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[FR]: Bring alt-tab selected window to the center of the main monitor, and back to where it came from once it's out of focus #36006

Open andris1 opened 3 days ago

andris1 commented 3 days ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I'd like to propose a window management feature that brings an alt-tab selected window to the center of the main monitor and sends it to a different, pre-defined location once alt-tabbed out of focus.

Scenario when this would be used?

The user story here is that I have a bunch of windows across multiple monitors open and laid out in a particular way that I want to mostly be able to glance at and only periodically interact with. However, when I do need to interact with a particular winodw, I want to bring it to the center of the main monitor for the duration of the interaction and send it back to the pre-defined position once I'm done.

Supporting information

I think the conceit that can be used is pinning. Pin a window in particular place and then alt-tabbing it in and out of focus carries it between the center of the main monitor and its pinned location.

That should probably be extended to being able to define the in-focus state (location & size of the window).