Move window is a tool that I use to rearrange windows under Mac OS X without touching the mouse.
New windows open in Mac OS X wherever they want. Command line enthusiasts hate
to grab the mouse and placing windows is a pain. move_window to the rescue:
it lets you position your windows very quickly and cleanly via the commandline
-- most useful in conjunction with Launchbar or Quicksilver.
The tool should work on every reasonably modern Mac Os. It uses the
Accessibility APIs to move windows around. You will need to make sure that
either your terminal (or LaunchBar or whatever you are using) is allowed to
control other programs.
Just drop the move_window tool into a bin directory, for example /usr/local/bin.
The syntax is easy: move_window takes screen id, number of x partitions, a range,
number of y partitions, a range. Examples::
move_window 0 # Move current window to first screen (0), fill entire screen
move_window 021 # fill right half of first screen (screen id 0, 2 X partitions, fill second)
move_window 02031 # first screen (0), left half (20), divide in 3 parts in y direction (3) and use middle (1)
move_window 031-231 # first screen (0), right two third (31-2), divide in 3 parts in y direction (3) and use middle (1)
See also my introductive blog post for more information and examples.
The contrib directory contains an AppleScript that I use for Launchbar
Integration. Just drop into ~/Library/Application Support/LaunchBar/Actions,
but make sure that move_window is in your path; otherwise edit the script.