Window Location by Window Title

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Rainer Bielefeld1

13 discussion posts

Hi,

I really like the "Window Location" Feature but I'm missing the possibility to configure "Window Titles" and not Executables.

E.g., I'm running Batch-Scripts (.bat) almost every day a few times and want to move them automatically to my second monitor. But I don't want to move cmd.exe in general.

Best regards

Rainer

Oct 6, 2011 • #1

Interesting usage case! I've added it to our feature request list and we'll see if it's possible to implement.

Thanks!

Oct 6, 2011 • #2

Rainer Bielefeld1

13 discussion posts

Quote:

I've added it to our feature request list

thanks.

Oct 6, 2011 • #3

Charles Arrants

3 discussion posts

Hello,

I was wondering if there was any update, fix, or work around to have the Window Location feature run off of the window title. If so, would it have the ability to use wildcards?

A program that I use for work has a LIVE system and a TEST system that it can connect to, both use the same EXE. One (of many) little annoyances with this vendors software is that no matter what, when it starts and each subsequent window it launches, always open in the center of the primary display. Basically what I am trying to achieve is when I log into TEST, that it always open/move it and any subsequent window to my second monitor. The only way that I see for it to be possible would be to have it done based on if the word TEST or LIVE was in the Window Title.

Thanks,
Chad

Apr 15, 2013 • #4

Unfortunately not yet, but it's still on our feature request list. I've added your vote to it as well

Thanks!

Apr 16, 2013 • #5

Charles Arrants

3 discussion posts

Quote:

I've added your vote to it as well

Thank You.

Apr 18, 2013 • #6

Tim Hantel

3 discussion posts

Here's another vote for it.

I am surprised that this isn't possible yet as it would probably ease many of the window location issues that I stumbled upon. I bought this software with the expectation that this would be possible as all your competitor software does this and I am slightly disappointed to find out it isn't. Have to blame myself though for not testing it before buying.

Also I am using a not so common setup where I develop a multiplayer game running two java clients on one machine started as run configurations out of eclipse. So the executable is the same (javaw.exe) for both clients and displayfusion doesn't recognize the eclipse program startup parameters (so cmd line won't work here). I am able to set different window titles for the clients however.

Jan 11, 2014 • #7

@Tim: Thanks for the input! We do understand that it would be a useful feature, it's just a matter of implementing it in a way that's intuitive and doesn't conflict with the other Window Location options. I've added your vote to the open request

Jan 13, 2014 • #8

Tim Hantel

3 discussion posts

Thank your for your response.

I guess it would be best to have an option to "add application by executable" (the existing option) and "add application by title" (new).

The Add application by title dialog could also have the window picker that you added in other places. Only the "Application" field would have to be replaced by window title and the command line textfield wouldn't be needed.

In the table you could just list the window title in the Application column instead of the executables path.

Just a suggestion as that's probably what I would have expected

I really hope this is going to be implemented.

Jan 14, 2014 • #9

Thanks for the suggestion! It's always good to know how the customer would expect it to work, for sure

Jan 14, 2014 • #10

Jamie Dean540681

1 discussion post

Another vote!

I use firebug in Chrome and I want to move it to a particular monitor on launch and as its not listed as an Application it would be great to have a "By Windows Title" function maybe a bit overkill but with some form of condition i.e. Window Title contains or starts with

Jan 18, 2015 • #11

Rainer Bielefeld1

13 discussion posts

I hope it's allowed to mention other programs. If not, just delete the post.

I switched to http://www.autohotkey.com/ to move, resize etc. Windows.

But you have to have (some small) Programming Knowledge.

Jan 26, 2015 • #12

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that the latest version of DisplayFusion has scripted functions, and you can now use those to move windows by window title, and you can even assign them in Window Location rules.

To use Jamie's Chrome Firebug example, first create the scripted function (Settings > Functions > Add Scripted) like so:

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public static class DisplayFusionFunction
{
  public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle)
  {
    string windowTitle = BFS.Window.GetText(windowHandle);
    if (windowTitle.Contains("Firebug"))
    {
      BFS.Window.MoveToMonitor(2, windowHandle);
    }
  }
}

Then, create a Window Location rule for chrome.exe, all windows, and have it run the scripted function. Please see the attached screenshot for reference.

Note: You'll need to update to 7.2 Beta 1 for this scripted function to work.

Hope that helps!

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Jan 28, 2015 (modified Jan 28, 2015) • #13

Just wanted to follow-up to let you know that you can now move windows by Window Title in the latest beta using the Triggers feature. A primer on the Triggers feature can be found here: https://www.displayfusion.com/KB/WorkingWithTriggers.

Thanks!

Mar 30, 2016 • #14

Tim Hantel

3 discussion posts

Thanks for replying to this old request!
I will use the new trigger system to move my windows by title

Apr 4, 2016 • #15

Charles Arrants

3 discussion posts

Thanks Keith! I'll download the new beta and try it out.

Apr 4, 2016 • #16