How to save and restore your window layout with a hotkey

Build one KeyRoutines routine with two Hotkey triggers. The save key runs Remember layout and keeps the result with Remember; the restore key runs Restore layout from that remembered value, and Started by trigger chooses which half runs.

Steps

1. 1

   Add two hotkeys

   Add Hotkey triggers for save (for example Ctrl+Alt+S) and restore (Ctrl+Alt+R).

2. 2

   Branch on the key

   Add an If with Started by trigger set to the save hotkey.

3. 3

   Save the layout

   In the If branch, add Remember layout, then Remember with a name like savedLayout and the Remember layout step's layout as the value. Finish with Show banner "Layout saved".

4. 4

   Restore it

   In the Else branch, add Restore layout with From set to remembered and the layout set to the remembered savedLayout value.

Tips

• Remember layout can be limited to some apps, so the restore leaves everything else alone.
• For layouts you use every day, save them to the Layouts library and restore them by name instead.