Move to Next Monitor Shortcut [Xubuntu]

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If you are like me, and you have more than one monitor, you might want a keyboard shortcut that moves windows from one monitor to another. This can be done, with a short script and some configurations.

$ cd /$USER/documents
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jc00ke/move-to-next-monitor/master/move-to-next-monitor
$ chmod +x move-to-next-monitor
$ mv move-to-next-monitor /somewhere/in/your/$PATH
# Xubuntu 18.04
$ sudo apt install xdotool wmctrl

# Xubuntu 16.04
$ sudo apt-get install xdotool

Now you need to configure the script to run when a certain key combination is pressed.

1. Applictions Menu
2. Settings Manager
3. Keyboard
4. Application Shortcut
5. + Add
6. Command: [/home/$USER/Documents/move-to-next-monitor]
7. Press [Shift] + [Super] + [Right]
8. Note: 7 can be whatever you like. This just seems to be close to how other Linux systems and Windows does it. That is why I used this.
9. You are finished.

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