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Interesting, I don’t have any of these issue due to 2 pieces of software: displayplacer [0] and Phoenix [1]. Both free and open source. displayplacer is a CLI
by joshstrange 3y ago
Interesting, I don’t have any of these issue due to 2 pieces of software: displayplacer [0] and Phoenix [1]. Both free and open source.
displayplacer is a CLI tool that once you have your monitors configured how you want them, it can give you a command you can run in the future to reconfigure your monitors the same way again. I have 2 commands stored (that I activate via Alfred but I could have also set up aliases in zsh) for the 2 locations I work at. When I sit down I run the command and everything snaps into place. I could automate this to run automatically but I haven’t felt the need.
Phoenix is a tool that lets me write my own keyboard shortcuts for window management. I have 1 key combo that detects which location I’m at (by looking at monitor UUIDs) then positions all my windows how I like them. I also have shortcuts for resizing windows on a monitor or moving windows between monitors. You can accomplish something similar with Moom [2] (paid) and Rectangle [3] (free) or Magnet [4] (paid).
As for the dock issue, I use right-side dock with auto-hide and I don't find this bothersome at all. I use it plenty in addition to Alfred to launch apps. I have 3 monitors, 1 horizontal in the middle and 2 vertical on each side.
Lastly the Menu Bar, I have it only on my center display, always visible. Never felt like that was a problem or limiting to me.
[0] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
[1] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix https://github.com/kasper/phoenix
[2] https://manytricks.com/moom/ https://manytricks.com/moom/
[3] https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
[4] https://magnet.crowdcafe.com https://magnet.crowdcafe.com
- rcarmo 3y agoPhoenix is _amazing_. I used it for a good while until I realised I didn't need all the features, but it is still prominent in my https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/window_managers https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/window_managers page.