves just fine. When I try to move it back to my main display (same shortcut to cycle) the window shrinks down to it’s smallest possible size and flickers on both display like it’s repeating the move a bunch of times, yet it doesn’t move to the next display. You have to watch the attached video to really get it. It’s weird!!! 😊 Thanks again for your help.

[rxhanson]

There's a strange bug in macOS where sometimes, on certain displays, when a window is being moved to a different display then it doesn't resize properly upon reaching the other display. Rectangle has a workaround for this that will attempt to resize the window multiple times. I suspect there's some kind of problem with the cross display move, and Rectangle is noticing that it's not the right size and is attempting to adjust the size.

You're the first to report this, so it is possible that there's something unusual about your setup. At a start, can you send what the logs show? In the Rectangle menu bar menu, hold the option key and select View Logging. Then reproduce the issue.

[robdell-ADUSA]

Attached is my log file from moving a Chrome window from my Macbook Pro M2 to my external display. Tx! 2025-10-08T08:24:14-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (1152.0, 1083.0), result: (1152.0, 1083.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:14-05:00: AX position proposed: (271.0, -1256.0), result: (271.0, -1256.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:14-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (1152.0, 1083.0), result: (1152.0, 1083.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:14-05:00: nextDisplay, display: (-873.0, 1127.0, 3440.0, 1409.0), calculatedRect: (271.0, -1256.0, 1152.0, 1083.0), resultRect: (271.0, -1256.0, 1152.0, 1083.0), srcScreen: Built-in Retina Display, destScreen: Sceptre C35, resultScreen: Sceptre C35 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: Window size wasn't applied perfectly across displays. Trying again. 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:15-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: Final attempt to adjust across displays. 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:16-05:00: nextDisplay, display: (0.0, 1117.0, 40.0, -21.0), calculatedRect: (0.0, 0.0, 40.0, -21.0), resultRect: (-460.0, -354.0, 500.0, 375.0), srcScreen: Sceptre C35, destScreen: Virtual Display, resultScreen: Sceptre C35 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: Window size wasn't applied perfectly across displays. Trying again. 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: Final attempt to adjust across displays. 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:17-05:00: nextDisplay, display: (0.0, 1117.0, 40.0, -21.0), calculatedRect: (0.0, 0.0, 40.0, -21.0), resultRect: (-460.0, -354.0, 500.0, 375.0), srcScreen: Sceptre C35, destScreen: Virtual Display, resultScreen: Sceptre C35 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: Window size wasn't applied perfectly across displays. Trying again. 2025-10-08T08:24:18-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: Final attempt to adjust across displays. 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX position proposed: (0.0, 0.0), result: (0.0, 34.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (40.0, -21.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX position proposed: (-460.0, -354.0), result: (-460.0, -354.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: AX sizing proposed: (500.0, 375.0), result: (500.0, 375.0) 2025-10-08T08:24:19-05:00: nextDisplay, display: (0.0, 1117.0, 40.0, -21.0), calculatedRect: (0.0, 0.0, 40.0, -21.0), resultRect: (-460.0, -354.0, 500.0, 375.0), srcScreen: Sceptre C35, destScreen: Virtual Display, resultScreen: Sceptre C35

[rxhanson]

Interesting, what is the "Virtual Display"?

[robdell-ADUSA]

Ryan, I believe that is from Better Display Pro<mailto:https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay>. I quit the app, but the bug still exists when moving a window to the next display.

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