Autohotkey move chrome windows

Question

I want to open 4 different chrome links, in 4 different windows, when my shortcut is pressed. Then it should resize the 4 windows so that one is top left corner, one top right corner, one bottom left corner and one in the bottom right corner. Does somebody know how i could do this

Ive tried this test code (example1 at the bottom) which should open a new chrome tab, resize it and move it to the top right corner, but it resizes it an moves it to the top right corner with a distance of around 50 pixels and all other chrometabs which are maximized get openend too because the if statement is valid for all chrometabs.

Does somebody have an idea how i could solve this problem?

example1

Run, chrome.exe
WinGet, WinStatus, MinMax, ahk_exe chrome.exe
if (WinStatus != 0)
    WinRestore, ahk_exe chrome.exe
WinMove, ahk_exe chrome.exe,, 0, 0,

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '21 at 15:39

I used the Windows directional arrow shortcuts to properly make the windows snap to the corners, since, as you noted, WinMove is a bit buggy for this.

Additionally, I found that the windows were easier and more reliable to position if you first open all of the windows before rearranging them (I used the hwnd/ ahk_id to keep track of each window after they were opened).

Finally, from modifying this, I was able to open a new chrome tab with a specified URL in a new window using the Run command as follows.

RunWait , "c:\program files (x86)\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe" --new-window "https://www.example.com/"

Final Script:

RunWait , "c:\program files (x86)\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe" --new-window "https://www.google.com/"
topLeft:=WinExist("A")
RunWait , "c:\program files (x86)\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe" --new-window "https://www.example.com/"
topRight:=WinExist("A")
RunWait , "c:\program files (x86)\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe" --new-window "https://www.npr.org/"
bottomRight:=WinExist("A")
RunWait , "c:\program files (x86)\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe" --new-window "https://www.bing.com/"
bottomLeft:=WinExist("A")


;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23160472/open-chrome-in-windows-from-the-command-line-in-a-new-window
WinActivate, ahk_id %topLeft%
WinMaximize
Sleep 100
Send {Lwin down}{Down}{Left}{Up}{Lwin up}
Send {Esc}
Sleep 1000

WinActivate, ahk_id %topRight%
WinMaximize
Sleep 100
Send {Lwin down}{Down}{Right}{Up}{Lwin up}
Send {Esc}
Sleep 1000

WinActivate, ahk_id %bottomRight%
WinMaximize
Sleep 100
Send {Lwin down}{Down}{Left}{Down}{Lwin up}
Sleep 1000
Send {Esc}

WinActivate, ahk_id %bottomLeft%
WinMaximize
Sleep 100
Send {Lwin down}{Down}{Right}{Down}{Lwin up}
Send {Esc}
Sleep 1000

Note: Fiddle with or add Sleep in between the commands as necessary to script optimize reliability.

Thank you for your help. I copied the script and changed some things and it works perfectly fine now. — led_pat, Apr 17 '21 at 22:02
@led_pat, if this solution solved your problem, could you please mark it as the accepted answer so that others know this question is resolved? — Spyre, Apr 17 '21 at 23:33

Autohotkey move chrome windows

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