An gnome-shell extension that makes window movement a lot easier. It can be compared with a basic version of the compiz grid plugin.
- krlmr - Move to other display
- 73 - Move focus
- Anthony25 - gnome-shell 3.12 support
- airtonix - gnome-shell 3.5 support
The extension can be configured using the gnome prefs tool.
- East/West widths, North/South heights
- Keybindings
- Change width and height when moving to corner (Always, only height, only width)
- Use multiple widths even if moving to other screen is possible
- Move focus using the keyboard
- move-focus-north/east/south/west using super + i/l/k/j (default)
- Application based config (hit the save button)
For application base configuration the extension requires the wnck library. If wnck is not installed, you can not open the preferences window
- Suse:
sudo zypper in libwnck-devel - Arch:
pacman -S libwnck3 - Fedora:
sudo yum install libwnck3(should be installed on F19) - Debian/Ubuntu:
apt-get install gir1.2-wnck-3.0
Gnome Shell >= 3.4 Keybindings are configured using gsettings stored in a custom schema file inside the extension directory. To modify the keybindings use the "gnome prefs tool".
The following keys are available:
- put-to-side-n
- move to north edge, height: 50% width 100%
- put-to-side-e
- move to easth edge, height: 100% width 50%
- put-to-side-s
- move to south edge, height: 50% width 100%
- put-to-side-w
- move to west edge, height: 100% width 50%
- put-to-corner-XY width 50% height 50%
- move-to-corner-ne
- move-to-corner-se
- move-to-corner-sw
- move-to-corner-nw
- put-to-center
- move to center of the screen, widht 50% height 50%. Press twice to maximize the window
- put-to-location
- resize to a configured location (see wiki for details)
Gnome Shell 3.2 The keybinding can not be stored in a custom schema. The extension uses de predefined bindings /apps/metacity/window_keybindings. Modify ghem with gconf-editor/gconftool/gconftool-2. run gconf-editor /apps/metacity/window_keybindings
For details how to configure it, please check the wiki.
the extention works well with 2 screens in horizontal setup.
Moving windows from one screen to another only possible widh side_e and side_w and only if windows was at side_e (or side_w) before. eg.
- a window in corner_nw of the right screen is not move to the left screen.
- a window at side_e of the right screen is move to the left screen (side_w)
June 24, 2014
- support gnome-shell 3.12
- #56 allow the user to disable keybindings
October 6, 2013
- Conributed by @krlmlr
- Fixed #37 Moving maximized window to other display
- General improvement for "move to other display"
July 20, 2013
- Settings are now organized in tabs
- New feature 'intelligent corner movement'
- New config option to keep window width when moving from center to north/south
- additional options for "move to corner". When moving to a corner you have the choice to change:
- both
- only height
- only width
- never change size
- Nothing on first move, both on second
- Nothing on first move, only height on second
- Nothing on first move, only width on second
April 17, 2013
- "Move Focus" using the keyboard
- Fix for overlapping windows
- Contributors: @73
December 27, 2012
- Config to change center/maximize to maximize/center
Octover 31, 2012
- new the config ui including 3 heights
- fix window height if topPanel is visible
Octover 30, 2012
- Support multiple heights when moving to top/bottom
- "move to corner" uses widths and heights defined for sides
- atm NO CONFIG UI to define heights (can be modified in utils.js)
- CORNER_CHANGE_WIDTH
- true... move to corner multiple times will change width and height
- false.. width is not changed, if the window is has a "known" width
October 9, 2012
- Support multiple widths when moving to left/right side
- Added keybindings to move window to left/right screen
July 13, 2012
- Fixed config reload -> no need to reload the shell
July 08, 2012
- KNOWN ISSUES: config is not reloaded after modifying with the prefs tool (manual reload required)
- moved config to gsettings
- custom keybindings using gsettings
May 31, 2012
- dont maximize chrome, resize it to max-size (e.g. dont change into fullscreen mode)
May 12, 2012
- Added GTK Settings window
- Open from extensions.gnome.org
- Open from command line
gnome-shell-extension-prefs [email protected]
April 26, 2012
- Extension is now 3.4 compatible (Tested with 3.4.1)
- SettingsWindow is disabled for the moment (will be replaced by tweak-tool "plugin")
- The shell uses gsettings now!
January 15, 2012
- added a config ui
- position.x/y/width/height must be integers between 0 and 100 (was 0...1)
December 17, 2011
- fix a bug that occures if the top panel is hidden.
- checkout https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/42/auto-hide-top-panel/ it's awesome!
December 11, 2011
- reduced the horizontal and vertical "gap" between windows
- hitting move_to_center twice will now correctly maximize evolution