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Hi, on my triple-monitor setup, I was annoyed by the task switcher window (Alt-Tab and Ctrl-Alt-Tab) as it always pops up on the primary screen where I usually need to have it on the screen where my mouse is. As soon as I found out that this switcher is a common Explorer window with special style and can be moved by S+, the rest was easy. The trick is to identify it - as it has a distinct class name, it can be distinguished from other Explorer windows. I´d like to share this with you in case you also have a need for it. The correct place is in Global Actions --> Window Events --> Foreground Window Change as it is called everytime the window focus changes: Code:/*
Move the task switcher window (Alt-Tab / Ctrl-Alt-Tab)
to the window where the mouse is currently located.
*/
var currApp = sp.ForegroundWindow();
// The task switcher window class name is "MultitaskingViewFrame"
if (currApp.ClassName == "MultitaskingViewFrame") {
var mouseScreen = Screen.FromPoint(sp.GetCurrentMousePoint());
currApp.MoveToScreen(GetScreenNumber(mouseScreen));
// This will re-center (but possibly not resize) in case the target screen has a different resolution:
currApp.FitToScreen();
}
/*
Returns the number of a given Screen object
or -1 if the Screen was not found.
*/
function GetScreenNumber(screen) {
var allScreens = Screen.AllScreens;
var screenNumber = allScreens.Length - 1;
while (screenNumber > -1 && allScreens[screenNumber].DeviceName != screen.DeviceName) {
screenNumber--;
}
return screenNumber;
}
Btw: Rob, it would come in handy if the function MoveToScreen(number) would take a Screen object or even a Screen´s DeviceName instead of a number, as the number is no attribute of the Screen class and need to be found out quite uncomfortably, as you can see above.
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That was from very early on, and I just copied what the original S+ did. I've updated it in 0.4.0.9 to accept a screen number or object. Code:var currApp = sp.ForegroundWindow();
// The task switcher window class name is "MultitaskingViewFrame"
if (currApp.ClassName == "MultitaskingViewFrame") {
currApp.MoveToScreen(Screen.FromPoint(sp.GetCurrentMousePoint()));
// This will re-center (but possibly not resize) in case the target screen has a different resolution:
currApp.FitToScreen();
}
P.S. This is handy! Edited by user Tuesday, December 22, 2020 3:15:42 PM(UTC)
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Thanks Rob for your quick solution, works like a charm!
Best thing is, it is a non-script-breaking change. I like that both parameter types can be used now.
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Win+tab also has the same problem.
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