Dealing with offscreen Windows
Posted by Jeff August 03, 2006
Windoze trick ahead, Mac/Ubuntu users commence giggling… now –
Ever have a window disappear on you? This happens to me a lot because I run a laptop intermittently connected to an external monitor.
Many programs don’t check windows against screen geometry when restoring position. Gobby is one of them.
Here’s the workaround:
- Do whatever should bring the window front.
- Type Alt-Space bar, then M. This invokes the system menu and the Move command
- Use the arrow keys to move the window. If you see an outline appear from the side of the screen, you’ve got it. Hit Return to use that position
Thank you. You have no idea how much this was bugging me.
Wow…After having to reboot with the old monitor attached to ‘grab’ offscreen windoez…Thanks for the advice
Thank you! very helpful
thank you so much… i was about to throw my computer out of the window because of this!
Dude… Thank you!
Great posting. I have always been able to get it to work w/a window, except when it is a “Save As” or “Open” type window. This worked great. Thanks.