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Open URLs in Google Chrome and resize windows

I've got a few monitoring sites set up for my mobile apps (e.g. crittercism) and I have an extra monitor set up for monitoring everything. I have a few Chrome windows sized down to just the values I'm interested in and spaced so that everything fits on the screen.

I'd like to write a macro that launches all (at this point 8 sites) these Chrome/browser windows and spaces them accordingly.

Rebooting and resizing right now is a pain.

Solution

  • You can use JavaScript. Save the following code as a .html file: 

    <html>
<script>
function openWindows() {
  window1=window.open('http://google.com/','','width=400,height=300');
  window1.moveTo(0, 0);
  window2=window.open('http://yahoo.com/','','width=400,height=200');
  window2.moveTo(0, 300);
  window3=window.open('about:blank','','width=200,height=500');
  window3.moveTo(400, 0);
};
</script>
<button onclick="openWindows();">Open Windows</button>
</html>

    Open it in your browser and click the button. You should see something like this:

    Multiple popups

    NB: You'll probably have to relax your popup blocker settings. Here's how to change the popup settings on Chrome:
    Chrome popup settings
    This won't change popup blocker settings for other websites.

    On Mac, an extra monitor extends the screen size. For example, if your secondary monitor is arranged to the left of the primary monitor, window4.moveTo(-300, 0); should do the trick.