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$\"Gravatar\"$ This works great. The only problem is when using Spaces, you have to run the script for each Space that is open. Is there a way to have all windows gathered on all Spaces at once? A main reason I use it is bc my Firefox (2.0.0.111) always opens a new window on my extended desktop when I first open it. Also, when in Spaces, and switching from Extended Desktop (turn off Mirroring) to Mirroring and back to Extended Desktop (turn off Mirroring) , random windows (eg. Mail, iCal) get shunted over to the extended desktop. If my projector (my extra-monitor) is off, it means I'm losing random windows and have to use Expose to find them.-Thanks!
Ronin Damascus | 02.07.08 - 10:31 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ I am having this same issue Ronin. The script works great for my one primary space. But I would like it to run on all my configured spaces.
bryan kennedy | Homepage | 03.18.08 - 6:16 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ It really works!!! Very thank you, It maximizes my life! cheers
flats | Homepage | 03.20.08 - 9:48 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Sweet!

You saved my headache getting bigger.
MAXp0wr | 04.23.08 - 9:14 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ You Sir (or madam), are a genius! Cheers for an great tip, and very thoroughly and clearly explained! Thank-You!

ps, I don't use spaces very much so I haven't experienced the problem that others are having.
Ali | 06.23.08 - 11:28 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ I was excited whey I found this post, and it seems to work for most apps. But Terminal doesn't appear to be one of them. I still have a rogue Terminal window floating way off my screen when I unplug from my 30\" display at work. Very frustrating...
Andrew | 08.22.08 - 10:37 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Great script! Thanks!

I've made one tweak to it that works well for me.

At home since I don't tend to use the internal display of the laptop, I wake the computer with the lid shut so it disables that display.

I often end up with windows at the far right edge of the display with only 20 pixels or so on the display.

In order to bring them back to a usable place, you have to grab very carefully around the close button to get a grip.

This updated version of the script detects windows that have their right edge of the screen and brings them back on the right side of the display.

Per one of the comments above, I tested it with both iTerm and Terminal and it seems to work for me with both as of 10.5.4.

Thanks again!

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property processesToIgnore : {}

tell application \"Finder\"
set _b to bounds of window of desktop
set screen_width to item 3 of _b
set screen_height to item 4 of _b
end tell

tell application \"System Events\"
set allProcesses to application processes
set _results to \"\"
repeat with i from 1 to count allProcesses
set doIt to 1
repeat with z from 1 to count processesToIgnore
if process i = process (item z of processesToIgnore) then
set doIt to 0
end if
end repeat
if doIt = 1 then
tell process i
-- Let's make this guarantee that windows off to the right side are brought
-- entirely on-screen.
--
-- This solves an issue when switching from an internal main display
-- to an external one where windows are often at the farthest right
-- edge of the screen and you have to grab them near the close button
repeat with x from 1 to (count windows)
set winPos to position of window x
set _x to item 1 of winPos
set _y to item 2 of winPos
set winSize to size of window x
set _w to item 1 of winSize
if (_x < 0 or _y < 0) then
set position of window x to {0, 22}
else if ((_x + _w) > screen_width or _y > screen_height) then
set position of window x to {screen_width - _w, 0}
end if
end repeat
end tell
end if
end repeat
end tell
Jim | 09.13.08 - 1:43 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ I can't believe I had to do this! Thanks - the first script I found didn't work but this one did!
Murphy Mac | Homepage | 11.11.08 - 2:46 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ This script saved my bacon - Thanks!
OpenSourceIT | 01.09.09 - 2:34 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Didn't work for me - my vim window won't come back no matter what I do $\"\"$
Bill Mill | Homepage | 01.20.09 - 6:10 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Or just right click on the dock icon and choose \"reset windows\" - couldn't get your trick to work with an AIR-app.
paljoakim | Homepage | 01.21.09 - 3:53 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Lifesaver.
Dan | 03.12.09 - 5:25 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ This didnt work until I looked carefully at how it was setting the screen size. I have a Macbook that sometimes also has a 2nd screen which is configured to the be on the right of the macbook.
So I sometime \"lose\" windows off to the right when the 2nd screen isnt there.

The third line of the script:
get bounds of window of desktop

returns{0, -160, 2560, 864}

but my actual screen pixels ( from the system preferences) is 1280 by 864.

So my very simple hack was to replace the lines

set screen_width to item 3 of _b
set screen_height to item 4 of _b

to
set screen_width to 1280
set screen_height to 800

I'm sure there's a better way of doing this to be a more general solution but it works for me
Kazza in Oz | 04.02.09 - 11:23 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ You saved my sanity. I know nothing about apple script but got this to work.
Thank you.
Anthony Grant | Homepage | 06.19.09 - 4:42 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Awesome. Thanks!
Reid | Homepage | 06.21.09 - 11:47 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Works Great!,

I use Autopilot(http://www.activata.co.uk) to trigger this script with a hotkey.
John | 06.23.09 - 5:21 pm | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ Fantastic! I have a secondary display hooked up to my iMac. I turn off the other display periodically and am forever having to figure out where an errant window has gone off to. This eliminates the search process!

Thanks for crafting this elegant script.
Steven | 09.15.09 - 3:50 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ I can't believe you have to write a script to do this. Why is such a basic accessibility feature missing from OSX?
Colin | 10.02.09 - 2:36 am | #

$\"Gravatar\"$ This helped so much! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I agree, I think this should've been easier than writing script to fix this issue.
sgee | 11.18.09 - 7:09 am | #

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