Gather Windows on Ubuntu

On my Ubuntu laptop, I found that when the display goes to sleep, I would consistantly have this issue where some of my active windows would end up on a hidden workspace. Super annoying, especially because I found myself having to kill the app to get them back. After a little googling, I found those following script, which when coupled with a custom keybinding did the trick.

I placed the following file in $HOME/bin, which I already have added to my path, and named it gather.

#!/bin/bash
# From: https://github.com/mezga0153/offscreen-window-restore

width=`xrandr | grep current | awk {'print $8'}`

`wmctrl -l -G | awk -v w=$width '{
    if ($8 != "unity-dash" && $8 != "Hud") {
        if ($3 >= w || $3 < 0) {
            system("wmctrl -i -r " $1 " -e 0," sqrt($3*$3) % w ",-1,-1,-1");
        }
    }
}'`

I then ensured that it was executable with chmod 755 $HOME/bin/gather. Once done, I added a keybind, for me Super-g, via System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts.

Note:

I had to install wmctrl as well for this to work, with:

apt-get install -y wmctrl

Enjoy!

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