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WeatherCat => WeatherCat General Discussion => Topic started by: JohnDoe1983 on January 25, 2021, 02:33:32 AM

Title: Recording all the screen position ??
Post by: JohnDoe1983 on January 25, 2021, 02:33:32 AM

Hi
Recording all the screen position ??

Is there a way to record all the windows position not only the graph?

Sometime after a shut down, WX is placing the windows all over the place.

I would like to be able te record the last position of all the window so I could bring them back were they belong.

Thanks

Title: Re: Recording all the screen position ??
Post by: xairbusdriver on January 25, 2021, 03:22:58 AM

Try this (assuming you have the windows where you want them):

Open Preview
In the File Menu, select Take Screenshot->Selection
You can now move the new, "cross-hair" cursor anywhere on your screen and see the pixel coordinates at any point (corners of a window, for example)
Write down the locations (Top-Left & Bottom-Right are probably enough)

Getting the Mac to actually put the windows there later is a "problem for the reader". It might be possible to edit a plist or two (or 10) to facilitate that. The Dev can probably create a quick and dirty little script for your use. He's not very busy between 1am and 1:12am... cmu:-)

You might just use PS Elements to create a screen sized image with nice lines drawn where you need them and a bit of text in each box labeling which window goes where. Load that image in your HD/System/Library/Desktop Pictures directory and ...

Title: Re: Recording all the screen position ??
Post by: JohnDoe1983 on January 25, 2021, 01:51:17 PM

In fact I would like to have a command in the Windows section where it would say: Record all of the screen windows position. (gauges and graphs)

The is is one all ready for 5 gauges positions. It does reposition the gauges but not the graph.

I all ready use your trick to capture the screen and it is a good one but I have to reposition manually every thing else.

It would be nice to have it all ready included in the menu.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Recording all the screen position ??
Post by: xairbusdriver on January 26, 2021, 01:16:29 AM

This weeks TidBITS discussions mentioned people wanting app windows to always be located at specific screen locations whenever the app opens. There appear to be several apps that will allow that. However, those apps seem to be mainly for locating a particular (main) window for any app. But one reader mentioned using Keyboard Maestro (a macro creating app) to do this locating. I think you might have a solution awaiting your problem. I use a different macro app and don't know if it has this capability, but Keyboard Maestro (https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/) has always been a highly recommended and quite powerful app. It's not free but it does have a free trial.

Another solution may be a function already installed in the mac OS: Spaces (https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Spaces-on-Mac-OS-X). I've never even used it and don't even know if it's still in Catalina, much less Big Sur. I think it is part of the Mission Control part of the OS, yet another set of functions I don't use. [blush]