jgallen23 / layouts

an applescript and alfred extension to manage window layouts

Layouts

Layouts is an applescript and an alfred extension to easily move and resize application windows.

Go here for more info.

layouts's Issues

stupid question, are there build instructions?

Wondering about build instructions, want to make some edits to this but not at all familiar with Alfred workflow dev

Didn't work with Sublime Text 2

Hi, thank you for the plugin.
I've found that it won't work properly when using some app like Sublime Text 2 and Alfred v2 preference. Don't know is this a bug or not. Thanks

Dropdown list of options

When typing in "layouts" I'd love to see common items here that I use often so I don't have to type them all up.

It fails to work properly when dock is set to left or right.

There should be some calculations done to the position depending on the orientation of the dock. We can get it with

tell application "System Events"
    tell dock preferences
        set dock_position to screen edge
    end tell
end tell

Layouts doesn't count dock

Hi there Greg,

It seems that Layouts isn't counting the height/width occupied by the dock. I've been watching the code and it seems that it's absolute positioned (in bottom-left and bottom right) in the middle of the screen but it shouldnt as it falls behind the dock.

I wasn't able to fix it but here you may find some interesting notes about it:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3553498?start=0&tstart=0

Does not work with some applications

@jgallen23
Thanks for creating this nice tool.

It works nicely with some applications: Finder, Final Cut Pro, Safari, Chrome, iTerm, Texmate
It does not work with some applications: Affinity Photo, Krita, PyCharm, VSCode, Blender, Clip Studio Paint

I notice that it typically works with Apple native applications or some older mature applications.

Other users may meet the similar issues before:
#6

Does it support fixed size?

Say I want to make the window a specific size, like 800x600 or 1024x768?

If not it may be a good feature request.

Layout not correct for left-aligned Dock

There's a small bug in the code for the case where the Dock is situated on the left of the screen. In getDisplayBounds, you have the following:

if screenEdge is bottom then
set item 4 of scrRes to (item 4 of scrRes) - dockHeight
else if screenEdge is left then
set item 1 of scrRes to dockWidth
set item 4 of scrRes to (item 4 of scrRes) - dockWidth
else if screenEdge is right then
set item 3 of scrRes to (item 3 of scrRes) - dockWidth
end if

That second line (set item 4...) in the left case causes windows to be resized to allow for the dock space underneath them. Removing it solves that problem.

Really appreciate the work you did on this, though - much obliged. Works fantastically.

Feature request: custom named layouts

It would be nice if you could create custom names for certain layouts.

layout does not position properly with multiple screens

Hi,
I am using layout with multiple screen (13" and 24"). the size calc is still ok, but there is problem with the positioning of the window, I guess it does consider the screen position configuration as it is set in the screen prefs.

Install: Remember to enable access for assistive devices

I couldn't get the workflow to work at all, until I discovered that I hadn't enabled "access for assistive devices". Maybe you should add this to your installation instructions :)