Without its optional arguments (or if the bool bit has the value "toggle") Maximize causes the window to alternately switch from a full-screen size to its normal size. To force a window into maximized (normal) state you can use a "True" or "False" value for the bool argument.

With just the parameter "forget" a maximized window reverts back into normal state but keeps its current maximized size. This can be useful in conjunction with the commands ResizeMaximize and ResizeMoveMaximize. If the window is not maximized, nothing happens.

With the optional arguments horizontal and vertical, which are expressed as percentage of a full screen, the user can control the new size of the window. An optional suffix 'p' can be used to indicate pixels instead of percents of the screen size. If horizontal is greater than 0 then the horizontal dimension of the window is set to horizontal*screen_width/100. If the value is smaller than 0 the size is subtracted from the screen width, i.e. -25 is the same as 75. If horizontal is "grow", it is maximized to curren available space until finding any obstacle. The vertical resizing is similar. If both horizontal and vertical values are "grow", it expands vertically first, then horizontally to find space. Instead of the horizontal "grow" argument, "growleft" or "growright" can be used respectively "growup" and "growdown". The optional flags argument is a space separated list containing the following key words: ewmhiwa, growonwindowlayer, growonlayers and screen. ewmhiwa causes fvwm to ignore the EWMH working area. growonwindowlayer causes the various grow methods to ignore windows with a layer other than the current layer of the window which is maximized. The growonlayers option must have two integer arguments. The first one is the minimum layer and the second one the maximum layer to use. Windows that are outside of this range of layers are ignored by the grow methods. A negative value as the first or second argument means to assume no minimum or maximum layer. screen must have an argument which specifies the Xinerama screen on which to operate. It can be 'p' for the primary screen, 'c' for the current screen (containing the mouse pointer), 'g' for the global screen or the screen number itself (counting from zero). This option is only useful with multiple Xinerama screens.

Here are some examples. The following adds a title-bar button to switch a window to the full vertical size of the screen:

Mouse 0 4 A Maximize 0 100

The following causes windows to be stretched to the full width:

Mouse 0 4 A Maximize 100 0

This makes a window that is half the screen size in each direction:

Mouse 0 4 A Maximize 50 50

To expand a window horizontally until any other window is found:

Mouse 0 4 A Maximize 0 grow

To expand a window until any other window on the same or a higher layer is hit.

Mouse 0 4 A Maximize growonlayers $[w.layer] -1 grow grow

To expand a window but leave the lower 60 pixels of the screen unoccupied:

Mouse 0 4 A Maximize 100 -60p

Values larger than 100 can be used with caution.

Toggles the window shade feature for titled windows. Windows in the shaded state only display a title-bar. If bool is not given or "toggle", the window shade state is toggled. If bool is "True", the window is forced to the shaded state. If bool is "False", then the window is forced to the non-shaded state. To force shading in a certain direction, the direction argument can be used. Any of the strings "North", "South", "West", "East", "NorthWest", "NorthEast", "SouthWest", "SouthEast" or "Last" can be given. The direction can be abbreviated with the usual one or two letters "N", "NW", etc. Using a direction on a window that was already shaded unshades the window. To shade it in a different direction, use the ShadeAgain option. The direction Last shades the window in the direction it last was shaded. If the window has never been shaded before it is shaded as if no direction had been given. Windows without titles can be shaded too. Please refer also to the options WindowShadeSteps, WindowShadeShrinks, WindowShadeScrolls, WindowShadeLazy, WindowShadeAlwaysLazy and WindowShadeBusy options of the Style command. Examples:

Style * WindowShadeShrinks, WindowShadeSteps 20, \

WindowShadeLazy

Mouse 1 - S WindowShade North
Mouse 1 [ S WindowShade West
Mouse 1 ] S WindowShade E
Mouse 1 _ S WindowShade S

Note: When a window that has been shaded with a direction argument changes the direction of the window title (see TitleAtTop Style option), the shading direction does not change. This may look very strange. Windows that were shaded without a direction argument stay shaded in the direction of the title bar.

For backward compatibility, the optional argument may also be 1 to signify "on", and 2 to signify "off". Note that this syntax is obsolete, and will be removed in the future.