Hello!

I'm trying to position three chrome windows to three different monitors using a window position profile. Unfortunately, since DF can only control windows based on the exe and the window title text, this is unreliable since it requires having the same tabs open on each of the three windows whenever the profile is loaded.

Does anyone know of a way to change the Chrome window title text so that I can make DF profiles work here? Or some other way to make DF discriminate between the three windows?

Thanks so much for the help!

Hmm, that's too bad.

My use case is that I have three chrome windows (one for each monitor) which I generally use for different things. So, one is usually netflix, one is email etc., and one is random reference material. The issue is that while those tabs will always be open in those windows, they won't necessarily be in focus, which makes the window text unpredictable. Is there anyway to write a script which checks whether a tab is present even if it's not in focus?

Thanks for the help!

Yes, exactly. Sometimes when my computer wakes up from sleep, the windows will all revert back to the primary monitor. I have a trigger setup so that the position profile is called on wakeup but it won't properly move the chrome windows back.

Too bad there's not an extension for naming Chrome windows. I looked but couldn't find anything.

Wow this was exactly my problem. I've got both chrome/firefox tabs that are in and out of focus, and I've got everything on different monitors.

My situation is slightly different in that I am on a work PC and on a laptop connected to a docking station. When I unplug from the dock to go to a meeting, everything is lost.

This trigger solution you linked looks good though. It appears as though I can just change the trigger conditions to desktop locked / unlocked, so I've got my fingers crossed.

Had a similar issue. Here is some tricks I use.

1) Change title (prefix them) using that chrome plugin:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-title-tweaker/ofmanndkbkkcjolgenmgioploikhkcaa

For instance, using that rule inside the plugin prefix all pages on gmail.com
with GMAIL:
prefix, *.gmail.com, GMAIL:

2) Launch chrome as an app with no tabs.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --app=http://www.gmail.com

Use 2 methods, you will get a single window for your gmail, and the title on gmail pages will always be prefixed with "GMAIL:"

Not perfect, but does the trick for me.

Best Regards
Mathieu

I actually found a solution that works pretty well.

I ended up using the Window Namer and Restorer extension.

It appends whatever text you want to the beginning of the window (effectively by always appending to the current tab). I use "PM" for my primary monitor, "LM" for left monitor, and then can set up window position profiles based on the window name.

I wonder if it's possible to write a chrome extension that automatically gives more data that displayfusion can parse to better id and place chrome windows.

It's especially important to me since windows still has the bug that rearranges windows after standby if you use displayport monitors.

Perhaps just appending a serialnumber/mutex id to each new chrome window that's created.

After strugling with similar issues i found this.
DisplayFusion already has what we need. https://www.displayfusion.com/FAQ/?Version=9.7.0.0#textquery
Here we can find "Word Boundary Modifier" and use it on the text field of the windows. Use any word from the window that stays the same like ="Mail" in gmail.

Thats it. Easy and simple solution.
Hope it works for you.

I've stumbled into that issue as well

I have an idea on how to tackle that but needs some scripting knowledge.

If someone could write a script that would loop over all windows with class "Chrome_WidgetWin_1" and change size of each and every Chrome window with an exception list (e.g. move and resize all except those that have "DevDocs" in Window Text)

With my solution no scripting knowledge needed.

To make things simpler i am using the Chrome create shortcut with "open as window" option. This gives unique tab to the window and the window description.

Just folow the steps:
.1 Create or edit a "Window Position Profile"
.2 Add opened windows of Chrome as many as you like
.3 Edit each window and on the "Window Text" field put the exclusive text of that window description
ex. "Youtube" or "Mail" "Google Drive" (use the quotes)

I added a Key Combination to execute the "Window Position Profile".

I am using this solution with 10 windows of Chrome on 2 monitors and each have its own position working perfectly.

Hope it helps.

The new Chrome custom window namer function has really simplified this process. The custom window namer allows you to give a unique name to each Chrome window that you have open. To utilize the function right click to the right of the + sign (i.e. open new tab plus sign). Select Name Window... and give a name to the window. Then when you hover your mouse over chrome in the task bar it will display that name. In my case I named my chrome sessions via location i.e. "M2RW" (Monitor 2 Right Window). In my window position profile I enter M2RW as my Window text and now regardless of what tab I have opened it always puts this chrome window/session where I want it. The feature is available in Chrome version 90. If not turned on yet go to chrome:flags in your browser address bar, search for window naming, and click enabled.

Thanks for the tip! This works much better than the extension I was using before.

Yes, I see the same behavior. The good news is the chrome sessions/windows keep their names on reboots and also will retain their names if restored by the chrome history command.