Move Window Between Left/Right Monitor Sides

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Description	This function moves a window from the left side of a monitor to the right side of the monitor, or from the right side of a monitor to the left side of the next monitor while keeping the same window size.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	7.0.0+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Sep 29, 2014
Date Last Modified	Oct 3, 2014

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using System; using System.Drawing; // The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the: // - Active window when run by hotkey // - Window Location target when run by a Window Location rule // - TitleBar Button owner when run by a TitleBar Button // - Jump List owner when run from a Taskbar Jump List // - Currently focused window if none of these match public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { //if we failed to get the focused window, exit the function if (windowHandle == IntPtr.Zero) return; //get the bounds for the window, and the monitor it's in Rectangle windowRect = BFS.Window.GetBounds(windowHandle); Rectangle monitorRect = BFS.Monitor.GetMonitorBoundsByWindow(windowHandle); //find the space on either side of the window int leftSpace = windowRect.X - monitorRect.X; int rightSpace = monitorRect.Width - (windowRect.X - monitorRect.X) - windowRect.Width; //if the leftspace is smaller, it is on the left side of monitor. //move it to the right if (leftSpace < rightSpace) { BFS.Window.SetLocation(windowHandle, monitorRect.X + monitorRect.Width - leftSpace - windowRect.Width, windowRect.Y); return; } //if we got this far, window is on the right //move it to the next monitor, find the new monitor bounds, then move the window BFS.Window.MoveToNextMonitor(windowHandle); monitorRect = BFS.Monitor.GetMonitorBoundsByWindow(windowHandle); BFS.Window.SetLocation(windowHandle, monitorRect.X + rightSpace, windowRect.Y); } }