Since I use this a lot in my daily work and there were no scripts working properly for me, I made one myself.
It's actually not bound to Xfce but should work on any window manager (haven't tried it, though).
Installation
-
If you don't yet have
xdotool, install it:sudo apt-get install xdotool -
If you don't yet have
wmctrl, install it:sudo apt-get install wmctrl -
Store the attached file in some place that's in your
PATH.
The cool kids use~/bin/. -
Make it executable:
chmod +x ~/bin/move-to-next-monitor
Trying it
Open up a terminal and run it:
move-to-next-monitor
There should be no errors and the terminal window should have moved one monitor to the right.
Assigning a keyboard shortcut
- Your window manager has a way to setup global hotkeys somewhere. In Xfce you may open Xfce settings → Keyboard → Keyboard shortcuts
- Add an entry for
move-to-next-monitorand assign a keyboard shortcut to it. - It should be active right away, so try it on the settings window. :)
Done!
Props to icyrock.com Show archive.org snapshot who had a script that was basically working (not properly on 3 monitors and was lacking some workarounds) and saved me quite some time figuring this all out.
