MonitorJumper - move the top-most window between your monitor(s)

[bengr]

Hey,

I saw a workflow request on /r/Alfred that interested me as well, and saw that no one made it yet, so I quickly wrapped up one with a little bit of Google-ing.

 

Basically, it's a really basic workflow that moves your current window between monitor(s) with the tap of a hotkey or by entering "jump" into Alfred (both are configurable of course).

 

I don't think I'll be maintaining this workflow, as there really is not much to maintain, it's a very simple AppleScript behind, but feel free to comment here and I'll check it every once in a while to see if anything is needed.

 

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Edited April 25, 2013 by The_Ben

[Ddyracer]

Hey,

I saw a workflow request on /r/Alfred that interested me as well, and saw that no one made it yet, so I quickly wrapped up one with a little bit of Google-ing.

 

Basically, it's a really basic workflow that moves your current window between monitor(s) with the tap of a hotkey or by entering "jump" into Alfred (both are configurable of course).

 

I don't think I'll be maintaining this workflow, as there really is not much to maintain, it's a very simple AppleScript behind, but feel free to comment here and I'll check it every once in a while to see if anything is needed.

 

Download

 

Wish I could use it... Too bad Apple screwed my monitor up in 10.8.3. 

[stonefury]

I position my laptop below my larger monitor, so it won't work for this case. Will be easy to fix, just mentioning in case there was a way to better identify the monitor to move the window to.

[spacecadet9]

This works great for me

 

Thanks very much, really handy

[mikeymo]

THANK YOU for this workflow—does exactly what I need with zero cruft. Much appreciated.

[Ptujec]

Hi you might be interested in this. I build it for LaunchBar. But since it is just an applescript you should be able to make it work just fine in Alfred with just a few changes. It's a few lines of code. But it should cover pretty much all the bases.

 

# http://superuser.com/questions/331313/how-to-automagically-move-windows-between-monitors-with-one-keystroke
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6565703/math-algorithm-fit-image-to-screen-retain-aspect-ratio
# https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/get-sizes-of-monitor-s-via-applescript/1351/10

---
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

set allFrames to (current application's NSScreen's screens()'s valueForKey:"frame") as list
try
	set _mon1 to item 2 of item 1 of allFrames
	set _mon2 to item 2 of item 2 of allFrames
	
	set _mon1Width to item 1 of _mon1
	set _mon1Hight to item 2 of _mon1
	set _mon1Size to _mon1Width + _mon1Hight
	
	
	set _mon2Width to item 1 of _mon2
	set _mon2Hight to item 2 of _mon2
	set _mon2Size to _mon2Width + _mon2Hight
	
	set _screenWar to (_mon2Width / _mon1Width) # width adaption ratio of screen 1 & 2
	set _screenHar to (_mon2Hight / _mon1Hight) #  hight adaption ratio of screen 1 & 2 
	
	tell current application to set _hightoffset to do shell script "/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :DisplayAnyUserSets:Configs:0:0:CurrentInfo:OriginY ' /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.displays.plist"
	set _hightoffset to _hightoffset as feet as number
	
	tell current application to set _widthoffset to do shell script "/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :DisplayAnyUserSets:Configs:0:0:CurrentInfo:OriginX ' /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.displays.plist"
	set _widthoffset to _widthoffset as feet as number
	
	# detect position of the second screen in relation to the main screen
	if _mon1Width = _widthoffset then
		# say "Rechts"
		set _right to true
	else if _mon1Hight = _hightoffset then
		set _right to false
		set _bottom to true
	else if _mon2Width = -_widthoffset then
		set _right to false
		set _bottom to false
		set _left to true
	else if _mon2Hight = -_hightoffset then
		set _right to false
		set _bottom to false
		set _left to false
		set _top to true
	end if
end try

try
	tell application "System Events"
		tell (first process whose frontmost is true)
			set _windowPos to position of window 1
			set x to item 1 of _windowPos # x = position width 
			set y to item 2 of _windowPos # y = position hight 
			
			set _windowSize to size of window 1
			set _windowWidth to (item 1 of _windowSize)
			set _windowHight to (item 2 of _windowSize)
			
			
			# set current location (which monitor) of the frontmost window and new window size and postion 
			if _right is true then
				if x < _mon1Width then
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth * _screenWar, _windowHight * _screenHar}
					set _newPosition to {(x * _screenWar) + _widthoffset, ((y - 25) * _screenHar) + (_hightoffset + 25)} # menubar = 25 pixel
					set _winLocation to "mon1"
				else
					set _newPosition to {(x - _widthoffset) / _screenWar, ((y - (_hightoffset + 25)) / _screenHar) + 25}
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth / _screenWar, _windowHight / _screenHar}
					set _winLocation to "mon2"
				end if
				
			else if _bottom is true then
				if y < _mon1Hight then
					set _newPosition to {(x * _screenWar) + _widthoffset, ((y - 25) * _screenHar) + (_hightoffset + 25)}
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth * _screenWar, _windowHight * _screenHar}
					set _winLocation to "mon1"
				else
					set _newPosition to {(x - _widthoffset) / _screenWar, ((y - (_hightoffset + 25)) / _screenHar) + 25}
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth / _screenWar, _windowHight / _screenHar}
					set _winLocation to "mon2"
				end if
			else if _left is true then
				if x > -1 then
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth * _screenWar, _windowHight * _screenHar}
					set _newPosition to {(x * _screenWar) + _widthoffset, ((y - 25) * _screenHar) + (_hightoffset + 25)}
					set _winLocation to "mon1"
				else
					set _newPosition to {(x - _widthoffset) / _screenWar, ((y - (_hightoffset + 25)) / _screenHar) + 25}
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth / _screenWar, _windowHight / _screenHar}
					set _winLocation to "mon2"
				end if
			else if _top is true then
				if y < 25 then
					set _newPosition to {(x - _widthoffset) / _screenWar, (y + (-_hightoffset - 25)) / _screenHar + 25}
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth / _screenWar, (_windowHight + 25) / _screenHar - 25}
					set _winLocation to "mon2"
				else
					set _newSize to {_windowWidth * _screenWar, (_windowHight + 25) * _screenHar - 25}
					set _newPosition to {(x * _screenWar) + _widthoffset, ((y - 25) * _screenHar) + _hightoffset + 25}
					set _winLocation to "mon1"
				end if
			end if
			
			# checking for window loaction and whether the monitor it is located on is bigger or smaller than the other one 
			if _winLocation is "mon1" then
				if _mon1Size > _mon2Size then
					set size of window 1 to _newSize
					set position of window 1 to _newPosition
				else
					set position of window 1 to _newPosition
					set size of window 1 to _newSize
				end if
				
			else
				if _mon2Size > _mon1Size then
					set size of window 1 to _newSize
					set position of window 1 to _newPosition
				else
					set position of window 1 to _newPosition
					set size of window 1 to _newSize
				end if
			end if
			
		end tell
	end tell
end try

There are more window actions on my github. Under the hood they are all applescripts https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/Window%20Actions 

Edited April 14, 2021 by Ptujec

[Ptujec]

On 9/10/2013 at 12:51 AM, stonefury said:

I position my laptop below my larger monitor, so it won't work for this case. Will be easy to fix, just mentioning in case there was a way to better identify the monitor to move the window to.

Check my script below. This should work no matter how you position monitors or whether one is bigger or smaller … as long as it's just two. Didn't try it for more. If you are still interested 7 years + later

[krishnan]

Thanks for the script! I tried running it in macOS Monterey and got the following error:

ERROR: Print: Entry, ":DisplayAnyUserSets:Configs:0:0:CurrentInfo:OriginY", Does Not Exist

I tried google-ing and couldn't find anything related to this error, did the name of DisplayAnyUserSets Configs change in the latest update?

Edited October 2, 2022 by krishnan

[vitor]

With Alfred 5 you don’t need a script for it, there is an Automation Task under Window Management which does it.

[TomBenz]

1 hour ago, vitor said:

With Alfred 5 you don’t need a script for it, there is an Automation Task under Window Management which does it.

Yes, I shifted to using automation tasks. I also have one for removing windows from full screen, shift to other monitor and then again to full screen. Automation task is great in Alfred 5