How can I customize the behavior of the green 'expand window' button so that it only maximizes (instead of taking over the entire screen)?

Question

I just upgraded my macbook pro to Yosemite and this new behavior of the green window button is driving me nuts. I only want to expand a window to maximum size (and keep the menu bar showing). The new default behavior is to totally take over the screen, which is just too much, I find it disorienting. I want to go back to the way Mavericks did it.

Answer 1

Try doing Alt+Shift+maximise.

Also thanks to pixelfairy for finding [BetterTouchTool](http://www.boastr.de/) to change the zoom button maximize behavior.