Feature: move-node-to-monitor

[canadaduane]

I have two monitors, and at any given time, I would like the ability to "splat" a window to the other monitor--in other words, I don't particularly care which workspace is currently on that monitor, I just want the window to be moved to whatever workspace is current there.

In addition, I'd like to be able to use directional motions, similar to focus --boundaries all-monitors-outer-frame <dir>.

Would it be possible to add move-node-to-monitor [left | right | down | up] ?

[nikitabobko]

I agree that it'd be nice to have this command

I suggest the following synopsis:

USAGE: move-node-to-monitor (left|down|up|right)
   OR: move-node-to-monitor [--wrap-around] (next|prev)
   OR: move-node-to-monitor <monitor-pattern>...

ARGUMENTS:
  <monitor-pattern>     Find the first monitor pattern in the list that
                        doesn't describe the current monitor and moves the window
                        to the appropriate monitor. Monitor pattern as in
                        workspace-to-monitor-force-assignment

---

For the reference, that's how it's implemented in i3 https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#move_to_outputs

move container to output left|right|down|up|current|primary|nonprimary|next|<output1> [output2]…

[yshenfab]

Same here. Multi-monitor support is not very intuitive (change focus between monitors, move nodes to monitor with left/right options, etc.). For now, the easy way is to use two external monitors as workspaces, then you can easily switch workspaces, change focus, or move containers.

[nikitabobko]

move-node-to-monitor is introduced in 0.9.0