/Gridify

Powershell module to set applications in a grid layout in an automated fashion

Primary LanguagePowerShell

PowerShell Gridify

'Gridify' module provides a cmdlet 'Set-GridLayout' that can resize and arrange applications in an automatic grid layout with predefined formats using the ProcessID's of the target applications passed as a parameter(-ProcessID) value.

Cmdlet can automatically calculate the your screen resolution and set Applications in a neat grid layout in predefined/custom layout

Available predifined layout formats are

  • Mosaic : This is the default layout of the cmdlet.

    Set-GridLayout -ProcessID $ProcessID
  • Vertical : Vertical Layout sets all application vertically side by side in a single row to fit the screen resolution

    Set-GridLayout -ProcessID $ProcessID -Layout Vertical
  • Horizontal : Horizontal Layout sets all application horizontally one over another in a single column to fit the screen resolution

    Set-GridLayout -ProcessID $ProcessID -Layout Horizontal

and a customizable grid layout for special requirements

  • Custom : A custom format can be used to set the applications in a grid-layout on the screen, by passing a custom string as a value to the parameter(-Custom).

    To set applications is custom grid-layout utilize the 'Custom' parameter and pass the custom layout as comma-separated string of * (Asterisk)

    Where "*" represent an application and "," separates a row in the grid-layout

    So, with custom format like in the below example the grid layout would be like

        Row1 has 3 applications
        Row2 has 2 applications
        Row3 has 1 applications
        Row4 has 4 applications
    
    Set-GridLayout -ProcessID $ProcessID -Custom '***,**,*,****'

Installation

PowerShell V5 and Later

You can install the Gridify module directly from the PowerShell Gallery

  • [Recommended] Install to your personal PowerShell Modules folder
Install-Module Gridify -scope CurrentUser

  • [Requires Elevation] Install for Everyone (computer PowerShell Modules folder)
Install-Module Gridify

PowerShell V4 and Earlier

To install to your personal modules folder run:

iex (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Gridify/master/Install.ps1')

Help Information

Run below commands to see some examples

Get-Help Set-GridLayout -Examples

Known Issues

Issue # Short Description
Issue#1 Fixed Application window size
Issue#2 Limited only to the Primary monitor