A bash script to move the focused window in X to different parts of the screen. Most useful when you assign shortcut keys to the various options, e.g. assign '<Super>Up' to run 'swind up'

swind

#!/bin/bash

# Written by Andrew McDonough
# Prerequisites: xdotool must be installed and in your path (http://tinyurl.com/xdotool)
# A simple bash script that uses xdotool to move the window that is currently in focus to different parts of the screen.
# Particularly useful for reading web pages with flexible layouts on wide monitors.
# Assign the various options to keyboard shortcuts e.g. '<Super>Left' assigned to 'swind left'
# See http://tinyurl.com/ubuntukeys for help with assigning keyboard shortcuts.

# Added fetching display geometry
# Added window search feature to allow moving another named window, e.g.
#   swind right --name right-window
#

cmd="$1"
shift 

if [ -n "$1" ]; then 
   winid=$(xdotool search "$@" | head -1)
else
   winid=$(xdotool getwindowfocus)
fi
read width height <<< $(xdotool getdisplaygeometry)

# This is used to adjust for window decoration in half-height layouts (title bars)
border=23

halfwidth=$(( $width/2 ))
fullheight=$(( $height/2 - $border * 2 ))
halfheight=$(( $height/2 - $border * 2 ))

case "$cmd" in
'')
  echo "Usage: $0 <left|right|top|bottom|top-left|top-right|bottom-left|bottom-right> [optional window search]"
  echo ""
  echo "Search options are passed to 'xdotool search' e.g."
  echo "   $0 left --name findwindowbyname"
  echo "---------------"
  xdotool search

;;  
'left')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $halfwidth $height
  xdotool windowmove $winid 0 0
;;
'right')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $halfwidth $height
  xdotool windowmove $winid $halfwidth  0
;;
'top')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $width $halfheight
  xdotool windowmove $winid 0 0
;;
'bottom')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $width $halfheight
  xdotool windowmove $winid 0 $halfheight
;;
'top-left')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $halfwidth $fullheight
  xdotool windowmove $winid 0 0
;;
'top-right')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $halfwidth $fullheight
  xdotool windowmove $winid $halfwidth  0
;;
'bottom-left')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $halfwidth $fullheight
  xdotool windowmove $winid 0 $(( $halfwidth + $border * 2 ))
;;
'bottom-right')
  xdotool windowsize $winid $halfwidth $fullheight
  xdotool windowmove $winid $halfwidth  $(( $halfwidth + $border * 2 ))
;;
esac