How to change zoom/"green button" behaviour
Since Yosemite, the green button in the upper left corner on each window activates the fullscreen mode. By holding the alt/⌥ Option key, it works as before (Mavericks). Is there any possibility (Terminal?) to change this behaviour back to "normal"? For example: holding alt for fullscreen mode?
Update
You can change the behaviour back to "normal" with BetterTouchTool.
Solution 1:
Hold down Option key and click the Green button. It will change from the Full Screen button back to a Zoom button.
You can also double-click the empty area in the window frame (title bar) if you don’t have it set to minimize when double-clicking.
However, this soft can help you : https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30591/right-zoom
Apple Support
Solution 2:
According to what I could find, you cannot change the default behaviour (much like most things in OSX) ... however what I ended up doing is using a keyboard shortcut to use zoom. The following answer helped me do that: https://superuser.com/a/718843/98807
Essentially:
- System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts
- Add a custom "App Shortcut"
- name "Zoom"
- whatever key combo you want e.g. Opt+Cmd+=
Solution 3:
Double-clicking the empty area in the window frame (title bar) seems like the best answer. In fact a great one, since this is a larger area than the green button..
Worth noting that Firefox wants to hide the title bar – this threw me for a while. Go to 'toolbars>customize' and click on 'title bar' to get it back.
Solution 4:
I use alt + shift + the green button. This reflects the Windows maximize button behaviour.