diff --git a/Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift b/Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift
index 5e4bf6ee..e865d65e 100644
--- a/Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift
+++ b/Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ class HotKeyManager<Application: ApplicationType>: NSObject {
             appDelegate?.relaunch(self)
         }
 
+        constructCommandWithCommandKey(CommandKey.toggleNewWindowsToMain.rawValue) {
+            self.userConfiguration.toggleNewWindowsToMain()
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                windowManager.displayNewWindowsToMainHUD()
+            }
+        }
+
         LayoutType<Application.Window>.availableLayoutStrings().forEach { (layoutKey, _) in
             self.constructCommandWithCommandKey(UserConfiguration.constructLayoutKeyString(layoutKey)) {
                 let screenManager: ScreenManager<WindowManager<Application>>? = windowManager.focusedScreenManager()
@@ -405,6 +412,7 @@ class HotKeyManager<Application: ApplicationType>: NSObject {
         hotKeyNameToDefaultsKey.append(["Display current layout", CommandKey.displayCurrentLayout.rawValue])
         hotKeyNameToDefaultsKey.append(["Toggle focus follows mouse", CommandKey.toggleFocusFollowsMouse.rawValue])
         hotKeyNameToDefaultsKey.append(["Toggle global tiling", CommandKey.toggleTiling.rawValue])
+        hotKeyNameToDefaultsKey.append(["Toggle new windows to main pane sending", CommandKey.toggleNewWindowsToMain.rawValue])
 
         for (layoutKey, layoutName) in LayoutType<Application.Window>.availableLayoutStrings() {
             let commandName = "Select \(layoutName) layout"
diff --git a/Amethyst/Managers/ScreenManager.swift b/Amethyst/Managers/ScreenManager.swift
index bbf4f6d9..1a5bfdb9 100644
--- a/Amethyst/Managers/ScreenManager.swift
+++ b/Amethyst/Managers/ScreenManager.swift
@@ -341,11 +341,26 @@ final class ScreenManager<Delegate: ScreenManagerDelegate>: NSObject, Codable {
     }
 
     func displayLayoutHUD() {
+        guard userConfiguration.enablesLayoutHUD(), space?.type == CGSSpaceTypeUser else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        let currentLayoutName = currentLayout.flatMap({ $0.layoutName }) ?? "None"
+        let currentLayoutDescription = currentLayout?.layoutDescription ?? ""
+
+        displayCustomHUD(title: currentLayoutName, description: currentLayoutDescription)
+    }
+
+    @objc func hideLayoutHUD(_ sender: AnyObject) {
+        layoutNameWindowController.close()
+    }
+
+    func displayCustomHUD(title: String, description: String = "") {
         guard let screen = screen else {
             return
         }
 
-        guard userConfiguration.enablesLayoutHUD(), space?.type == CGSSpaceTypeUser else {
+        guard space?.type == CGSSpaceTypeUser else {
             return
         }
 
@@ -358,23 +373,20 @@ final class ScreenManager<Delegate: ScreenManagerDelegate>: NSObject, Codable {
             return
         }
 
+        // Use new displayNotification method with dynamic sizing
+        layoutNameWindow.displayNotification(title: title, description: description)
+
+        // Center the window after resizing
         let screenFrame = screen.frame()
         let screenCenter = CGPoint(x: screenFrame.midX, y: screenFrame.midY)
         let windowOrigin = CGPoint(
             x: screenCenter.x - layoutNameWindow.frame.width / 2.0,
             y: screenCenter.y - layoutNameWindow.frame.height / 2.0
         )
-
-        layoutNameWindow.layoutNameField?.stringValue = currentLayout.flatMap({ $0.layoutName }) ?? "None"
-        layoutNameWindow.layoutDescriptionLabel?.stringValue = currentLayout?.layoutDescription ?? ""
         layoutNameWindow.setFrameOrigin(NSPointFromCGPoint(windowOrigin))
 
         layoutNameWindowController.showWindow(self)
     }
-
-    @objc func hideLayoutHUD(_ sender: AnyObject) {
-        layoutNameWindowController.close()
-    }
 }
 
 extension ScreenManager: Comparable {
diff --git a/Amethyst/Managers/WindowManager.swift b/Amethyst/Managers/WindowManager.swift
index a2dfb187..50047717 100644
--- a/Amethyst/Managers/WindowManager.swift
+++ b/Amethyst/Managers/WindowManager.swift
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import SwiftyJSON
 
 /**
  The tolerant interval between the click and the application of a mouse move from focus.
- 
+
  - Note:
- 
+
  At the time of the check we confirm that the mouse is not _currently_ clicked. However, it is possible that the click happened faster than the focus notification could be processed so that when we process the focus the mouse is no longer clicked. In this case we could incorrectly move the mouse to the center of the focused window.
- 
+
  This value is an approximation of the time between a fast click and the focus event being processed. For values larger than this we would expect the mouse to still be clicked.
  */
 private let mouseMoveClickSpeedTolerance: TimeInterval = 0.3
@@ -322,6 +322,19 @@ extension WindowManager {
         }
     }
 
+    func displayNewWindowsToMainHUD() {
+        guard userConfiguration.enablesNewWindowsToMainHUD() else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        for screenManager in screens.screenManagers {
+            let isEnabled = userConfiguration.sendNewWindowsToMainPane()
+            let statusText = isEnabled ? "On" : "Off"
+            let title = "New Windows to Main Pane: \(statusText)"
+            screenManager.displayCustomHUD(title: title)
+        }
+    }
+
     func add(runningApplication: NSRunningApplication) {
         switch runningApplication.isManageable {
         case .manageable:
diff --git a/Amethyst/Preferences/GeneralPreferencesViewController.xib b/Amethyst/Preferences/GeneralPreferencesViewController.xib
index 32aa189c..702fe132 100644
--- a/Amethyst/Preferences/GeneralPreferencesViewController.xib
+++ b/Amethyst/Preferences/GeneralPreferencesViewController.xib
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
         </customObject>
         <customObject id="-1" userLabel="First Responder" customClass="FirstResponder"/>
         <customView id="LsO-9M-hEw" userLabel="General Preferences">
-            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="548" height="540"/>
+            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="548" height="560"/>
             <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
             <subviews>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="luh-Gm-ZV0">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="79" y="301" width="109" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="79" y="321" width="109" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Window Margins:" id="LnD-6G-RSL">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="tXC-cK-Yql">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="193" y="300" width="265" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="193" y="320" width="265" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Enabled" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="59W-1k-G1j">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Ric-uO-1Cb">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="196" y="272" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="196" y="292" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" state="on" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="Qi6-Bv-Yh1">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" numberStyle="decimal" minimumIntegerDigits="1" maximumIntegerDigits="2000000000" maximumFractionDigits="3" id="gi8-52-60I">
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" id="aFO-Xs-m2t">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="194" y="248" width="163" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="194" y="268" width="163" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Smart Window Margins" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" inset="2" id="ZRJ-ZP-g2F">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" horizontalCompressionResistancePriority="250" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="3OU-K6-S5G">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="193" y="205" width="336" height="42"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="193" y="225" width="336" height="42"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="When enabled, margins will not be applied on fullscreen layout or when there is only one window" id="4nQ-Bx-cFB">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="label" size="11"/>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="pwW-SE-wmY">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="251" y="275" width="19" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="251" y="295" width="19" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="px" id="Qfs-D0-k4Z">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="VsK-s4-pep">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="234" y="269" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="234" y="289" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" minValue="1" maxValue="100" doubleValue="1" id="kSN-EK-HUy"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Va2-yZ-Rd5">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="195" y="326" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="195" y="346" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" state="on" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="h2u-LR-IWG">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" numberStyle="decimal" minimumIntegerDigits="1" maximumIntegerDigits="2000000000" maximumFractionDigits="3" id="U0n-fW-sVR">
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="DW3-mi-ftN">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="250" y="329" width="19" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="250" y="349" width="19" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="px" id="hSf-ej-InP">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="AUp-dd-yza">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="233" y="323" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="233" y="343" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" increment="10" maxValue="5000" id="8qr-vt-jVF"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="1nR-DJ-LYU">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="29" y="328" width="159" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="29" y="348" width="159" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Window Minimum Height:" id="mfB-fg-Gyl">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="gyf-rg-uCJ">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="195" y="352" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="195" y="372" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" state="on" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="w0U-n3-qzM">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" numberStyle="decimal" minimumIntegerDigits="1" maximumIntegerDigits="2000000000" maximumFractionDigits="3" id="R7z-Le-F75">
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="qmJ-gR-Sn1">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="250" y="355" width="19" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="250" y="375" width="19" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="px" id="vw6-0c-vUA">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="zRv-u5-qob">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="233" y="349" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="233" y="369" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" increment="10" maxValue="5000" id="5XK-xo-aFK"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="MJk-MS-1xp">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="234" y="373" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="234" y="393" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" maxValue="30" id="y24-P1-XzF"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="JVK-ci-h9a">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="33" y="354" width="155" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="33" y="374" width="155" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Window Minimum Width:" id="0ju-6y-OxU">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="dtw-c2-sHK">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="33" y="379" width="155" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="33" y="399" width="155" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Maximum Window Count:" id="tjT-rh-6Es">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="aBS-2b-SAH">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="264" y="191" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="264" y="211" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" placeholderString="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="WdP-se-3sK">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" usesGroupingSeparator="NO" groupingSize="0" minimumIntegerDigits="0" maximumIntegerDigits="42" id="NeO-ui-ZjP"/>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="ZIo-fZ-aA2">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="302" y="189" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="302" y="209" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" increment="5" maxValue="5000" id="JaW-te-IlJ"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="yRU-2t-8Ss">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="319" y="194" width="23" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="319" y="214" width="23" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="px" id="Cim-aU-dOb">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="G9Q-nh-ohh">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="264" y="137" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="264" y="157" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" placeholderString="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="V9T-4b-d2u">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" usesGroupingSeparator="NO" groupingSize="0" minimumIntegerDigits="0" maximumIntegerDigits="42" id="MC2-Tt-9Ep"/>
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="XnN-yy-z4d">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="302" y="135" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="302" y="155" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" increment="5" maxValue="5000" id="A8C-jQ-r9M"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="tR7-ZK-BJ1">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="319" y="140" width="23" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="319" y="160" width="23" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="px" id="POe-gx-hyp">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="X5C-59-n7f">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="336" y="163" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="336" y="183" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" placeholderString="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="dIm-1r-QMy">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" usesGroupingSeparator="NO" groupingSize="0" minimumIntegerDigits="0" maximumIntegerDigits="42" id="60d-hq-KK6"/>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="zhb-4B-fZW">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="374" y="161" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="374" y="181" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" increment="5" maxValue="5000" id="slo-1Z-5AM"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="BZo-E0-dkW">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="391" y="166" width="23" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="391" y="186" width="23" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="px" id="Lpd-Mr-7br">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="CJB-Px-reM">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="194" y="163" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="194" y="183" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" placeholderString="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="KNK-Rf-z97">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" usesGroupingSeparator="NO" groupingSize="0" minimumIntegerDigits="0" maximumIntegerDigits="42" id="cJj-vJ-pVq"/>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="gA8-3I-b6U">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="232" y="161" width="19" height="27"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="232" y="181" width="19" height="27"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" increment="5" maxValue="5000" id="zqe-Hg-SVJ"/>
                     <connections>
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </stepper>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="9LL-fQ-X4s">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="249" y="166" width="23" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="249" y="186" width="23" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="px" id="HYL-Bb-2dr">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="TON-41-ZcD">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="85" y="168" width="103" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="85" y="188" width="103" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" alignment="justified" title="Screen Padding:" id="HDC-ka-f0i">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -323,15 +323,15 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <box verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" boxType="separator" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="vr5-JE-vwO">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="172" y="104" width="200" height="5"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="172" y="124" width="200" height="5"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                 </box>
                 <box verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" boxType="separator" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="sO2-ls-SUu">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="172" y="402" width="200" height="5"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="172" y="422" width="200" height="5"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                 </box>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Jbq-77-1YW">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="59" width="249" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="79" width="249" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Display layout when changing layouts" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="UVr-KG-wFB">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="ej5-FV-H6Q">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="39" width="255" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="59" width="255" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Display layout when changing spaces" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="o6e-e0-t64">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -352,8 +352,19 @@
                         <binding destination="XhK-Tn-zrU" name="value" keyPath="values.enables-layout-hud-on-space-change" id="1rV-d7-6jx"/>
                     </connections>
                 </button>
+                <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="new-win-hud">
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="39" width="350" height="18"/>
+                    <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
+                    <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Notify when toggling new windows to main pane" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="new-win-hud-cell">
+                        <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
+                        <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                    </buttonCell>
+                    <connections>
+                        <binding destination="XhK-Tn-zrU" name="value" keyPath="values.enables-new-windows-to-main-hud" id="new-win-hud-bind"/>
+                    </connections>
+                </button>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="MKd-ZG-j26">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="28" y="59" width="160" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="28" y="79" width="160" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" alignment="right" title="Heads Up Display:" id="dFS-Je-lML">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -362,7 +373,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="pGc-zn-uC7">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="494" width="133" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="514" width="133" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Ignore menu bars" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="LKn-n5-1ay">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -373,7 +384,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Xay-gW-zGw">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="474" width="223" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="494" width="223" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Send new windows to main pane" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="stG-cM-1bg">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -384,7 +395,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="hed-5T-mt5">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="454" width="265" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="474" width="265" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Follow thrown windows between spaces" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="1GI-LA-8ET">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -395,7 +406,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="eDY-rg-FIm">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="132" y="493" width="56" height="17"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="132" y="513" width="56" height="17"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="General:" id="oHM-Bk-m8H">
                         <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -404,7 +415,7 @@
                     </textFieldCell>
                 </textField>
                 <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="q7S-uK-u6Y">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="196" y="376" width="40" height="22"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="196" y="396" width="40" height="22"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" state="on" borderStyle="bezel" alignment="right" title="0" drawsBackground="YES" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="YGR-J5-VCh">
                         <numberFormatter key="formatter" formatterBehavior="default10_4" numberStyle="decimal" minimumIntegerDigits="1" maximumIntegerDigits="2000000000" maximumFractionDigits="3" id="Z5V-Io-vQx">
@@ -419,7 +430,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </textField>
                 <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="IK4-QB-Sbo">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="114" width="280" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="134" width="280" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Disable screen padding on built-in display" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" inset="2" id="9Vr-QQ-tmB">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -430,7 +441,7 @@
                     </connections>
                 </button>
                 <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="W2T-GM-Abn">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="432" width="265" height="18"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="192" y="452" width="265" height="18"/>
                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                     <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Hide menu bar icon" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" inset="2" id="Tdh-J4-2ut">
                         <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
diff --git a/Amethyst/Preferences/UserConfiguration.swift b/Amethyst/Preferences/UserConfiguration.swift
index d1821c97..db029b7e 100644
--- a/Amethyst/Preferences/UserConfiguration.swift
+++ b/Amethyst/Preferences/UserConfiguration.swift
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ enum ConfigurationKey: String {
     case mouseResizesWindows = "mouse-resizes-windows"
     case layoutHUD = "enables-layout-hud"
     case layoutHUDOnSpaceChange = "enables-layout-hud-on-space-change"
+    case newWindowsToMainHUD = "enables-new-windows-to-main-hud"
     case useCanaryBuild = "use-canary-build"
     case newWindowsToMain = "new-windows-to-main"
     case followSpaceThrownWindows = "follow-space-thrown-windows"
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ enum CommandKey: String {
     case reevaluateWindows = "reevaluate-windows"
     case toggleFocusFollowsMouse = "toggle-focus-follows-mouse"
     case relaunchAmethyst = "relaunch-amethyst"
+    case toggleNewWindowsToMain = "toggle-new-windows-to-main"
 }
 
 protocol UserConfigurationDelegate: AnyObject {
@@ -641,6 +643,10 @@ class UserConfiguration: NSObject {
         return storage.bool(forKey: .layoutHUDOnSpaceChange)
     }
 
+    func enablesNewWindowsToMainHUD() -> Bool {
+        return storage.bool(forKey: .newWindowsToMainHUD)
+    }
+
     func useCanaryBuild() -> Bool {
         return storage.bool(forKey: .useCanaryBuild)
     }
@@ -682,6 +688,19 @@ class UserConfiguration: NSObject {
         return int == 0 ? nil : int
     }
 
+    func toggleNewWindowsToMain() {
+        let currentValue = sendNewWindowsToMainPane()
+
+        // Use KVO-compliant method to trigger UI updates
+        if storage is UserDefaults {
+            UserDefaults.standard.willChangeValue(forKey: ConfigurationKey.newWindowsToMain.rawValue)
+            storage.set(!currentValue, forKey: .newWindowsToMain)
+            UserDefaults.standard.didChangeValue(forKey: ConfigurationKey.newWindowsToMain.rawValue)
+        } else {
+            storage.set(!currentValue, forKey: .newWindowsToMain)
+        }
+    }
+
     func windowResizeStep() -> CGFloat {
         return CGFloat(storage.float(forKey: .windowResizeStep) / 100.0)
     }
diff --git a/Amethyst/View/LayoutNameWindow.swift b/Amethyst/View/LayoutNameWindow.swift
index ec239a09..135c2296 100644
--- a/Amethyst/View/LayoutNameWindow.swift
+++ b/Amethyst/View/LayoutNameWindow.swift
@@ -33,4 +33,47 @@ class LayoutNameWindow: NSWindow {
         backgroundColor = NSColor.clear
         level = .floating
     }
+
+    // Display custom notification with dynamic sizing
+    func displayNotification(title: String, description: String) {
+        // layoutDescriptionLabel?.isHidden = false
+        layoutNameField?.stringValue = title
+        layoutDescriptionLabel?.stringValue = description
+
+        // Calculate size needed for both name and description
+        let longerText = title.count > description.count ? title : description
+        resizeToFitText(text: longerText)
+    }
+
+    // Dynamic window resizing based on text content
+    private func resizeToFitText(text: String) {
+        guard let textField = layoutNameField else { return }
+
+        // Calculate text width with current font
+        let font = textField.font ?? NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20)
+        let textSize = text.size(withAttributes: [.font: font])
+
+        // Add padding (40px on each side + extra space)
+        let minWidth: CGFloat = 200
+        let maxWidth: CGFloat = 500
+        let padding: CGFloat = 80
+        let calculatedWidth = textSize.width + padding
+
+        // Constrain width between min and max
+        let newWidth = max(minWidth, min(maxWidth, calculatedWidth))
+
+        // Keep the same height
+        let currentFrame = frame
+        let newFrame = NSRect(
+            x: currentFrame.origin.x,
+            y: currentFrame.origin.y,
+            width: newWidth,
+            height: currentFrame.height
+        )
+
+        setFrame(newFrame, display: true, animate: false)
+
+        // Update content view layer frame
+        contentView?.layer?.frame = NSRectToCGRect(contentView!.frame)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Amethyst/default.amethyst b/Amethyst/default.amethyst
index 38123126..0695c85b 100644
--- a/Amethyst/default.amethyst
+++ b/Amethyst/default.amethyst
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
     "focus-follows-mouse": false,
     "enables-layout-hud": true,
     "enables-layout-hud-on-space-change": true,
+    "enables-new-windows-to-main-hud": false,
     "window-margin-size": 0,
     "window-resize-step": 5,
     "window-margins": false,
diff --git a/docs/configuration-files.md b/docs/configuration-files.md
index a3450ec5..fdab5f09 100644
--- a/docs/configuration-files.md
+++ b/docs/configuration-files.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Amethyst will pick up a config file located at `~/.amethyst.yml` or `~/.config/a
 | `mouse-resizes-windows` | `true` if changing the frame of a window with the mouse should update the layout to accommodate the change (default `false`). Note that not all layouts will be able to respond to the change. |
 | `enables-layout-hud` | `true` to display the name of the layout when a new layout is selected (default `true`). |
 | `enables-layout-hud-on-space-change` | `true` to display the name of the layout when moving to a new space (default `true`). |
+| `enables-new-windows-to-main-hud` | `true` to display notifications when new windows to main setting changes (default `false`). |
 | `use-canary-build` | `true` to get updates to beta versions of the software (default `false`). |
 | `new-windows-to-main` | `true` to insert new windows into the first position and `false` to insert new windows into the last position (default `false`). |
 | `follow-space-thrown-windows` | `true` to automatically move to a space when throwing a window to it (default `true`). | 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ A mod is a list of keyboard modifiers. Namely, `option`, `control`, `shift`, and
 | `expand-main` | Expand the main pane by a percentage of the screen dimension as defined by `window-resize-step`. Note that not all layouts respond to this command. |
 | `increase-main` | Increase the number of windows in the main pane. Note that not all layouts respond to this command. |
 | `decrease-main` | Decrease the number of windows in the main pane. Note that not all layouts respond to this command. |
+| `toggle-new-windows-to-main` | Toggle whether new windows are inserted at the beginning (main pane) or end of the window list. |
 | `command1` | General purpose command for custom layouts. Functionality is layout-dependent. |
 | `command2` | General purpose command for custom layouts. Functionality is layout-dependent. |
 | `command3` | General purpose command for custom layouts. Functionality is layout-dependent. |