Gridify

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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 Processes of the target applications passed as a parameter(-Process) 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 -Process $Process
  

  

• Vertical : Vertical Layout sets all application vertically side by side in a single row to fit the screen resolution

  Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Layout Vertical
  

  

• Horizontal : Horizontal Layout sets all application horizontally one over another in a single column to fit the screen resolution

  Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Layout Horizontal
  

  

• Cascade : Cascade Layout sets all application in a step like layout, such that the next one overlaping the previous one

  Set-GridLayout -Process $Process -Layout Cascade
  

  

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 -Process $Process -Custom '***,**,*,****'
  

  This parameter also enables you to define width-ratio of applications in every row, to give the ability to customize application width sizes as per the requirement.

  # to define a ratio preceede the asterix of that application with a number
  # such as -custom "*2*3*" is 1:2:3
  $process |Set-GridLayout -Custom "***,***,***"
  $process |Set-GridLayout -Custom "*2*2**,*2*,3***"
  $process |Set-GridLayout -Custom "*3*2**,*2*,3***" -Verbose
  VERBOSE: Setting Processes in Custom layout
  VERBOSE: Row1 application ratio is 1:3:2:1
  VERBOSE: Row2 application ratio is 1:2
  VERBOSE: Row3 application ratio is 3:1:1
  

  

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')

What's New

12/02/2017

• Accepts process[] objects as an input from the pipeline
• '-IncludeSource' switch to add source process to the grid layout
• '-Layout Cascade' included
• Ability to define application width ratios in a -Custom layout

Help Information

Run below commands to see some examples

Get-Help Set-GridLayout -Examples

Known Issues

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