Re: Getting and setting window size and position

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Am Mittwoch, dem 03.09.2025 um 10:17 +0300 schrieb Jack:
> Unfortunately, **built-in commands cannot be used** because after using t=
hem, the window size can no longer be changed programmatically (ie. from th=
e scripts). This is because if you switch to another desktop and then retur=
n, the window manager no longer correctly remembers the modified window siz=
es. This is precisely why I'm creating my own script for this purpose.

A really long time ago I wrote https://github.com/killermoehre/window-gridd=
er for this purpose, but abondend it, because Xfwm4 hat inbuild what I need=
 and it has problems with client side decorations.

You can use it at a starting point.

But IMHO it sounds like you want more of a tiling WM and not a floating one=
, right? Xfce allows to simply *replace* the current WM with another one. I=
 wrote https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/other_window_manager for this.

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<p>Am Mittwoch, dem 03.09.2025 um 10:17 +0300 schrieb Jack:</p>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
<p>Unfortunately, <strong>built-in commands cannot be used</strong> because=
 after using them, the window size can no longer be changed programmaticall=
y (ie. from the scripts). This is because if you switch to another desktop =
and then return, the window manager no longer correctly remembers the modif=
ied window sizes. This is precisely why I'm creating my own script for this=
 purpose.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>A really long time ago I wrote https://github.com/killermoehre/window-gr=
idder for this purpose, but abondend it, because Xfwm4 hat inbuild what I n=
eed and it has problems with client side decorations.</p>
<p>You can use it at a starting point.</p>
<p>But IMHO it sounds like you want more of a tiling WM and not a floating =
one, right? Xfce allows to simply <em>replace</em> the current WM with anot=
her one. I wrote https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/other_window_manager for this.=
</p>

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