#!/bin/sh # # Move the current window to the other vertical monitor. Adapted from the # scripts for horizontal monitors at makandracards.com # # Only works on a 2x1 vertical monitor setup. # 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/ # http://makandracards.com/makandra/12447-how-to-move-a-window-to-the-next-monitor-on-xfce-xubuntu # # 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". window_id=`xdotool getactivewindow` screen_height=`xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions:/ { print $2; exit }' | cut -d"x" -f2` lower_display_height=`xdotool getdisplaygeometry | cut -d" " -f2` upper_display_height=`expr $screen_height - $lower_display_height` # Remember if it was maximized. window_state=`xprop -id $window_id _NET_WM_STATE | awk '{ print $3 }'` # 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=`expr $x - $x_offset` y=`expr $y - $y_offset` # Compute new Y position if [ $y -gt $upper_display_height ]; then new_y=`expr $y - $upper_display_height` # window on lower display -> substract for new position else new_y=`expr $y + $upper_display_height` # window on upper display -> add for new position fi # We respect the window's height here: moving a window off more than half its height won't happen. height=`xdotool getwindowgeometry $window_id | awk '/Geometry:/ { print $2 }'|cut -d"x" -f2` if [ `expr $new_y + $height / 2` -gt $screen_height ]; then new_y=`expr $new_y - $height` fi # Move the window xdotool windowmove $window_id $x $new_y # Maximize window again, if it was before if [ -n "${window_state}" ]; then wmctrl -ir $window_id -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz fi