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# Desk Layouts

**Save your window arrangement once. Bring it back with one key.**

Desk Layouts is a lightweight window-layout manager for Rebind. Arrange your
apps the way you like, save the layout into a slot, and restore it whenever you
switch between work, gaming, streaming, or anything else.

It only arranges windows that are already open. It does not launch apps.

## Highlights

- **Four named layout slots:** Work, Gaming, Streaming, and Custom by default.
- **One-key restore:** F9 applies the active layout.
- **One-key capture:** F8 saves the current visible windows into the active slot.
- **Layout menu:** F7 opens an overlay menu for applying, saving, and restoring.
- **Monitor-aware:** each window is stored relative to the monitor it was on.
- **Process and title matching:** finds the right windows again even if their
  position changed.
- **Up to 8 windows per layout:** enough for a normal desktop without turning
  the layout into clutter.
- **No app launching:** Desk Layouts never starts or closes programs.
- **Configurable hotkeys and slot names** in Rebind's Options panel.
- **Local only:** layouts are stored in a small JSON file beside the script.

## Quick Start

1. Install **Desk Layouts** from Rebind and start it.
2. Arrange the windows you want on screen.
3. Press **F7** to open the layout menu.
4. Choose **Save current → Work**.
5. Move things around, then press **F9** to restore Work.

To build a second layout:

1. Open the windows for the second setup.
2. Press **F7**.
3. Choose **Save current → Gaming**.
4. Switch between them from the menu or with the active-slot hotkeys.

## Controls

| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| **F7** | Open or close the layout menu. |
| **F8** | Save all visible windows into the active slot. |
| **F9** | Apply the active slot. |
| **Up / Down** | Move through the open menu. |
| **Enter** | Select the highlighted item. |
| **1–9** | Jump directly to a menu item. |
| **Esc** | Close the menu. |

The active slot changes whenever you save or apply a layout. All three main
hotkeys can be changed in **Rebind → Options → Desk Layouts**.

The menu is a custom overlay: it uses a dark neutral panel, grouped sections,
a highlighted row, and a visible active-slot label. It is keyboard-only and
never takes focus from the app underneath.

The menu also has **Apply last layout** and **Help / hotkeys**.

## What Gets Saved

For each visible window, Desk Layouts stores:

- the process name
- the window title
- the monitor it was on
- its position relative to that monitor
- its width and height

When you apply a layout, it looks for matching windows by process and title,
then moves them back into place. Windows that are closed or cannot be matched
are skipped and reported in the result message.

Layout positions are relative to each monitor, so a layout can survive a
resolution change or a monitor being rearranged. If a saved monitor is missing,
the window falls back to the primary monitor and is clamped on screen.

## Limits

- Only **running windows** are arranged. Apps are not launched.
- Up to **8 visible windows** are saved per layout.
- Minimized windows and windows smaller than 80×80 are ignored.
- A window whose process and title both changed may not be matched.
- Windows that refuse to move, such as some elevated or protected windows, are
  skipped.
- Layouts are manual. There is no automatic switching when a monitor is
  connected or an app starts.
- This is not a tiling window manager and does not snap while you drag.
- Windows is the primary target. macOS support depends on Rebind's partial
  window API.

## Settings

Open **Rebind → Options → Desk Layouts** to change:

- menu hotkey
- save hotkey
- apply hotkey
- the four layout names
- whether notifications are shown

Changing a keybind reloads the script so the new bind takes effect.

## Privacy and Permissions

- Desk Layouts does **not** capture the screen or read pixels.
- It does **not** use the network.
- It does **not** run external programs.
- It does **not** read or write the clipboard.
- It only uses Rebind's window list and window movement APIs, plus a local JSON
  file for saved layouts.
- Rebind's overlay engine may ask for overlay-related permissions during
  installation. Those are used to draw the menu and notifications.

## Troubleshooting

### A window is not being restored

Make sure the app is still running and has a visible window. If its title changed
completely, Desk Layouts may not recognise it.

### Nothing moves after F9

The active slot may be empty. Press **F7** and check the slot's hint, or save a
layout first with **F8**.

### The menu does not open

The hotkey may be taken by another app. Change it in Options, or make sure
Rebind overlays are visible. Exclusive-fullscreen games hide Rebind overlays.

### A window lands slightly off screen

Desk Layouts clamps positions to the monitor work area, but some apps enforce
their own minimum or maximum window sizes.

## Requirements

- Rebind 3.9.0 or newer
- Windows recommended
- At least one visible window to save

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**Desk Layouts v1.0.1** — save and restore your desktop arrangement with Rebind.