win32: tile desktop windows

[Mark S Pryor]

hello c.l.p.,

I'm using:
Python 2.2 (ActiveState)
Win2k sp3
P4 2GHz, 512 RAM
Matrox p550 (dual head video card)

I run my desktop at 2560 x 1024. When I get
involved manually resizing and moving windows about,
I keep thinking that I should be able to
automate this with a Python script.

Anyone ever seen such a script? I'm looking to
write an API method, unless someone can steer me
some other way.

= Enum all visible top level windows
= choose the largest even set (4,6,8)
= send WM_SIZE to all
= tile each monitor (dual 17 in. LCD) vertically and/or
horizontally.

tia,
msp

 

[Mark S Pryor]

hello c.l.p.,

I run my desktop at 2560 x 1024. When I get
involved manually resizing and moving windows about,
I keep thinking that I should be able to
automate this with a Python script.

Anyone ever seen such a script? I'm looking to
write an API method, unless someone can steer me
some other way.

= Enum all visible top level windows
= choose the largest even set (4,6,8)
= send WM_SIZE to all

I see that ActivePython 2.2 supports

win32gui.movewindow
pycwnd.movewindow

looks like a better way.

 

[Mark S Pryor]

oops,

Win2k supports this from the taskbar!
Rt. click and "Tile Windows Vertically"

have a good weekend,
msp