I'm not aware of anything like that. And in my experience (as a Netbook user), it's easier and better to run everything fullscreen - on a 10" Netbook, there's not much space. So my Natty launcher is on autohide.
Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Apr 1, 2011, at 8:59, nick rundy <nru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > No. I was thinking of when the Launcher is set to "Never Hide" or "Dodge > Window" or "Dodge Active Window." Basically, it would be for users who like > the Launcher to always be present. But there are times when a maximized > window is needed, so the user hits ctrl + alt + zero. However, more room is > still needed (maybe user is on a small netbook screen and the webpage > requires so many pixels to get a decent presentation--I've read of people > having this problem when using Ubuntu Netbook Edition). So user hits the > keyboard shortcut to hide the Launcher. At a later point user can hit the > keyboard shortcut to unhide the Launcher again. This way user is not > dependent on the mouse to "push" the Launcher out of the way to get full > screen display for a maximized window. Having to "click-grab" a window and > move it around is kinda slow and inefficient when compared to just tapping a > quick keyboard shortcut. Plus it allows people who prefer to have the > Launcher "Never Hide" still be able to hide it in situations where a webpage > is not displaying correctly. The user may not want the Launcher to "Dodge" > windows but may need the ability to hide Launcher sometimes for display > reasons. > > > > > CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > > From: ja...@jamesrgifford.com > > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] create a keyboard shortcut for hiding/unhiding the > > Launcher? > > Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:12:36 -0400 > > To: nru...@hotmail.com > > > > If it's set to autohide in CCSM, you can get it to pop up again by hitting > > the Super key. (Windows Key). Is that what you're talking about? > > > > Cheers, > > James Gifford > > http://jamesrgifford.com > > > > On Apr 1, 2011, at 8:03, nick rundy <nru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Has this been considered? Seems it would be helpful for keyboard oriented > > > folks to be able to hide/unhide the launcher via a keyboard shortcut. I > > > can see this being used a lot in combination with the maximize-window > > > command ctrl + alt + zero (especially on small displayed netbooks). > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
