Alfred Layout Alpha

layouts.alfredworkflow

on alfred_script(q)
    tell application "Google Chrome" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Chrome"
        try
            repeat with x from 1 to (count windows)
                get properties of window x
                set position of window x to {0, 21}
                set size of window x to {1280, 709}
            end repeat
        end try
    end tell
    tell application "Mail" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Mail"
        try
            repeat with x from 1 to (count windows)
                get properties of window x
                set position of window x to {1280, 732}
                set size of window x to {1280, 709}
            end repeat
        end try
    end tell
    tell application "HipChat" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "HipChat"
        try
            get properties of window 1
            set position of window 1 to {1280, 732} -- eye ballin
            set size of window 1 to {770, 709}
        end try
    end tell
	tell application "Slack" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Slack"
        try
            get properties of window 1
            set position of window 1 to {1280, 732} -- eye ballin
            set size of window 1 to {800, 709}
        end try
    end tell
    tell application "Sublime Text" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Sublime Text"
        try
            repeat with x from 1 to (count windows)
                get properties of window x
                set position of window x to {0, 732}
                set size of window x to {1280, 709}
            end repeat
        end try
    end tell
  tell application "SourceTree" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "SourceTree"
        try
            repeat with x from 1 to (count windows)
                get properties of window x
                set position of window x to {2051, 732}
                set size of window x to {510, 709}
            end repeat
        end try
    end tell
    tell application "iTerm" to activate -- needs to be in front
    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "iTerm"
        try
            get properties of window 1
            set position of window 1 to {1281, 21}
            set size of window 1 to {1280, 714}
        end try
    end tell
end alfred_script

I have a workflow with a few "L " prefixed commands. I use Divvy for most on-the-fly stuff, but a mass resize is often needed, particularly when switching from laptop to external monitor.

Things to consider:

1. The above script is the layout I use most. It loops through all instances of an application when there are multiple windows open. I couldn't ever get percentages working, so this is pretty specific to a 27" Cinema Display.
2. Photoshop is a non-cocoa window, it'll go rogue. The best way to deal with it is to click the green (+) button in the top right of its window - this makes Photoshop fill the screen (in a way that is actually unlike most apps reaction to that button!)
3. I suspect something about this workflow breaks iTerm panes back into tabs - not consistently though. I've been learning tmux as a result.