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'Gridify' Powershell module provides cmdlet that can resize and arrange applications in an automatic grid layout with predefined formats using the Processes passed as parameter
https://github.com/prateekkumarsingh/gridify

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'Gridify' Powershell module provides cmdlet that can resize and arrange applications in an automatic grid layout with predefined formats using the Processes passed as parameter

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PowerShell Gridify
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**'Gridify'** module provides a cmdlet **'Set-GridLayout'** that can **resize** and **arrange** applications in an **automatic grid layout** with predefined formats using the Processes of the target applications passed as a parameter(**-Process**) value.

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Gridify/master/Images/mosaic2.jpg)

Cmdlet can automatically calculate the your screen resolution and set Applications in a neat grid layout in predefined/custom layout

Available predifined layout formats are

* **Mosaic** : This is the default layout of the cmdlet.

```PowerShell
Set-GridLayout -Process $Process
```

* **Vertical** : Vertical Layout sets all application vertically side by side in a single row to fit the screen resolution

```PowerShell
Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Layout Vertical
```

* **Horizontal** : Horizontal Layout sets all application horizontally one over another in a single column to fit the screen resolution

```PowerShell
Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Layout Horizontal
```

* **Cascade** : Cascade Layout sets all application in a step like layout, such that the next one overlaping the previous one

```PowerShell
Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Layout Cascade
```

and a customizable grid layout for special requirements

* **Custom** : A custom format can be used to set the applications in a grid-layout on the screen, by passing a custom string as a value to the parameter(-Custom).

To set applications is custom grid-layout utilize the 'Custom' parameter and pass the custom layout as comma-separated string of * (Asterisk)

Where **"*"** represent an application and **","** separates a row in the grid-layout

So, with custom format like in the below example the grid layout would be like
```
Row1 has 3 applications
Row2 has 2 applications
Row3 has 1 applications
Row4 has 4 applications
```

```PowerShell
Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Custom '***,**,*,****'
```

This parameter also enables you to define width-ratio of applications in every row, to give the ability to customize application width sizes as per the requirement.

```PowerShell
# to define a ratio preceede the asterix of that application with a number
# such as -custom "*2*3*" is 1:2:3
$process |Set-GridLayout -Custom "***,***,***"
$process |Set-GridLayout -Custom "*2*2**,*2*,3***"
$process |Set-GridLayout -Custom "*3*2**,*2*,3***" -Verbose
VERBOSE: Setting Processes in Custom layout
VERBOSE: Row1 application ratio is 1:3:2:1
VERBOSE: Row2 application ratio is 1:2
VERBOSE: Row3 application ratio is 3:1:1
```

Installation
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#### [PowerShell V5](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395) and Later
You can install the `Gridify` module directly from the PowerShell Gallery

* [Recommended] Install to your personal PowerShell Modules folder
```PowerShell
Install-Module Gridify -scope CurrentUser
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Gridify/master/Images/Installation_v5.jpg)

* [Requires Elevation] Install for Everyone (computer PowerShell Modules folder)
```PowerShell
Install-Module Gridify
```

#### PowerShell V4 and Earlier
To install to your personal modules folder run:

```PowerShell
iex (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Gridify/master/Install.ps1')
```

What's New
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**12/02/2017**
* Accepts process[] objects as an input from the pipeline
* '-IncludeSource' switch to add source process to the grid layout
* '-Layout Cascade' included
* Ability to define application width ratios in a -Custom layout

Help Information
-
Run below commands to see some examples
```PowerShell
Get-Help Set-GridLayout -Examples
```

Known Issues
-

Issue # | Short Description
---------|----------
![Issue#1](https://github.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Gridify/issues/1) | Fixed Application window size
![Issue#2](https://github.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Gridify/issues/2) | Limited only to the Primary monitor