Window State Manager extension for GNOME Shell

About

Window State Manager is a GNOME Shell extension to monitor window states (position on monitor, location, size, etc.) and restore them automatically to their previous positions when a change in layout occurs. It was created to solve an issue with GNOME on wayland where some programs won't remember their positions when device is docked and undocked.

Limitations

• Restore does not manage which windows are on top. However, in testing to date the correct windows have always been shown on top.
• State is saved in memory and is not preserved across restarts.

Configuration

There is nothing to configure.

Installation

To install this extension you can either

• use http://extensions.gnome.org (caution: it may not contain the most recent versions)
• use the GNOME Shell Extension Manager
• copy it under ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/ in your home directory
• use the install.sh script to install automatically

Note: you may have to explicitly enable the extension using the GNOME Shell Extension Manager after installation.

Compatibility

This extension has been tested on GNOME 45.

License

This extension is released under the GNU Public License version 2.