DisplayFusion RSS: Working with Window Position Profiles

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:49:27 GMT

Fantastic! I figured i was overlooking something and you had already thought of this. Thank you.

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:51:19 GMT

The Window Text condition supports our text query engine, so you can have two rules, something like this:

Rule 1:

"- godot" -"script editor"

Rule 2:

"script editor -"

When the hyphen is inside the quotes it's treated literally. Outside of the quotes it's treated as a "not".

Documentation and a test tool for our text query syntax is availabel here: https://www.displayfusion.com/Faq/TextQuerySyntax/

Hope that helps!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:48:04 GMT

Have you considered adding some kind of logical arguments that would allow to search for a window name that contained a certain string of text but not another string to sepreate two windows that share similar window names?
I have a "script editor - godot" and a window that begins with a string that changes regularly followed by " - godot". It seems like if we could tell it to position the window that ends with " - godot" but does not contain "script editor" and then tell it to position another window that begins with "script editor -" this would allow people to move two distinct windows where the only constant part of one name is always present in the name of another window. This seems to solve some of the issues caused by the window name being the only way to distinguish between two windows of the same program.

I really like the software, but feel like this would greatly increase functionality.

Thanks and have a great day!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:01:03 GMT

Fantastic, I'll give it a try. Thank you.

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:57:55 GMT

Just wanted to follow up and let you know we've released a new beta that supports launching applications, and configuring command line arguments in our Window Position Profiles. You can grab it here: https://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/

Please let us know if you run into any issues after updating.

Thanks!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:32:02 GMT

I, too, came seeking a way to manually reorder windows one each monitor. Here's my vote for that feature.

God bless.

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:42:48 GMT

This is currently on our feature request list, so I've added your vote to it. We'll be sure to let you know if/when we're able to implement it in the future.

Thanks!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:23:52 GMT

Is there something that could also RUN all the apps saved in the window position profiles automatically?

I know I can do it manually. But I wonder why not 'save' the snapshot like now using Window Position Profiles and then when I hit 'run' all windows that are not running in profile should be opened and then positioned. It would save tons of time.

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:01:15 GMT

You can use a wildcard, yep! I usually just wildcard the whole path, like this:

*Notepad.exe

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:24:37 GMT

For some reason, Microsoft has started including application version numbers in the filepath for the application EXE. This messes up Window Position Profiles because the filepath changes whenever the application updates (usually automatically). Can the Process Filename field use wildcard characters to be be unaffected by those app updates?
I've attached screenshots showing what I had set in DF, the current filepath, and the current version of the affected app. Thanks in advance!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:22:18 GMT

@StephenSimon: That's correct. There isn't currently a way to have the profiles launch the applications, as it wouldn't be able to launch them and re-open the specific documents, websites, etc.

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:23:47 GMT

Is it true that the window position profile feature only works if the window is already open? Is there a way to have display fusion open program windows that aren't already open?

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 04 May 2022 22:00:18 GMT

The window position profile does not actually load programs for me. So I set the profile for my 6-screen monitor setup. If I close all the programs, including Chrome with multiple tabs set the way I want them, and then load the position profile, it does nothing. It seems to only work if I already have all the windows open and all the Chrome tabs already loaded. This defeats the entire purpose of the functionality. Most of these programs already load in the position I want them anyways, and the ones that don't are easy to move. I got DisplayFusion for this purpose alone so I could save time and switch between multiple program configurations in multiple positions and I could switch between them with a hotkey. Am I missing something here?

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:27:30 GMT

You can add a window to an existing Window Position Profile like so:

Open the DisplayFusion Settings
Click the Window Position Profiles tab
Select the Window Position Profile you want to edit and click the Edit button
Click the Add button
Use the blue target at the bottom of the Add window to select the window you want to add to the profile
Click OK, then OK again, then finally click Apply or OK in the main Settings window

The other two items are on our feature request list so I have added your vote to them

Thanks!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:42:10 GMT

Can you add an option to add windows you have open to an existing profile instead of having to spend time filling out to specific details. Maybe also a way to merge profiles too. Finally, an option to open the program/window if it is not already open before aligning the windows. That along with the already suggested choose which wind to fucus afterwards would make this feature near-perfect for all conceivable used to my mind. Maybe a function to add the focused window to a profile?

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 19:27:53 GMT

Not yet, sorry!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 06:41:35 GMT

Quote:

Ok, thanks! I'll add that to our feature request list

Hi Keith, any projection on when this feature will become available?
Thanks, Z.

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 19:45:26 GMT

Ok, thanks! I'll add that to our feature request list

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:10:46 GMT

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@Ziv45026: Automatically saving them would overwrite the whole profile. What interval are you wanting to save it on? If you're saving it frequently to keep the sizes of currently open windows, the "Save Window Positions" and "Restore Window Positions from Last Save" functions might be a better fit, as they use the window handles for each window: https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-save-and-restore-window-positions-on-sleepresume/?ID=fa98975e-e4ed-45de-afe0-fafad56c7a83#first

Hi Keith,

Thanks for your response. Here are my thoughts on the subject.
Let's say I've 40 apps on my laptop. If I configure a trigger to automate saving the profile, but it always overrides the profile with the apps that are currently opened, then previous apps that were saved are deleted and as such I'll never be able to create a complete profile of every app I've that will properly align it between my screens and its position.
I guess the same behavior is appliable for the rest of the profiles, icons, etc.
To conclude, I guess I'm looking for a feature that will append new windows into selected profile, rather than overwriting it.

Regards,
Z

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:36:28 GMT

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:19:19 GMT

Quote:

@Ziv45026: There sure is! If you open the main Settings window, and go to the Window Position Profiles tab, you can edit them there. When you double-click a profile to edit, you'll be able to remove/edit certain conditions, and there's also an Add button that allows you to add an entry for a new window

Hope that helps!

Keith, thanks for the assistance!
Thing is that by default, windows are saved with all 3 checkboxes selected and I'm not sure that is the condition to restore them, wethear its by the class, filename or window text. Is there an option to set that windows will be saved only by the process filename?

Also, if I'm trying to automate the process of saving the windows positions using a trigger, will it amend the new windows or override the profile only with the current active windows?

TIA,
Ziv

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:16:57 GMT

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:59:29 GMT

Hi,

Is there anyway to append new windows position to an existing profile? I'm looking for a way that will allow me to add new applications positions without having to erase old applications which are not in used when I save a new profile.

Also, is there a way to store windows positions only by the application name, without the window class or window text? This is quite useful when you want to save the location of new email window (which always has different window text), Spotify player, etc.

TIA

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:52:12 GMT

@pengland: Not at the moment, but it's on our to-do list. We'll be sure to let you know if/when we're able to add it

Thanks!

RE: Working with Window Position Profiles

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:52:02 GMT

Is there a way to restore window positions to multiple virtual desktops in Windows 10? When using the standard window position profile feature, the windows will move to the correct monitor, but they won't restore to the virtual desktop that they were on previously.

If this feature doesn't exist, are there any plans to implement in the future? I've been trying to find a way to replicate the experience of the Mac where you can restore everything to its current position on reboot and your entire environment automatically comes up the way it was before the restart. With a combination of startup manipulation, firefox windows picking up where they left off, and DisplayFusion, I've nearly got it.

Thanks for any info!