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(DIR) Post #AxgKALD35xZgxJvBNw by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:39:58Z
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someday I'm going to be in a life or death situation and the only way out will be to know how to get a window back onscreen when it's stuck offscreen*, on windows.the knowledge of how to do that is VITAL to my future. * it can happen for many reasons, but the easiest one is that it's on a monitor that's not plugged in or is off. Usually Windows will realize this and move them back onscreen... but not always.
(DIR) Post #AxgKDxQFTdEKL7ot3g by bruce@darkmoon.social
2025-08-30T02:40:38Z
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@foone Resize current display?
(DIR) Post #AxgKHG6UTcEV9D9VDs by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:41:04Z
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the answer is:right click the icon/window on the taskbar, select move, push an arrow key, and then move the mouse and click back on your primary screen
(DIR) Post #AxgKKqJyHGvOLJAP3Y by Moosader@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-08-30T02:41:14Z
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@foone is it the alt+space, press M, press an arrow key, then use the mouse, which the window will now be attached to?
(DIR) Post #AxgKOzfTT5pWUQChkm by gsuberland@chaos.social
2025-08-30T02:42:15Z
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@foone on modern* windows you can also win-left / win-right to do the screen snap shuffle
(DIR) Post #AxgKSZSMrbFqM3mN96 by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:42:37Z
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this was explained once on Old New Thing and I still remember 16 years later. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090511-00/?p=18303
(DIR) Post #AxgKSaZ8juGXnLxILA by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:42:43Z
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VITAL information.
(DIR) Post #AxgKWCDxBQPpSVlXPs by static@aus.social
2025-08-30T02:42:40Z
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@foone Windows+Left or Windows+Right also works, once the app is selected.
(DIR) Post #AxgKdVVfsSktIeXaQi by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:44:11Z
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@gsuberland I didn't think that'd work, it'd just resize on that off-screen display, but I guess you could move it onto a visible screen. cool!
(DIR) Post #AxgKgnt80IjHAT5CJE by zanchey@aus.social
2025-08-30T02:44:50Z
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@foone I haven't been able to make this work with right-click on taskbar for a long time - maybe because of grouping? But focus, alt-space, m, arrow key and then mouse keeps working
(DIR) Post #AxgKkpSs5IGvDQil5k by jimp@masto.ai
2025-08-30T02:44:49Z
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@foone Or alt+shift+space, m, use arrow keys
(DIR) Post #AxgKo6YD10A14lmO5w by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:46:51Z
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@zanchey if they're grouped, you have to hover until it shows the window previews, then right click on the preview instead of the icon.
(DIR) Post #AxgKrhQSN5SiJIrqTI by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:47:53Z
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if they're grouped, you have to hover until it shows the window previews, then right click on the preview instead of the icon.you may also need to click "restore" first, if it's minimized and offscreen
(DIR) Post #AxgLLWW3UvaHA6hvP6 by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T02:53:20Z
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that advice is 4-5 windows versions old so there's other ways to do this now.but this method works all the way back to windows 98 (windows 95 didn't support multiple monitors...*)* this isn't exactly true but shut up
(DIR) Post #AxgLViieytBpuDSunI by troldann@techhub.social
2025-08-30T02:55:03Z
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@foone Alt+Space, M (for Move), then arrow key, then move the mouse also works and is my go-to. Also works great for windows that don't have a taskbar icon!
(DIR) Post #AxgLYdbqR6HkvUfWng by troldann@techhub.social
2025-08-30T02:55:41Z
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@foone Also you can use the Alt+Space thing on Win 3.1! Not useful because, as you say, no multi-monitor, but you still can!
(DIR) Post #AxgLcevHUimg9sg4AK by ann3nova@corteximplant.com
2025-08-30T02:56:24Z
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@foone I had to show my teachers how to do that multiple years in high school and college.
(DIR) Post #AxgMnv9VaswRdIGYvg by monotonehell@aus.social
2025-08-30T03:09:31Z
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@foone what if there's no icon in the taskbar?
(DIR) Post #AxgN9Dg5uZKPAbfDyy by KuttKatrea@mast.lat
2025-08-30T03:13:27Z
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@foone I just had to do this a few days ago. Vital information.
(DIR) Post #AxgNhLjSTLJDznVn04 by foone@digipres.club
2025-08-30T03:19:36Z
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@monotonehell YOU'RE DOOMED
(DIR) Post #AxgODRpdKUfiBDhouG by monotonehell@aus.social
2025-08-30T03:25:27Z
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@foone :awesome_rotate: Another thing that Windows has had decades to fix but hasn't. It's amazing that it literally has "windows" in its name but has no actual window management. It started as an unmanaged moras of windows and other than a couple of half assed additions, it still is.
(DIR) Post #AxgSc5e5M1UmQWJHlo by bytex64@awesome.garden
2025-08-30T04:14:39Z
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@foone I just had to do this today! (I used Alt-Space because I remember Windows 3.1, but basically the same thing)
(DIR) Post #AxgV6gd6c0x1j8ZLTU by yirggzmb@lasersare.fun
2025-08-30T04:42:40Z
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@foone Saving this - happens to me all the time lol
(DIR) Post #AxgYfIcgA1q1GjZ8nA by bmartin427@techhub.social
2025-08-30T05:22:28Z
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@foone so yeah, turns out this doesn't work when the window is gitk from WSL which inexplicably insists on starting offscreen
(DIR) Post #AxgcEo1fhEjof5sVrk by itgrrl@infosec.exchange
2025-08-30T06:02:31Z
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@foone Alt+N, M, arrow keys 💁♀️
(DIR) Post #AxgsE7wpjwVrQSJVOC by jernej__s@infosec.exchange
2025-08-30T09:01:40Z
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@foone @gsuberland You may have to press it several times.
(DIR) Post #AxgsHdxlAKmlaSQK6C by jernej__s@infosec.exchange
2025-08-30T09:02:07Z
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@foone Hint: Shift+right-click
(DIR) Post #Axh4Q2kE6uyoDFri0e by gryzor@androiddev.social
2025-08-30T11:18:14Z
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@foone @zanchey excellent UI/UX /s
(DIR) Post #AxhpSNqPKSqQ4qNGHQ by markjustmark@aus.social
2025-08-30T20:05:21Z
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@foone A thing that still works on Win11:Alt-tab or click the task bar icon to give the window focusAlt-m (to move)Press an arrow key (to tell it you really mean it) Move the mouse (the window is now stuck to the mouse cursor and you can move it into some visible position) Click the mouse (to finish)