i think i prefer skrommel's 'winwarden' to gridvista - i know, i know, it hasn't got the 'drag' functions that gridvista has but i prefer the number of options it does provide.Yes, i also noticed that gridvista is quite incomplete, with a few more options, it might be just perfect.-nudone (May 29, 2006, 03:18 AM)
with the dialogmove project you must be an expert on window moving.That's exactly my problem, do you remember what dialogMove does to some windows, that problem might appear again, but as they say in the movies, "in an unparallel dimension", since it can't be avoided (but in dialogmove, it can, because of the exceptions).-nudone (May 29, 2006, 05:14 AM)
i found SplitView (http://www.splitview.com/), you might wanna give it a try.I haven't tried it, but it looks like a great find, kimmchii!-kimmchii (May 30, 2006, 05:50 AM)
the scenario is like this: you move the window within a trigger zone, then you decide to move it a little bit but 'gridmove' thinks you want to auto resize the window (again).Did that happen to you? I tried doing it, but all i got was a bit of flicker, since it was moved to the place, and then moved back.-nudone (May 30, 2006, 09:11 AM)
i've also noticed a side effect where the window can be dragged even when the cursor is not over the title bar - this has been done in other programs several times before but maybe it would be nice to incorporate it into gridmove - only if it's a simple thing to do and it didn't create further problems - maybe it could work if both mouse buttons were held down at the same time?Sorry, I didn't understand. Did you get that effect, or would you like it to be implemented?-nudone (May 30, 2006, 09:11 AM)
what happens if grid zones overlap?-nudone (May 30, 2006, 11:28 AM)
i'm assuming that as it's a script the first 'zone' that is defined would take precedence.:P-nudone (May 30, 2006, 11:28 AM)
if it's not a problem to implement all the features, i.e. the 3rd mouse button + right click to drag from anywhere and the 3rd mouse button solo to drag from window edge then i can't really ask for more.Nope, no problem at all, that's only 4 more 'if' instructions ;)-nudone (May 30, 2006, 12:29 PM)
the keyboard shortcuts are going to be something that users will expect so it would be nice to allow that for specific grid zones.Good point, i had forgotten about that. But i also want them ;)-nudone (May 30, 2006, 12:29 PM)
I've had another idea (which i think is similar to your original idea):
Instead of having only areas, we could make each of the areas have a specific "trigger area", which might (or might not, depending on how the user wants it) be different from the area itself. The big advantage of it would be that the program might actually work only by dragging, and if the mouse was in a trigger zone, the window would be resized to fit the corresponding area.
(now that i think about it... this was exactly your first idea wasn't it? i'm sorry, i think i only understood it now)
GridMove Beta1 (http://jgpaiva.dcmembers.com/CS/GridMove/GridMoveBeta1.ahk)-jgpaiva (May 31, 2006, 01:47 PM)
so far the method of dragging the title bar and then pausing with the left mouse button down seems like the nicer idea - could this not be made a little more automatic so once the transparent grid appears all you need to do is keep dragging the title bar onto the 'grid zone' you want to resize into - AND then release the left mouse button, i.e. no right clicking or 3rd button clicking.I fully agree with you, and i think this can be done.
i can see that the method i've described might cause a problem if you decide that you don't actually want to resize to a grid zone (if you change your mind or have accidently held the left mouse button down on the stationary title bar for too long) - but maybe it would be good to have a 'right' mouse click act at the 'cancel' operation.-nudone (June 01, 2006, 10:06 AM)
can we have the grid a bit more transparent in the next version, please. :DThe first one was already supposed to be fully transparent, but for some reason, it only worked right in my computer. I have already fixed this, i'll post the fixed version soon.-nudone (June 01, 2006, 10:06 AM)
Just another comment on the 3rd button drag. I think it's not quite clear how it works, but i'll try to explain it a bit better. It's press+hold 3rd button, click rbutton for the grid to appear, and then, drag, and release the 3rd button to adjust to the grid.
For me, this is the best way to use this program, much handier than moving the title bar, i think.
currently i couldn't work out if the 'screen edge triggers' are implemented - i don't see any need for them with how things are working at the moment.The "screen edge triggers" would be a trigger that would be active when the mouse was over it, without dragging a window, wasn't it? I believe that would work, but pose a few small problems: the detection of the active window might be incorrect, you would have to select the window before snaping it to the grid (notice that with the 3rd button method, you can drag any window, all it needs is to be beneath the mouse), accidental appearences of the grid would be more constant (and would stop the current work, as the grid selection would take the full screen), and, if not, the grid would have to take too much time to come up, i think.-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
in the left mouse drage and pause method - it would be nice to have the same 'grey panel' areaRight, i also thought of that, but i thought that having 2 things moving (the window itself and the grey panel might be confusing, that's why i didn't include it. But i am thinking of an alternative. Possibly making the window itself simulate the snapping, instead of having the grey panel doing it. I'm not quite sure what's the best solution, though.-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
this isn't going to be a problem if you can provide a 'click to toggle' mechanism but in maya and 3d max the 3rd button is used to drag things around on screen so it would conflict with how 'gridmove' currently works.Yep, i'm aware of that problem, and it possibly will arrise in more applications. I think the best solution would be to have the "drag in window edge" system you mentioned, possibly associated with exceptions, i. e., for the general windows, it'd work just as it works now, and for assigned windows, it'd need to be dragged in the edge. (Since i already have most of the code in DialogMove, this shouldn't be too hard to create)-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
and maybe, just have the left mouse drag and pause method work so there is a pause before the grid appears.I don't think i understand what you mean, i know you noticed the time before the grid was too little, is that what you're referring to?-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
all i can suggest for future versions is maybe extending the 'high tech gui' feel of things - perhaps allow 'window groups' to be assigned that know how to move around the screen...Hum... I think i need you to explain me a bit more about that idea, i don't quite understand what you mean...-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
if you drag and release a window onto a grid already occupied by a window - gridmove will automatically swap the windows aroundYes, we are in the same page here, when you first mentioned your idea, i immideatelly thought of the exact thing you mentioned, having this work in a similar way to a taskbar. I've seen the atempts microsoft did at this, and i thought it looked pretty good, but my screen was too small.-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
excellent job so far anyway, jgpaiva.:D thanks! :Thmbsup:-nudone (June 02, 2006, 08:07 AM)
The "screen edge triggers" would be a trigger that would be active when the mouse was over it, without dragging a window, wasn't it?
i still hope that you can somehow implement all the different ways but allow the user to select which they wantThat's the thing, there are some methods that are incompatible between them. That's why i'm trying to figure out a "perfect" way to make it work. I'd like your opinion on what do you think are the best working methods we've found till now.-nudone (June 08, 2006, 06:36 AM)
nice to see you coming back to the old gridmove, jgpaiva :DOld? Nah! It's the best thing since sliced bread, i use it everyday, just haven't had much time to update it.-nudone (July 01, 2006, 02:35 PM)
i can see that the transparency is working better but i'll have to make a few changes to the script i think - my screen does't really suit the current grid layout.Notice that it might be a better idea to change the .ini file's grid, as you can use it throughout several versions, and you won't have to change the source everytime i update. (yes, i really should change the default grid, i also don't use it like that)-nudone (July 01, 2006, 02:35 PM)
i like the idea of dragging the titled part of the title bar to initiate gridmoveWould you consider this the best way for the script to work?-nudone (July 01, 2006, 02:35 PM)
my final use will be very basic (i think) so i don't think i'd even need the grid popping up, so if you can allow that to be disabled i'd appreciate that.I hadn't thought of that, good point!-nudone (July 01, 2006, 02:35 PM)
i need to change the grid layout and give it a good run before saying anything further.Notice that you don't have to copy it all, you can use the same grid you used on the other versions, you only have to change the name of the .ini file.-nudone (July 02, 2006, 03:36 PM)
thanks for putting the screen edge trigger back in. pity about the grid not being hidden yet, though.Actually, the screen edge trigger was such a big problem as i thought originally. The grid hiding isn't a big deal, as right now it can already be hidden, but is buggy, and for some reason it makes the snapping not work.-nudone (July 02, 2006, 03:36 PM)
if you have 2 screens with different resolutions, set the parameters to the biggest height and biggest widthto mean I should set these to the largest height and width of any single screen. Changing so ScreenWidth & ScreenHeight points to the point at the bottom right of my overall screen area fixes that problem.
holy cow, this is worth a test.-mouser (July 04, 2006, 06:10 PM)
with the 'edge' grid loaded in - the trigger bit on the left side of the title bar seems to have expanded (is this intentional?). it's covers about a third of the titlebar.I've just increased the trigger part to 25% of the title bar. But you can change that on the options (windowpercentage)-nudone (July 05, 2006, 01:14 AM)
when using the non 'edge' grids there is a slight 'jerky' appearance to my windows when i drag them around.I think you'll have to explain yourself better, as i can't understand what you mean. The position constantly asked for is the mouse's position.-nudone (July 05, 2006, 01:14 AM)
this new version really works, one small problem, no matter what i do i cant get it to split the screen in 50/50.Oh, fantastic point, kimmchii, i forgot to make a template for a simple grid. Now working on it, should be up in a bit.-kimmchii (July 05, 2006, 02:47 AM)
heck, sometimes just what looks nice can overrule everything else.Absolutelly true. You know what? a few days ago i decided i didn't like the way the grid is created right now. So, i created a new grid. Curious about the end result? Check the .zip attached to this post.-nudone (July 12, 2006, 02:17 PM)
ScreenZones?-mouser (July 22, 2006, 06:58 AM)
i'm just playing around making a few test.grid files and i have to ask is there a quick way of refreshing 'gridmove' so i don't have to keep loading the .grid file in again after i've made a slight edit.It's already there, press win+g then press R. It'll reload gridmove.-nudone (July 23, 2006, 02:44 PM)
Hi there!
I'm glad that you are suggesting new names for the program :D
Josh: thanks for the screencast!
I noticed it's quie weird, though. This means i need your full specs, to try to trace the bug. Tell me, normally the command is on the right of your screen or did it happen only on the screencast? (did you change your resolution or are you using some function of the screencast program?)
I also noticed the grid is all messed up :S-jgpaiva (July 23, 2006, 02:38 PM)
Intel P4 Dual Core 3.2, 2048MB ram, Nvidia GeForce 6800, Windows XP MCE 2005. All that happens is a resolution change (and as you see in the screencast, I do manually reselect the 4 grid option). What else do you need?I think i know what the problem is (at least, i hope so ;) ). Did you start gridmove before changing the resolution?-Josh (July 23, 2006, 03:12 PM)
There might be a bug there, i need to look into it.
Nevertheless, if you write:
nud super grid 01.grid,
It works (notice the comma at the end and not in the beggining. that's where the bug is).-jgpaiva (July 28, 2006, 04:45 AM)
ha ha, i've only just discovered that you don't have to click on the titlebar when using the middle mouse button. brilliant.Yep, that's why it's my favourite method ;)-nudone (July 30, 2006, 01:21 AM)
when the grid appears, the window you have open looks like it is under the grid lines that define the grid layout but it is also on top of the semi transparent area that represents the selected grid area. whereas before the open window was underneath all of this.EhEh... I see you use a lot windows on top. That only happens when a window is set as on top, it is on top of the highlight, as it was with the whole grid before. As i don't use it that much, i didn't find the bug. Shouldn't be a big trouble to fix. ;)-nudone (July 30, 2006, 01:21 AM)
Hi
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"WinSplit.NET"
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the help file is extremely well done and it's good to see some more hotkeys added to the program.Cool, i'm glad to know i could transmit the knowledge in a correct way.-nudone (August 31, 2006, 03:21 PM)
can I just make a quick suggestion - I love the idea of hotkeys for minimising and restoring windows (I've had autohotkey scripts do this in the past) but can you please change the way the '0' is used to minimise a window. the problem is that there is rather a long pause after the '0' is pressed and the minimise function takes place. I'd be really grateful if you could change the hotkey so that it worked instantly - otherwise it's actually quicker for me to take my hand off the keyboard and use the mouse.Yep, i've also noticed that, it isn't handy at all. i think it might be better to have 'm' to minimize and 'M' to maximize. Although, 'M' forces the use for another extra modifier (shift). Do you think other key should be used?-nudone (August 31, 2006, 03:21 PM)
New version uploaded! (ScriptVersion = 1.19.22)Opinion? Only that this TucknDar-fellow must be some sort of bug-finding genius! :redface:
TucknDar found a giant bug concerning disabling the mbuttondrag method. THANKS!! :Thmbsup:
Also, fixed 2 typos in the hotkeys options, also found by TucknDar.
I'm now thinking about adding a new method of interation: modifier + leftbutton (working on the whole window, like the mbuttondrag currently does).
Any opinions?-jgpaiva (September 08, 2006, 04:30 PM)
I've attached the grid if you want to check it out. It's made specifically for me, but it might be handy for others, quite a few variations of the middle window (text editor, file explore, etc.) for tiling/resizing.Damn, that's a neat grid! You definitelly have good taste on how to make them.-allen (September 10, 2006, 11:53 AM)
If you look at the source code, D., you'll see a special hack labeled "Pwning 4 Deozaan, no grid 4 u lolololz" ;D;D ;D ;D-allen (September 11, 2006, 05:16 PM)
I think I may have found a bug. Whenever I drag a window from the title bar (though not necessarily while clicking on the title itself) straight to the left, it goes maybe 100 pixels and then snaps into place and the trigger grids appear.Sorry, i can't quite understand what you mean.. :(
Dang! Now I'm not able to reproduce it 100% of the time, but before I started writing this it happened every time.
Okay, I think I might have figured it out. If I drag the title bar from some place other than the title and drag it straight left into the area the title originally was when I started dragging, it snaps it into place as if I had just clicked onto the title in the first place.-Deozaan (September 12, 2006, 03:59 PM)
This is a very handy tool. I'm still working on customizing it for my workplace, but I'm finding it very useful. If only this thing had a GUI where you could just draw the bounding boxes for the triggers and grids. Or take a snapshot of where the window currently is and load those coordinates into the grid. And also, as I already said, I'd like to be able to name my grids.The gridcreator has already been started, and i got something working, but still very primitive. I'll try to get it out asap. (it was scheduled for today, but i had a few delays, should be done in the end of this week)-Deozaan (September 12, 2006, 03:59 PM)
GridMove is only supposed to work with the left mouse button if you click on the part of the title bar that actually has the title of the application, correct? When I click more to the right where there are no words, the grids do not appear. I believe this is normal functionality.Yes, that's how it's supposed to work.-Deozaan (September 12, 2006, 05:40 PM)
This is easiest seen if you disable "show window contents while dragging" in Windows so that you can see the original position of the title before you started dragging it.Ok, now i see what you mean. This is a giant bug, i have moved it to the top of the todo list. Should be fixed asap!-Deozaan (September 12, 2006, 05:40 PM)
I don't know if anyone else has seen this or if its just something odd about how my system is.Damn, a bug report and a solution at the same time!-mmdoogie (September 14, 2006, 03:39 AM)
Unfortunately, GridMove doesn't work well with my virtual desktop maanger - VirtuaWin: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.netSorry, but i couldn't get that behaviour on my computer.
When I switch desktops, GirdMove automatically shows all the hidden windows and snaps them to place. Is there any way to work around this?-wcyee (September 13, 2006, 01:30 PM)
GridMove is only supposed to work with the left mouse button if you click on the part of the title bar that actually has the title of the application, correct? When I click more to the right where there are no words, the grids do not appear. I believe this is normal functionality.Yes, that's how it's supposed to work.-Deozaan (September 12, 2006, 05:40 PM)This is easiest seen if you disable "show window contents while dragging" in Windows so that you can see the original position of the title before you started dragging it.Ok, now i see what you mean. This is a giant bug, i have moved it to the top of the todo list. Should be fixed asap!-Deozaan (September 12, 2006, 05:40 PM)-jgpaiva (September 14, 2006, 04:54 AM)
So I can't scroll long texts or websites using the middle button.Actually, the default behaviour of windows doesn't interfeer with gridmove. If you'l like to scroll a big document, you can just press and release the middle mouse button and the 4 arrows will come up, then you just drag it up or down. The MButton method only becomes active if you press the middle mouse button and drag the mouse without releasing the button. This means that if you do a "click" with mbutton, gridmove won't interfeer.
So could you add an option to restrict the middle button dragging to the title bar?-termipeitto (September 26, 2006, 12:41 PM)
I have noticed that myself too. But dragging with the mbutton (instead of just clicking) has just become a habit to me, so naturally I would like to continue doing that. Another reason for my suggestion is that I'd like to keep GridMove quite unnoticeable on the computer, because I'm not the only one using it. The others don't use computer that much and they'd just be confused if the windows will start acting weird. And there's no point teaching them how to use GridMove because they don't need it and would just forget and be confused again. (I know I could make more user accounts and not put GridMove running on them but so far it has been easiest to have just one account for all.)So I can't scroll long texts or websites using the middle button.Actually, the default behaviour of windows doesn't interfeer with gridmove. If you'l like to scroll a big document, you can just press and release the middle mouse button and the 4 arrows will come up, then you just drag it up or down. The MButton method only becomes active if you press the middle mouse button and drag the mouse without releasing the button. This means that if you do a "click" with mbutton, gridmove won't interfeer.
So could you add an option to restrict the middle button dragging to the title bar?-termipeitto (September 26, 2006, 12:41 PM)-jgpaiva (October 04, 2006, 08:01 PM)
I am not able to get GridMove to work! The first time I run it, the program freezes after I click "OK" on the info box about tooltips. The .ini file is created and so is an empty plugins directory. When I run the script after windows kills it, I get the GridMove tray icon. However it is not clickable and none of the functions of GridMove work. Same thing happens after deleting the newly created files.
I am running the latest version of GridMove on Windows XP. I also have the latest version of AutoHotkey. I'd love to use GridMove if I could!-bugmenot (November 15, 2006, 09:24 PM)
I can't seem to get GridMove to work with PuTTY SSH windows. They get moved but not resized. Does anybody else have this problem with PuTTY windows? I'm stuck using Acer GridVista until I can get GridMove to work with PuTTY windows.I can confirm what you mentioned. GridMove can't move putty windows. I'm sorry, but it appears that there's no way to do this. You see, this must be a problem with the way that putty creates its windows, and makes ahk (the scripting language in which gridmove is coded) unnable to resize them. It's a weird behaviour, and i can see your problem, when i'm using linux, i always miss GridMove to resize the console windows.-ejunker (November 17, 2006, 02:40 PM)
I am not able to get GridMove to work! The first time I run it, the program freezes after I click "OK" on the info box about tooltips. The .ini file is created and so is an empty plugins directory. When I run the script after windows kills it, I get the GridMove tray icon. However it is not clickable and none of the functions of GridMove work. Same thing happens after deleting the newly created files.
I am running the latest version of GridMove on Windows XP. I also have the latest version of AutoHotkey. I'd love to use GridMove if I could!-bugmenot (November 15, 2006, 09:24 PM)
That's very weird. Never happened to me. Maybe the best thing to do is delete gridmove and it's folder, and try the last release which is available at this post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3824.msg40270#msg40270).-jgpaiva (November 20, 2006, 04:54 AM)
It didn't work. What other information could I give you? I don't think I've had a problem with any other AHK scripts. Darn :( I'm really looking forward to using this!That doesn't make any sense.. :(-bugmenot (November 30, 2006, 12:02 PM)
That doesn't make any sense.. :(
Tell me something: the program only freezes when after you click OK on the first box? Can you close the about box before clicking OK?
Maybe it's related to the helper function. To get rid of it, please put the file i attached to this post in gridmove's folder before you start it. (notice that this has my configurations and not the standard ones, you might not like them ;) ).-jgpaiva (November 30, 2006, 08:09 PM)
I am not able to get GridMove to work! The first time I run it, the program freezes after I click "OK" on the info box about tooltips. The .ini file is created and so is an empty plugins directory. When I run the script after windows kills it, I get the GridMove tray icon. However it is not clickable and none of the functions of GridMove work. Same thing happens after deleting the newly created files.
I am running the latest version of GridMove on Windows XP. I also have the latest version of AutoHotkey. I'd love to use GridMove if I could!-bugmenot (November 15, 2006, 09:24 PM)
I am not able to get GridMove to work! The first time I run it, the program freezes after I click "OK" on the info box about tooltips. The .ini file is created and so is an empty plugins directory. When I run the script after windows kills it, I get the GridMove tray icon. However it is not clickable and none of the functions of GridMove work. Same thing happens after deleting the newly created files.I was having the same problem before I check the "Turn off advanced text services for this program"[right click the GridMove.exe and goto Compatibility tab]
I am running the latest version of GridMove on Windows XP. I also have the-bugmenot (November 15, 2006, 09:24 PM)
singx7:
I attached the grid you asked to this post. It's exactly like 3-part grid but reversed.
You can just put it in your /grids folder and load it through the templates menu on the tray icon.
I didn't understand the second part of your request, though.. Would you like to have another grid like that "grid2" you posted?-jgpaiva (January 16, 2007, 09:14 AM)
Attached to this post is the grid you asked for, singx7. I also fixed the 3-part reversed grid, it had an error. Thanks for noticing it ;)-jgpaiva (January 17, 2007, 06:44 AM)
Anyways, the above grid doesnt seem to be attatched to post as you say - also your whatchamacallit - signature - the image link is broken (from my perspective at any rate!)Oops... I must have been sleeping, that day. It's fixed, now attached to the post.-tomos (January 18, 2007, 03:50 AM)
I would like to know if there are any plans to update the Grid Creator applications, of if somebody could put up a little tutorial....Yeah, you're right, the gridcreator totaly sucks :(-makron (January 24, 2007, 02:34 PM)
I can't cycle back to axcrusik_s_grid.grid. If I cycle out of axcrusik_s_grid.grid, I have to recheck axcrusik_s_grid.grid in Templates. Set Grid Order doesn't help with it.
Is there a way to cancel drop zone mode without the escape key? Maybe some way to use the right button to cancel?-yqbd (February 05, 2007, 02:11 AM)
Is there a way to use middle click just on title bars or borders and not anywhere in the window? I use the middle mouse button in web browsers to scroll sometimes and GridMove is taking over.Yes, that's planned for the next version, it has already been requested ;)-yqbd (February 05, 2007, 02:11 AM)
I don't see the ""browse" option on the templates menu." in GridMove V1.19.26.It's not there anymore, but don't worry, you can just put the grids in the /grids folder and they will be loaded in that menu.-yqbd (February 05, 2007, 02:11 AM)
Is there a way to cancel drop zone mode without the escape key? Maybe some way to use the right button to cancel?Currently, the right-button cycles to the next grid, thus there's no way to acomplish that. As you mentioned, though, you can just drop the window in an area where there's no grid. Almost all grids have such areas, usually on the taskbar.-yqbd (February 05, 2007, 02:11 AM)
I doubleclick a title bar to maximize a window. Can we change MButton Drag to MButton Doubleclick, so drop zone mode will start after a double middle click? Then drop a window using left click or middle click?I think that would be too hard to use. I'll include the middle button on taskbar, and it should solve this problem ;)-yqbd (February 05, 2007, 02:11 AM)
Thanks!You're welcome ;)-yqbd (February 05, 2007, 02:11 AM)
i've a 24" monitor and gridmove works fine - so it's not the size of the monitor that is the problem. might be that something else you've got running is conflicting with it?:D I solved it with oneword through pm, not to flood this thread. It was just a mis-interpretation of how the edge drag method works.-nudone (February 07, 2007, 12:39 PM)
spyda: i think i can do that. Just tell me: you mean having a grid just like AxCrusik's grid, but with the middle square working just like the vertical-2-part?-jgpaiva (February 14, 2007, 02:35 PM)
this isn't really of much help but i can snap windows on top of each other - i'm not running vista but i wouldn't have thought that to be the problem.Yeah, I'm also not sure why that'd happen, Richard S.-nudone (February 15, 2007, 02:54 PM)
I haven't figured out how to get GridMove to work on my second monitor. Is there something I am missing?I have the exact same setup and have no problem. I thing what is happening is that you're launching GridMove before having both monitors active. Just relaunch it after both the monitors are on and there should be no problem.-afm (March 08, 2007, 01:07 AM)
This program is brilliant! Any chance we can get different templates on different monitors? My secondary is widescreen and my primary is 4:3! I switch manually when positioning windows at the moment, it's a bit kludgy...Well... Templates can be custom-made, so, yes.-supersocialist (March 17, 2007, 04:37 PM)
Where are the grid files stored?Once you run GridMove for the first time, everything is unpacked to the directory where GridMove is launched. Thus, they should be in a folder called "Grids", located where GridMove's executable is.-Coeluh (June 29, 2007, 06:57 AM)
@afm:
You're right, microsoft made things harder for GridMove users (not that i think they're worried about it :P).
I had already seen this happen, but haven't figured out a solution yet.
What do you mean with having it be a zone?-jgpaiva (July 11, 2007, 11:58 AM)
Does that make more sense?It does, and i think i have the way to do it. I'll get back to you later ;)-afm (July 12, 2007, 10:24 AM)
Wonderful program that worked fine at work. But on my personal laptop, it crashes, am I the only one it's happening to?Damn... I can't understand why that happens.-kamansan (July 13, 2007, 03:17 PM)
Thanks, that fixed it! :DYeah, seems to work every time. I wonder why it does work, though :/-kamansan (July 13, 2007, 04:26 PM)
OK thanks. I sort of figured things out after tinkering with a couple of new grids. So it would seem that any formula involving width or height should always have the left and top variables in the formula to establish a baseline offset?Yep, that's exactly it.-biosmonkey (July 26, 2007, 02:13 PM)
1) I am having trouble with template cycling. I created two templates, and placed them in the cycle order, but when I right click to cycle to the next one nothing happens. The grid goes away, and it seems like gridmove deactivates. If I then go into the template list, nothing is checked (which explains why nothing happens).The thing is: there are 2 representations of grids: the initial (which sucks, and is hardcoded in the code and i still wasn't able to remove), and the ones in .grid files. On that dialog's default configuration, there's no example of how to include the former.
I assumed this feature would cycle between all listed templates with each right click (and roll around). Note that both templates work if checked individually.
2) The help for that dialog (template cycling) refers to a specific list of templates that are available. Does this mean only these can be cycled?-biosmonkey (July 26, 2007, 02:13 PM)
3) Why do the items in the list have a comma before and after the list?Well... That's sort of a workaround to get the thing to work. You don't have to worry about them, though. The first comma and the last don't need to be there. They'll reappear when you get back to that dialog, though. Just don't worry about them, it's an explicit example of how i suck at coding :P-biosmonkey (July 26, 2007, 02:13 PM)
Make it possible to have comments in .grid files (some grids may appear somewhat complex without commenting)A .grid file is a simple ini file, thus, commenting with ';' is allowed. (at least, i think that's the character for comments in ini files.-yktoo (August 17, 2007, 01:20 AM)
Option for transparency (in percent) of those solid "target bars" might help in operating dense grids. This way you would see through them while docking a window.Yes, that was present on earlier GridMove's versions, but i somehow removed it. But no worries, i noticed that last week and already have it working again. Will be on next version.-yktoo (August 17, 2007, 01:20 AM)
HTML help (.chm) file would be very helpful and much easier to read. I can make one for you if you decide to include it in the bundle.Well.. That's not the only thing that needs to be fixed on the help file. It's quite outdated now, and i really really need to remake it (in chm ;) ).-yktoo (August 17, 2007, 01:20 AM)
Allow use of a generic MonitorWidth and other variables be used for each monitor, rather than having to replicate/clone Monitor1Width throughout the config.Initially, gridmove worked like that. The problem was that if there was no distinction, there would be no way to have a different grid on each monitor.-ericslaw (August 17, 2007, 03:47 AM)
I guess that makes sense, I'll see what i can do.
- ... and maybe have an option to showgrid with/without numbers
-ericslaw (August 17, 2007, 03:49 AM)
Is there a way to create a Center area?Oh.. You refer to centering the active window (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=9379.0)?
I did a post search and I see a question without an answer (unless it was worded differently).-dzr (August 17, 2007, 04:30 PM)
dzr:
GridMove has several grid templates. I suppose you must be using the default one.
Just right-click the icon in the tray area (next to the clock), and choose templates -> EdgeGrid. The middle grid centers the current window.
My question is: would you like something similar to that middle grid, but with other dimensions?-jgpaiva (August 19, 2007, 12:04 PM)
Hmmm, not sure of an exact size -- how would I give you a measurement?Well... Tell me something in terms of percentage of your screen. I can tell you that the center part of that grid i mentioned (EdgeGrid) takes 80% of the screen height and 80% of the screen width.-dzr (August 19, 2007, 06:21 PM)
Allow use of a generic MonitorWidth and other variables be used for each monitor, rather than having to replicate/clone Monitor1Width throughout the config.I have just reviewed this, and noticed that GridMove's code has changed a lot since those times. Currently, it's not possible to make such variables.. Sorry :(-ericslaw (August 17, 2007, 03:47 AM)
Not a problem, please just telm something else: you'd like the letters to not be shown too? (see "maximize", "minimize", etc in the edge grid template)
- ... and maybe have an option to showgrid with/without numbers
-ericslaw (August 17, 2007, 03:49 AM)
The reason I was not interested in the numbers was because they looked terrible... a white outline with red text.You bet they do. I also don't like those, let's see how it looks without numbers ;)-ericslaw (August 20, 2007, 10:08 AM)
Ok, i uploaded a new version with the option to hide the grid numbers :)Hmmm... Now that I tried version 1.19.37, it does handle comments and paint translucent bars (with no transparency option though :) ). Thanks!-jgpaiva (August 20, 2007, 10:44 AM)
Hmmm, not sure of an exact size -- how would I give you a measurement?Well... Tell me something in terms of percentage of your screen. I can tell you that the center part of that grid i mentioned (EdgeGrid) takes 80% of the screen height and 80% of the screen width.-dzr (August 19, 2007, 06:21 PM)
The red grid with the number 5 takes 40% of the screen height and 40% of the screen's width.-jgpaiva (August 20, 2007, 05:46 AM)
Actually.. To be honest, i don't quite know how to retreive the information about the window being resizable or not :(You could try basing it on the window's style.
Maybe someone could give me a hand?-jgpaiva (November 12, 2007, 04:57 AM)
Rgb9001: What you're looking for is a bit different from what gridmove does. But i've seen a program that does exactly what you want.. Unfortunatelly, i can't recall its name now and thus am unnable to find it :(If one already exists that would be excellent! Let me know if you think of the name.-jgpaiva (December 11, 2007, 07:38 AM)
gridmove isn't aware of where the window is. I mean, it only moves the window to a grid, and doesn't keep track of which windows are in which grids.That is fortunate, and obviously the most efficient way to program this.-jgpaiva (December 12, 2007, 05:15 AM)
It's not impossible to implement your suggestions, only something i can't do right now.-jgpaiva (December 12, 2007, 05:15 AM)
Unfortunatelly, many windows don't actually get the size they are moved toWell, I have no clue how you are doing this, but I recently discovered Windows API functions. I played a bit with some of them in VBA, and this quite straight forward. I assume in your case you have to use the GetWindowRect Function
Tyinsar: thanks a lot!! these are the kind of posts that keep me going ;)Some day I may even have to get a PayPal account so I can donate here (I'm guessing that might mean even more heh heh)
I just tested your grids, and you must have a giant monitor! Some of the elements are so small in my monitor that when i move stuff there, the windows aren't resized to that size, but get a bit larger :P-jgpaiva (December 16, 2007, 04:21 AM)
Edit: Is there a GridMove grid-making tutorial? If not I'm thinking of making one.-Tyinsar (December 26, 2007, 10:21 PM)
Edit: Is there a GridMove grid-making tutorial? If not I'm thinking of making one.I somehow missed that part..-Tyinsar (December 26, 2007, 10:21 PM)
You could try basing it on the window's style.Looks like that works beautifuly!WinGet winStyle, Style, A
if (winStyle & 0x40000) { ;0x40000 = WS_SIZEBOX = WS_THICKFRAME
;code to resize
}-TheQwerty (November 12, 2007, 08:31 AM)
Maybe you could check if its already loaded? Like, you know, "allow only one copy". And then hmm... unload old one(s)?The thing is that it already is doing that, autohotkey as a directive called "singleinstance" that does exactly that.-painz (January 08, 2008, 10:27 AM)
I've fixed the putty thing, i'll be updating gridmove in a bit ;)-jgpaiva (January 28, 2008, 09:58 AM)
I would like Gridmove to ignore / exclude some applications that I list. For example, I extensively use VBA with small custom UserForms, and when I move them around, they sometimes end-up being increased and moved with Gridmove, which I want to avoid in this case.-ppass (December 10, 2007, 05:20 PM)
You can now add/remove exceptions through the Tray menu, and following the instructions ;)-jgpaiva (January 29, 2008, 10:01 AM)
That was fast! Many thanks for the prompt response to a request.You're welcome! :)-icekin (January 30, 2008, 03:48 AM)
No need!
AllSnap (http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~iheckman/allsnap/) can do it-jgpaiva (January 29, 2008, 03:48 PM)
jgpaiva, why don't you point icekin to your AllSnap (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2455.0) mini-review. :up:-lanux128 (January 30, 2008, 11:20 PM)
jgpaiva, why don't you point icekin to your AllSnap (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2455.0) mini-review. :up:-lanux128 (January 30, 2008, 11:20 PM)
Thanks, but I already use Pitaschio which can do the same thing as Allsnap, among other things.-icekin (January 31, 2008, 06:50 AM)
Don't know if multiple Desktops apps could define one app to be on all desktops at same time, i should find out and give dexpot a try too :-)Oh, they sure can! Try dexpot, i bet it'll be exactly what you're looking for ;)-ansalon (February 12, 2008, 09:56 AM)
Rgb9001: What you're looking for is a bit different from what gridmove does. But i've seen a program that does exactly what you want.. Unfortunatelly, i can't recall its name now and thus am unnable to find it :(Hi again jgpaiva,-jgpaiva (December 11, 2007, 07:38 AM)
Ah, sequental move, thanks i just forgot. Actually i think that should be added to menu, no?The problem is that gridmove already registers quite a few hotkeys, and if i add more of those, very soon you want to use another app that has hotkeys, and gridmove has it registered, see what i mean?
Win-G-R is nice ofcourse but im speaking about "direct" reload hotkey, same with maximize/minimize and screen move.
The thing is when i view notebook on 2nd monitor i had to switch inputs to see windows which were opened on that monitor or press alt-space-m (move) and keep 'left' pressed for a while to see it on 1st screen.-painz (March 07, 2008, 06:34 AM)
Hmm sat making new dual-screen grid and noticed that sometimes it cant shutdown itself when I press win-G-R and runs multiple copies in tray :/I can't quite understand why that happens, it must be the same problem that was causing multiple instances of gridmove when the auto-reload was working :(-painz (March 07, 2008, 07:00 AM)
Hi ansalon!
I'm glad you like gridmove :D
Regarding your suggestions:
1: There's a way better solution for this: winwarden (https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#WinWarden). It lets you do exactly what you asked.
2: Winwarden can do that too, IIRC :)
3: To be honest... That sounds exactly like a multiple desktops app. It's impossible for me to make something nearly as good as the multiple options out there (the one i recommend is dexpot (http://www.dexpot.de/)) and i'd just be reinventing the wheel.-jgpaiva (February 12, 2008, 09:05 AM)
I'm just reporting that Brandon told me GridMove works perfectly under Windows Vista. I'd like to get a few more opinions on this, to make sure it's stable in Vista, since i can't test it myself.-jgpaiva (February 15, 2008, 05:26 PM)
jschwarz you're now my hero!!!
I've fixed the putty thing, i'll be updating gridmove in a bit ;)-jgpaiva (January 28, 2008, 09:58 AM)
I am not able to get GridMove to work! The first time I run it, the program freezes after I click "OK" on the info box about tooltips. The .ini file is created and so is an empty plugins directory. When I run the script after windows kills it, I get the GridMove tray icon. However it is not clickable and none of the functions of GridMove work. Same thing happens after deleting the newly created files.I was having the same problem before I check the "Turn off advanced text services for this program"[right click the GridMove.exe and goto Compatibility tab]
I am running the latest version of GridMove on Windows XP. I also have the-bugmenot (November 15, 2006, 09:24 PM)
Now I am using GridMove and like it a lot. :-*
Thank you jgpaiva. :Thmbsup:
HIH! bugmenot ;D-dot1910 (December 30, 2006, 10:09 AM)
Sorry for taking so much time, but here's your grid, spyda!
Just put it on \Grids folder, re-run gridmove and select that grid from the templates list.
[edit] Grid modified, added support for multiple monitor [/edit]-jgpaiva (February 20, 2007, 10:47 AM)
Hey ppass.
About the suggestions regarding fastmove:
Currently, none of those are possible, simply because gridmove isn't aware of where the window is. I mean, it only moves the window to a grid, and doesn't keep track of which windows are in which grids. It's not impossible to implement your suggestions, only something i can't do right now.
About having the windows move to the other screen... You can make your own gird, which could have for example in monitor 1, an element that would move the window to monitor 2, and in mornitor 2 would have an element that would move to monitor 1.
ps: I have attached to this post, another version of axcrusik's grid, which allows you to, in conjuntion with being able to move windows with the numpad, move them in a way that makes more sense.
To install it, just add it to the "grids" folder of gridmove, and replace the earlier version.
Another interesting feature is that now you can add a modifier to reach for numbers higher than 10 faster. Check on the ini file, and set the key FastMoveMeta like this:FastMoveMeta=\That will allow you to move a window to area 11 by pressing win+\ followed by 1 (instead of 11 like when you press win+g).-jgpaiva (December 12, 2007, 05:15 AM)
Hi mojo-chan!
I really don't know why that happens, never happened to me.
I just tried it, but couldn't reproduce (probably because i only have keepass 1.11 :-[).
Have you seen this happen with any other program?-jgpaiva (January 01, 2009, 07:32 PM)
I found a bug :)
When you make a window "on top", it does stay on top at first. However, when certain things happen to it, it looses the "on top" attribute.-mojo-chan (January 01, 2009, 07:05 PM)
kwacky1: I think that constantly setting windows to be ontop would potentially take too much processor time, and only help a few programs.-jgpaiva (January 02, 2009, 07:41 AM)
mojo-chan: I did try to add stuff to the window menu (or the window title, next to the other 3 buttons), but have found there's no reliable way to do it with Autohotkey, the language GridMove is built with.-jgpaiva (January 02, 2009, 07:41 AM)
Thanks tomos, I had to add ^ to Winkey plus g.
Making it ctrl-WinKey-g + #
It didn't work with wk+g and numbers-cmpm (March 09, 2009, 07:16 AM)
Tomos and cmpm: I suppose there was some other application using win+#, and gridmove was not able to capture the hotkeys..-jgpaiva (March 09, 2009, 02:58 PM)
Hi Korbi!OK, thanks for the quick answer. Thats sad. I really loved this app, but without pen support its not useable on my tablet. Hopefully a solution for this problem will be found...
I don't have windows 7 to test this, but I've used it under Vista Tablet and noticed the same problem.
I think the pen isn't identified as a mouse and thus GridMove can't work :(
Unfortunatelly, I have no idea how to sort this problem..
(the resolution problem can be sorted by clicking "reload" or "restart" on gridmove's menu each time you change resolution)-jgpaiva (June 18, 2009, 04:48 AM)
lts just been few days, but I miss gridmove already very much...Hi Korbi!OK, thanks for the quick answer. Thats sad. I really loved this app, but without pen support its not useable on my tablet. Hopefully a solution for this problem will be found...
I don't have windows 7 to test this, but I've used it under Vista Tablet and noticed the same problem.
I think the pen isn't identified as a mouse and thus GridMove can't work :(
Unfortunatelly, I have no idea how to sort this problem..
(the resolution problem can be sorted by clicking "reload" or "restart" on gridmove's menu each time you change resolution)-jgpaiva (June 18, 2009, 04:48 AM)
(or the build in feature in win7 gets configurable)
Greetings
Korbi-Korbi (June 18, 2009, 04:57 AM)
I don't think GridMove supports maximize to a specific monitor yet? This would be very useful to me.
I use GridMove as a "poor mans Nvidia desktop tools" since the Nvidia tools are 100% unstable for me. This means I have to manually resize windows if I want them to span both my monitors. With GridMove I can easily make a grid item that sizes a window so that it fills both monitors, very nice.
I can make two items in the grid that resizes a window to the respective screensizes but "true" maximize removes a bit of the window edge, which I like.-sandos (April 19, 2007, 07:47 AM)
tmuka:
There's only a way to maximize to the screen where the mouse is.
See the EdgeGrid.grid file for an example of how to use it. You can find it in grid element 26.-jgpaiva (July 07, 2009, 10:53 AM)
JoãoGlad to know that! ;)
That's better for sure!! Thanks a ton for your time and trouble!! :Thmbsup: :)
Gordhan-Gordhan (July 19, 2009, 12:15 PM)
HiHi andonevris!
I have just started using gridmove on windows 7, I actually started using it so I could keep the right side of my 2nd monitor free for my gadgets ala vista sidebar style, which it works well for. On using it more I actually much prefer it to the built in windows 7 aero snap, namely because it has proper multimonitor support and I can arrange windows side by side on a single monitor without using the keyboard.
The only thing missing from this program IMO is the undocking functionality windows 7 has in its own aero snap. Namely if I dock a window to the side with aero snap as soon as I undock it returns to its former size. With gridmove it stays the same size so I have to manually resize.
Is there any chance this functionality could be added? It would make this a really perfect little app if it could be done
Here's Hoping :)-andonevris (November 16, 2009, 01:53 PM)
HiHi andonevris!
I have just started using gridmove on windows 7, I actually started using it so I could keep the right side of my 2nd monitor free for my gadgets ala vista sidebar style, which it works well for. On using it more I actually much prefer it to the built in windows 7 aero snap, namely because it has proper multimonitor support and I can arrange windows side by side on a single monitor without using the keyboard.
The only thing missing from this program IMO is the undocking functionality windows 7 has in its own aero snap. Namely if I dock a window to the side with aero snap as soon as I undock it returns to its former size. With gridmove it stays the same size so I have to manually resize.
Is there any chance this functionality could be added? It would make this a really perfect little app if it could be done
Here's Hoping :)-andonevris (November 16, 2009, 01:53 PM)
Yes, I can relate to your problem, I think aero snap is really neatly implemented, but it's part of the Operating System. It'd be much more difficult for GridMove to do the same, and I currently really have no way of implementing it in a reasonable time.
I'm not sure how much of GridMove you can use, but if you can edit the grid, you can edit a "Restore" grid element with the size of the whole screen. It doesn't get you the same behavior as aero snap, but it can be seen as a workaround, I think.-jgpaiva (November 16, 2009, 02:06 PM)
Hi Victor!
Regarding #1, the intention really is to have the mouse select the place where you'd like to vertically/horizontally maximize the window, if you'd like to have only vertical maximize in the current position of the window, you can just use a plugin to do it, a simple program that moves the window to the desired dimensions. If no one else dos this, I may have some time to do it this weekend, if that's you request.
Regarding #2, I do understand how useful it would be to have that feature. However, I think that would involve writing a new method for reading the .grid files, which I really have no time to do :(-jgpaiva (January 07, 2010, 12:11 PM)
As this is GridMove's first run, you'll get some help in the form of tooltips.Im using GridMove V1.19.61 on WinXP Sp3 and get the same issue.
Could any of you try to find if there's a gridmove.exe.ini file in c:/documents and settings/<your username>/application data/donationcoder/gridmove ?-jgpaiva (January 12, 2010, 02:43 PM)
My guess is that it is due to UAC (User Access Control) in Win Vista and Win 7.As mentioned above, i have WinXP SP3 - so no UAC. 8)-SweVictor (January 12, 2010, 03:32 PM)
Ok guys, I figured it out.. Should come up with a solution real soon.
Meanwhile, to solve it, you only need to create the folder I mentioned (c:/documents and settings/<your username>/application data/donationcoder/gridmove) and GridMove should work.
[edit] actualy, you only need to create the c:/documents and settings/<your username>/application data/donationcoder/ folder, apparently gridmove isn't creating that specific folder. [/edit]-jgpaiva (January 12, 2010, 04:41 PM)
TheSunbird: are you running on a guest account?No, I run GridMove as an administrator.-jgpaiva (January 12, 2010, 04:27 PM)
Hi Rachel,I do see the grid when I hit the Windows key and G, but when I drag a window into it, it doesn't do anything. Then the grid goes away after about 30 seconds. Isn't it supposed to automatically make it the size of the grid? I'm trying the 2 part vertical template.
Sorry that's happening. There should be no problem in windows XP, I think. Could you try pressing windows key and 'g' at the same time to see if the grid comes up?-jgpaiva (March 11, 2010, 02:07 AM)
It´s very quiet in here?Well, Hello! It's nice to see you posting, at least.
thanks for your reply. I hope there is no serious trouble going on in your life.No, no problem. I'm just getting my PhD and it's been crazy with work lately.-helloall (May 13, 2010, 09:29 AM)
It SEEMS the problem is fixed. Will try in allday use and post here. :)If it solved for a few windows, then it probably got solved for all windows, great!-helloall (May 13, 2010, 09:29 AM)
I´m irritated a little bit that the new .exe file is only 216kb since your .exe was 450kb?No worries, that's because I compile it without compressing the executable so it's less provable that it'll get flagged by antiviruses.
Why? Is that something to be worried about?-helloall (May 13, 2010, 09:29 AM)
The donation wasn´t ment to be money for fixing the problem. It was for GridMove itself, since i used it every day.Thanks :D
Redonated it, please keep it!-helloall (May 13, 2010, 09:29 AM)
Okay, thanks jgpaiva (wasn't sure if you were still regularly around).Unfortunatelly, I'm not, but I still follow this thread, trying to help with that I can :)-nudone (September 01, 2010, 04:00 AM)
i'm sure there will be an autohotkey script that already does this so i'll have a search for it - i was just trying to avoid re-inventing the wheel if GridMove did it already.It shouldn't be hard to find a ahk script that centers a window, it's really simple. If you can't find one, I'm sure someone in the coding snacks area could do one easily ;)-nudone (September 01, 2010, 04:00 AM)
Also, if you know how to use the "Run" grid element, you can call the ahk script directly from gridmove-jgpaiva (September 01, 2010, 04:42 AM)
e.g. there are times when i just want to center a window on my main screen - but the size is perfectly adequate so doesn't need fitting to a grid.-nudone (September 01, 2010, 03:36 AM)
No, it doesn't play the game. It just positions the active window to a section that would correspond to a tic tac toe position. The positions visually correspond to the NumPad number keys. 3 is Bottom Right, 8 is Center Top etc..-MilesAhead (July 30, 2010, 03:22 PM)
The problem comes in when you paste something in Word, causing the paste-menu, and then use HotKeys in GridMove to resize Word.Hi!
Unfortunately, that paste-menu isn't a "menu" but a window, that now resizes to the Grid you wanted Word to resize to. Word stays at its un-resized size and place.-ahbi (January 30, 2011, 08:41 PM)
Im having a random issue where when I left click on the title area to begin dragging into a grid, sometimes gridmove completely locks up my computer for 1minute (mouse frozen), then shows the grid layout, then 30 seconds later mouse moves a bit more, and if i press esc a bunch of times, maybe 45 seconds later it cancels. Restarting the software makes the issue go awayLet me guess, Windows XP or any other 32bit Windows version? I had the same issue too, I think its due to gridmove getting swapped to the page file and having to be swapped back. I tried looking for ways to keep it from getting paged, but came up empty. I finally switched over to 7x64 with lots of ram it never happened again.-kevinf (July 29, 2011, 08:24 PM)
Im having a random issue where when I left click on the title area to begin dragging into a grid, sometimes gridmove completely locks up my computer for 1minute (mouse frozen), then shows the grid layout, then 30 seconds later mouse moves a bit more, and if i press esc a bunch of times, maybe 45 seconds later it cancels. Restarting the software makes the issue go awayLet me guess, Windows XP or any other 32bit Windows version? I had the same issue too, I think its due to gridmove getting swapped to the page file and having to be swapped back. I tried looking for ways to keep it from getting paged, but came up empty. I finally switched over to 7x64 with lots of ram it never happened again.-kevinf (July 29, 2011, 08:24 PM)-Kadah (September 02, 2011, 12:50 PM)
I found this utility as I was looking for a way to define Windows for certain programs to be placed on a specific screen and a specific size. This looks like it *ALMOST* fits the bill. Which leads to this suggestion: I'd like to be able to define certain programs to automatically go to a certain grid location - doable?-bkeadle (February 05, 2012, 08:11 AM)
Nice find! Thank you - I'll give it a try!-bkeadle (February 05, 2012, 03:16 PM)
I found this utility as I was looking for a way to define Windows for certain programs to be placed on a specific screen and a specific size. This looks like it *ALMOST* fits the bill. Which leads to this suggestion: I'd like to be able to define certain programs to automatically go to a certain grid location - doable?
WinSize2 may do what you want. But you have to position the windows manually, then press a hotkey to memorize size and position. The first time that window opens with WinSize2 running, it will move and size it if needed.
http://winsize2.sourceforge.net/en/index.html-MilesAhead (February 05, 2012, 03:08 PM)
I've made a new grid which maybe others would like... where do I upload it?-orbidia (February 25, 2012, 06:39 PM)
Is there a way to change the color of the "selected grid". Right now it is a milky white and for some reason, I can hardly see it... It would be great if I could make it blue for example. I also don't understand why the numbers and lines fade out behind the selection grid. They should remain clear and the selection color should make it obvious what the selection really is - not the numbers fading out.Hi,
Hopefully this is possible with changing an .ini file or something...-orbidia (February 25, 2012, 06:39 PM)
I am finding that its not working very well in Windows 8. I have a donation ready to go.... can you fix it?-kippg (March 23, 2014, 12:13 PM)
Hi jgpaiva,
I am finding that its not working very well in Windows 8. I have a donation ready to go.... can you fix it?-kippg (March 23, 2014, 12:13 PM)
Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up getting it to work with win7 compatibility.Hi,-kippg (March 23, 2014, 10:15 PM)
Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up getting it to work with win7 compatibility.-kippg (March 23, 2014, 10:15 PM)
I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but since Windows 7 there have been shortcut keys to fit a window to the right or left of the screen: Windows Key + Left Arrow and Windows Key + Right Arrow.-shmuel1 (November 06, 2014, 05:01 AM)
(I dont know if Moveit works in Windows 8.)-tomos (November 06, 2014, 01:19 PM)
only moves to the last position with the same last used grid size... no maximizing in either direction when this happens.OK. That's strange because the part of the code that restores, first tries to maximize in each direction. I suppose that if it somehow was inadvertently entering that part of the code, it might enable either of the three.-ycomp (December 09, 2014, 05:02 AM)
actually it would be a cool feature, if I could activate it when I needed it :)You know that you can use the "restore" element for that?-ycomp (December 09, 2014, 05:02 AM)
but when you're trying to work and this thing happens a few times (I think sometimes it is a one off thing , sometimes it will happen a few times in a few minutes or less but I guess that's because of my work habits - when I'm doing a lot of middle clicking in the browser, it is more likely to occur)I understand, sorry :( It seems I can't quite figure out why this happens.-ycomp (December 09, 2014, 05:02 AM)
Hi KLR71,
I'm not sure why that would happen... Can someone with win7 x64 chime in to tell us if they can reproduce this issue?-jgpaiva (January 13, 2015, 04:34 AM)
gtavo, thank you for taking time to post and especially for donating to support the coders here. :up:
can you make sure to either follow the link in the license key email to "activate" your donation and then send your donationcredits to jgpaiva, who wrote GridMove -- or just email me and let me know what email/name you donated under so i can make sure the donation goes to jgpaiva.-mouser (December 12, 2015, 03:12 PM)
Hi jgpaiva, I just wanted to confirm that I was able to reproduce the issue AxCrusik mention in his post.
Below is a screenshot to illustrate, note the black border between windows:
http://imgur.com/KwxEuvh
(http://i.imgur.com/KwxEuvhl.png)-mbroskamp (August 09, 2015, 04:56 PM)
@ycomp do you know any way to use Alt Drag one-handed? I like the right click drag window resizing but I hate having to use two hands just because I have to hold down the Alt key.
It is not a big deal except when trying to eat while moving windows around and surfing the net etc.. I hate to have to put down my cinnamon roll because it will get the desktop sticky. It's is just awkward. I am sitting in a library. If I was in my own place that would be another matter. :)-MilesAhead (March 19, 2016, 09:15 AM)
I just use the alt-drag application for automatic window snapping-ycomp (March 19, 2016, 09:21 AM)
do you know any way to use Alt Drag one-handed?You could turn on the windows feature 'sticky keys' for that, perhaps?-MilesAhead (March 19, 2016, 09:15 AM)
do you know any way to use Alt Drag one-handed?You could turn on the windows feature 'sticky keys' for that, perhaps?-MilesAhead (March 19, 2016, 09:15 AM)-Ath (March 20, 2016, 06:16 AM)
do you know any way to use Alt Drag one-handed?You could turn on the windows feature 'sticky keys' for that, perhaps?-MilesAhead (March 19, 2016, 09:15 AM)-Ath (March 20, 2016, 06:16 AM)
That works with MoveIt but not Alt Drag. No biggie. My fake mouse gesture in MoveIt is enough to skate by while cinnamon rolling. :)
If Alt Drag proves stable then I am happy. :)-MilesAhead (March 20, 2016, 02:21 PM)
do you know any way to use Alt Drag one-handed?You could turn on the windows feature 'sticky keys' for that, perhaps?-MilesAhead (March 19, 2016, 09:15 AM)-Ath (March 20, 2016, 06:16 AM)
That works with MoveIt but not Alt Drag. No biggie. My fake mouse gesture in MoveIt is enough to skate by while cinnamon rolling. :)
If Alt Drag proves stable then I am happy. :)-MilesAhead (March 20, 2016, 02:21 PM)
I don't know what its like where you are, but man, the cinnamon buns here (Toronto) in Ikea are great... you can smell them in half the store. They do that on purpose because cinnamon scent makes you buy things - I was reading it on the internet so it must be true! (well I can believe it)-ycomp (March 21, 2016, 05:43 PM)