How to retrieve an off-screen window

Currently, I’m working on a bug fix for the case when you’ve closed our application on a secondary monitor, then disable that monitor (e.g. when undocking a laptop), and then start up the app again. The problem is, we try to restore the window position, and it ends up off-screen and completely hidden from the user.

This happens occasionally with apps that don’t behave politely. As a workaround, you can retrieve the window like this:

Alt-Space M , then use the mouse to move the window.

What this does is open the command window and select the Move option. The arrow key then allows the mouse to take over the move.

Thursday, January 19, 2012