Sunday, March 6, 2016

Sometimes windows just disappear offscreen - bring 'em back

If you have a bunch of windows open and you do the multimonitor thing, odds are that sometimes a window just might materialize off the visible screen when you change resolution or enable and disable monitors.

I had some windows that were fine, but after disabling some monitors (2 out of 4) the systems display dialog was offscreen and couldn't be seen.

I could use the ubuntu sidebar to select the window but it wouldn't bring it back.

Perusing all of the shortcuts that come up when you hold down the windows key, one caught my eye: Accessibility menu with Alt+Space.

Selecting the window, then typing alt+space and then choosing move and using the arrow keys, I was able to bring it back on screen.

Yay!

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