Comments on: OS X: How to resize an off-screen window?

By: Stumpy

Stumpy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:02:39 +0000

^ cmd Z will resize the active window into the screen

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:30:33 +0000

tell application “iTunes”
set bounds of window 1 to {50, 100, 100, 100}
end tell

(you can replace itunes with the name of the application you are using)

By: Ryan Tvenge

Ryan Tvenge — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:15:09 +0000

I changed my screen resolution in System Preferences > Displays to something lower (like 1280 x something) with that specific App open, and it changed the size for me automatically. Once you’ve changed the size of that app, you can change back to your regular resolution.

By: Jim Isaacs

Jim Isaacs — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:47:16 +0000

Option – Click on the green maximize button of any finder window.

By: WiseMax

WiseMax — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:56:18 +0000

I had the iTunes window problem. Zooming would simply change it to the miniplayer (…)

Then I used Alt(Option for the veterans)-Zoom (the green “+” button) and it made the miracle.

Gee, I never expected such a flaw from Apple’UI – having in mind that they *should* know that having the resize click area in only one spot (precisely the easiest to fall victim of oversizing / off-screen) would sometimes lead to trouble.

In Windows, as long as you have a resizable window and two of the sides (one vertical and one horizontal) available, you can always fully resize. Same goes for just any corner.
That’s a little better thought of.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:58:06 +0000

oh god, i’ve tried all of the above and still no success! my window doesnt have any of the options mentioned in the window option and the scripts come up with errors. I’ve resized my display many times and tried rearranging the screens and the dock but still had no luck at all. Trashing the preferences did nothing too

By: ovalking

ovalking — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:05:37 +0000

Changing screen resolution is not a solution if it is System Preferences that is off the edge of the screen!
I’ve had trouble with some TVs where the menu bar is off the top of the screen so you can’t even get to the Apple menu.
However, I found option F14 opened the Displays Preferences. But it was still an issue if that window was then out of sight.
Another problem I have is with low screen resolutions, you can’t get to the bottom of a window that is taller than the screen. Why won’t it let me move a window above the menu bar?
G.

By: hntrnyc

hntrnyc — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:59:39 +0000

Thanks everyone, trying to resize my itunes window was driving me crazy. option/click on zoom did the trick. i can now go to sleep. Cheers!

By: Zimmen

Zimmen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:05:10 +0000

TO solve this once and for all … in SnowLeopard create a service, addl utilities -> Run applescript, input none and add this script (modified Marc’s script):

on run {input, parameters}
tell application “System Events”
set ActiveApp to ¬
(get name of first process whose frontmost is true) as string
try
tell process ActiveApp
set position of window 1 to {0, 22}
set size of window 1 to {800, 600}
end tell
on error
display dialog “Script failed on = ” & ActiveApp
end try
end tell

return input
end run

Assign a shortcut and voila, solved! even in iTunes

By: yoko

yoko — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:55:06 +0000

The window zoom thing works for most applications, but not for itunes! Max van der stam- THANK YOU!!!!