Automatically move plank to the monitor your mouse cursor is currently on.
Build the program or download the latest version from releases. If you download a pre-built binary, don't forget to make it executable!
cargo build --release
Copy the binary to ~/.local/bin/autoplank:
cp target/release/autoplank ~/.local/bin/autoplank
Create a autostart file: ~/.config/autostart/autoplank.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Autoplank
Description=Automatically move plank across monitors
Exec=.local/bin/autoplank
optionally set your own polling rate like this (default: 500):
...
Exec=.local/bin/autoplank -p 200
When adding/removing a monitor make sure to rescan:
autoplank -r
Elementary has a service called cerbere which handles wingpanel and plank. To make autoplank work properly, you might have to run autoplank --elementary-fix. You can revert this change with autoplank --elementary-restore. For these commands to take affect, you have to restart/log out and in.
Inspired by abiosoft/autoplank.