This is the world's simplest FKEY. Okay, maybe not, but it is pretty basic. If you find yourself changing monitor configurations from time to time, this may come in handy.
Essentially, all this FKEY does is move the frontmost window to a convenient location just below the menu bar (the global coordinates 1,40). If you had used a program and moved a window to a location that isn’t visible on your current monitor, you may have problems seeing this window. When programs save window locations, they’re supposed to be smart enough to ensure that they are re-opened in a visible location. But not all programs are smart enough to do this.
Enter ResetWindow FKEY. If you install this in your System file (by simply dragging it into your system file—NOT!....you’ll have to use ResEdit or some FKEY utility), and then press command-shift-zero (or whatever number to which you have renumbered the thing), the frontmost window will magically appear in the upper left corner of your main monitor (the monitor showing the menu bar, if you are using more than one monitor).
No, this FKEY does not resize the window or anything left. As the textbooks say, this is “left as an exercise for the reader.”
This program is so simple, let me show you the source code (written in Think Pascal):
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procedure main;
var
w: windowPtr;
begin
w := FrontWindow;
if FrontWindow = nil then begin
Sysbeep(10);
end
else begin
MoveWindow(w, 1, 40, TRUE);
end;
end; { main }
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