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Alfred 2 Layout workflow
https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout

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# !!!Looking for new owner/maintainer!!!



I kind of gave up on Apple as they no longer provide the Hardware I want/need and switched to Linux which already has several

very powerful tiling window-managers (i3, xmonad, awesome ...).



I'll do my best to maintain this project for the time being. But since I no longer actively use it myself bug-fixing will be

somewhat slow.



Alfred 2 layout workflow

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A simple window layouter based on an Alfred 2 workflow.



# Installation



* [v1.0 for 10.8 Mountain Lion](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/raw/1.0_Mountain_Lion/Layout.alfredworkflow)

* [v1.1 for 10.9 Mavericks](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/raw/1.1_Mavericks/Layout.alfredworkflow)

* [v1.2 for 10.10 Yosemite](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/raw/1.2_Yosemite/Layout.alfredworkflow)

* [v1.3 for 10.10 Yosemite](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/raw/1.3_Yosemite/Layout.alfredworkflow)

* [v1.5 for 10.11 El Capitan](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/raw/1.5_El_Capitan/Layout.alfredworkflow)



## Experimental



* [bleeding edge for Mavericks/Yosemite](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/raw/master/Layout.alfredworkflow)



Also via Packal:



* http://www.packal.org/workflow/alfred2-layout



# Description



The workflow itself is quite simple just typ in the keyword "lay" (or chose another of your liking) followed by:

* full = Maximize

* left, right, top, bottom = Halves of screen

* topleft, topright, bottomleft, bottomright = Quaters of screen

* center = Center of screen (with 10% border)

* 11,12,13,21,22,23,31,32,33 = Thrids of screen

* 11-12,11-13,11-21,11-22 ... = Some other sizes based on thrids

* togglefullscreen = Toggle full screen mode of active window (if possible)

* movecenter = Move window to center of screen (no resize)

* movetopleft, movetopright, movebottomleft, movebottomright = Move window to edges of screen (no resize)

* grow, shrink = resize window by 1/6 of screen size with sticky screen edges

* ... well the script is quite flexible, so I'm waiting for suggestions



It is multi-screen-able. Even though you cannot move windows from one screen to another (yet?) the scripts tries to figure out with screen you mean (depending on the size of the visible area).



## Additional notes for the Mavericks version



The Mavericks version now additionally support the "layother" keyword that moves and layout the current window to the other/next screen.



Examples:

* layother full = Move the current window to the other screen full size

* layother topleft = Move the current window to the top-left quarter of the other screen

* ... and so on



# Screenshots



![Screenshot1](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3815280/Bildschirmfoto%202013-09-24%20um%2013.54.58.png)

![Screenshot2](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3815280/Bildschirmfoto%202013-09-24%20um%2013.55.22.png)



# Implementation notes



* The script is written in python using PyObjC and the ScriptingBridge. This should be no problem as both is shiped as part of MacOS since 10.5.

* It the application supports scripting, the window is moved "directly". Unluckily some Applications do not support this, so there is a fallback using "SystemEvents". his workflow only works if Alfred is included in the list of Accessibility applications, which can be found under System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility (in previous MaxOS Versions this was done via [Graphic User Interface (GUI) Scripting](http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/uiscripting/))

* At the moment there are no hotkeys defined, which should be straight forward though ...



# Hacking



If you are keen on adventures feel free to tweak the workflow any way you like. As a starter refer to the following wiki pages:

* [Hacking the Mountain Lion version](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/wiki/Hacking-the-Mountain-Lion-version)

* [Hacking the Mavericks version](https://github.com/untoldwind/alfred2-layout/wiki/Hacking-the-Mavericks-version)



Also take a look at the corresponding thread on the Alfred forums: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/3154-yet-another-window-layout-workflow



# Licence



[MIT Licence](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)