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lilfire

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Hotkey/comand to change grid
« on: November 01, 2011, 04:45 PM »
Hi. i use Gridmove every day. But i was woundering if it is
possible to change grid wiht a comand or a hotkey?

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 06:18 PM »
I only ever use hotkey:
Win+G is the default AFAIK
Right-click the systray icon >Hotkeys >etc.

Win+G will show a grid, you can move on to the next grid(s) by pressing the "n" key

Right-click the Systray icon >Options >Show numbers on grid
if that's selected the relevant numbers will select the relevant grids

Hope that makes sense.

PS there is a help text file
from the help file
 4 - Keyboard Hotkeys

 The following hotkeys can be configured through the tray menu ->
hotkeys.

 4.1 - The command mode
 By pressing WIN+G (g for Grid/GridMove), you'll make GridMove go into
Command mode. The grid will come up, and you'll have a small box in
the middle of the screen. GridMove will now wait for you to press
something. If you press esc, it'll quit Command mode.
 Command mode is very useful for moving a window somewhere real fast,
or for cicling grids using the keyboard.
 If you press a number, the window will be moved to the corresponding
grid part.
 If you press N GridMove will switch to the next grid on its list.
 If you press M, the window's maximize state will be toggled.
 If you press 0, the window will be minimized.  
 If you press R, the script will be reloaded.

 4.2 - FastMove
 FastMove is a faster alternative to Command mode.
 /*incomplete*/

I dont know what "FastMove" is...
Tom

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 10:20 PM »
PS there is a help text file
I dont know what "FastMove" is...
Sorry, the help file doesn't really help much with "FastMove"  :-[
It's the fastest way to move windows. Just press Win+# (where '#' is a number), and GridMove will move the active window to the corresponding grid ;)

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2011, 06:51 AM »
I was perhaps a little unclear in the first post. I want to change the template by using a hotkey/comand

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2011, 11:20 AM »
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. then follow tomos's advice, win+g then pressing "n" will change to the next grid. You can change the list which it cycles through in the tray menu ;)

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2011, 11:32 AM »
Ok, BUt it dont work i get a error see image
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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2011, 11:42 AM »
Win+G on Windows 7 (and probably Vista) is the key to focus the Desktop Gadgets, so that may interfere here :o
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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2011, 11:45 AM »
same problem when using ctrl+win+g as hotkey

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2011, 11:49 AM »
lilfire: can you post a screenshot of the list of grids you have, and of the "gridorder" dialog with the settings you're trying to use?

ath: you can change win+G to something else ;)

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2011, 11:57 AM »
figured it out. The grids in "Option -> set Grid order" did not exsist. It works fine now. Thank you for your help everyone :)

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2011, 11:57 AM »
Good! You're welcome, have fun with GridMove :)

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Re: Hotkey/comand to change grid
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2017, 10:18 PM »
Whenever I press 'n', it only changes between the first two grids, and ignores the others. So annoying!

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