#!/bin/bash # # Move the current window to the next monitor. # # Also works only on one X screen (which is the most common case). # # Props to # http://icyrock.com/blog/2012/05/xubuntu-moving-windows-between-monitors/ # # Unfortunately, both "xdotool getwindowgeometry --shell $window_id" and # checking "-geometry" of "xwininfo -id $window_id" are not sufficient, as # the first command does not respect panel/decoration offsets and the second # will sometimes give a "-0-0" geometry. This is why we resort to "xwininfo". screen_width=$(xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions:/ { print $2; exit }' | cut -d"x" -f1) screen_height=$(xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions:/ { print $2; exit }' | cut -d"x" -f2) display_width=$(xdotool getdisplaygeometry | cut -d" " -f1) display_height=$(xdotool getdisplaygeometry | cut -d" " -f2) window_id=$(xdotool getactivewindow) # Remember if it was maximized. window_horz_maxed=$(xprop -id "$window_id" _NET_WM_STATE | grep '_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ') window_vert_maxed=$(xprop -id "$window_id" _NET_WM_STATE | grep '_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT') # Un-maximize current window so that we can move it wmctrl -ir "$window_id" -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz # Read window position x=$(xwininfo -id "$window_id" | awk '/Absolute upper-left X:/ { print $4 }') y=$(xwininfo -id "$window_id" | awk '/Absolute upper-left Y:/ { print $4 }') # Subtract any offsets caused by panels or window decorations x_offset=$(xwininfo -id "$window_id" | awk '/Relative upper-left X:/ { print $4 }') y_offset=$(xwininfo -id "$window_id" | awk '/Relative upper-left Y:/ { print $4 }') x=$(( x - x_offset)) y=$(( y - y_offset)) # Compute new X position new_x=$((x + display_width)) # Compute new Y position new_y=$((y + display_height)) # If we would move off the right-most monitor, we set it to the left one. # We also respect the window's width here: moving a window off more than half its width won't happen. width=$(xdotool getwindowgeometry "$window_id" | awk '/Geometry:/ { print $2 }'|cut -d"x" -f1) if [ "$(( new_x + width / 2))" -gt "$screen_width" ]; then new_x=$((new_x - screen_width)) fi height=$(xdotool getwindowgeometry "$window_id" | awk '/Geometry:/ { print $2 }'|cut -d"x" -f2) if [ "$((new_y + height / 2))" -gt "$screen_height" ]; then new_y=$((new_y - screen_height)) fi # Don't move off the left side. if [ "$new_x" -lt 0 ]; then new_x=0 fi # Don't move off the bottom if [ "$new_y" -lt 0 ]; then new_y=0 fi # Move the window xdotool windowmove "$window_id" "$new_x" "$new_y" # Maximize window again, if it was before if [ -n "${window_horz_maxed}" ] && [ -n "${window_vert_maxed}" ]; then wmctrl -ir "$window_id" -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz elif [ -n "${window_horz_maxed}" ]; then wmctrl -ir "$window_id" -b add,maximized_horz elif [ -n "${window_vert_maxed}" ]; then wmctrl -ir "$window_id" -b add,maximized_vert fi