window_arranger

window-arranger

window-arranger is a command-line tool for macOS that allows you to manage your application windows by list their positions and sizes to a YAML format, and configuring them using a YAML format. This tool is useful for developers or streamers who want to automate their window layouts.

Requirements

Ruby (>= 3)

Installation

$ gem install window_arranger

Usage

List Window Layout

You can list the current window layout to a YAML format with the following command:

$ window-arranger list

Update Window Layout

To update a window layout from a YAML format, use:

$ cat windows.yml | window-arranger update

Example YAML Format

Here’s an example of what the YAML string might look like:

---
- appName: Arc # matches app named `Arc`
  position:
  - 0
  - 25
  size:
  - 1280
  - 1067
- appName:
    regexp: ^Sla # matches app that has name starts widh `Sl` (eg. Slack)
  position:
  - 2560
  - 25
  size:
  - 1280
  - 1067

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/labocho/window_arranger.