[Ayatana] Super-W for programs in current workspace
(My first attempt to send this mail seems to have failed... Hope I don't multi-post.) Hi! I am trying out the Ubuntu 11.04 beta and trying to get the hang of Unity. I like it so far, especially the Super-W and Super-S functionality. What I miss though are two things: 1. I keep LOTS of windows open at the same time and use workspaces to organize them into categories for quick shifting. I love the Super-W functionality, but would really like it to only select between the programs in the current workspace (like alt-tab but looking like Super-W) since this seems most logical to me. Is this possible to achieve at present? (If not, I would like to submit it as a feature request.) 2. This may be due to the default 11.04 theme or something, but the difference between the selected and non-selected windows in Super-W/S mode is minimal. Is it possible to change this? (I hope this has not already been answered somewhere, tried searching without success.) Best regards and thanks for a nice UI, //Leo ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ayatana] Super-W for programs in current workspace
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Leo Barnes wrote: > (My first attempt to send this mail seems to have failed... Hope I > don't multi-post.) > > Hi! Hi Leo, > I am trying out the Ubuntu 11.04 beta and trying to get the hang of > Unity. I like it so far, especially the Super-W and Super-S > functionality. What I miss though are two things: > > 1. I keep LOTS of windows open at the same time and use workspaces to > organize them into categories for quick shifting. I love the Super-W > functionality, but would really like it to only select between the > programs in the current workspace (like alt-tab but looking like > Super-W) since this seems most logical to me. Is this possible to > achieve at present? (If not, I would like to submit it as a feature > request.) > > 2. This may be due to the default 11.04 theme or something, but the > difference between the selected and non-selected windows in Super-W/S > mode is minimal. Is it possible to change this? Both of these settings are configurable to taste in CompizConfig Settings Manager. Look for "Scale" under "Window Management". You may need to install CCSM first from the software centre. Regardless, altering the defaults may be worth doing. I upgraded from an already-customized Maverick, so I never got a chance to use the new default settings. Cheers, Evan ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ayatana] Super-W for programs in current workspace
> Both of these settings are configurable to taste in CompizConfig > Settings Manager. Look for "Scale" under "Window Management". You may > need to install CCSM first from the software centre. > > Regardless, altering the defaults may be worth doing. I upgraded from > an already-customized Maverick, so I never got a chance to use the new > default settings. Thanks for the suggestion, managed to find out how to change the Super-W behaviour in the Scale plugin. I found no setting for changing how the selected window is marked when in the window picker mode though. Any suggestions on where I might find this? //Leo ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ayatana] Super-W for programs in current workspace
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Leo Barnes wrote: >> Both of these settings are configurable to taste in CompizConfig >> Settings Manager. Look for "Scale" under "Window Management". You may >> need to install CCSM first from the software centre. >> >> Regardless, altering the defaults may be worth doing. I upgraded from >> an already-customized Maverick, so I never got a chance to use the new >> default settings. > > Thanks for the suggestion, managed to find out how to change the > Super-W behaviour in the Scale plugin. I found no setting for changing > how the selected window is marked when in the window picker mode > though. Any suggestions on where I might find this? Hmm. I thought that that was under Scale as well, but it looks like it's actually under "Scale Addons". I really don't know why they split it in two. Just enable "Scale Addons", and it's at the bottom of the second tab of options. Cheers, Evan ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ayatana] Improving the display of icons in the Applications window
First of all, sorry for not knowing the right name of this window, I just know it as "the one that shows up when the Ubuntu button is clicked". I've thought of three points in which this window can be improved: 1) When using the Applications lens looking for an internet application for example: if the application I'm looking for is not included in the first 6 shown, I must click again to get to it. But seeing that there is unused space, why can't the Installed section be already expanded to 12 applications when I open it? Take a look: http://i.imgur.com/4IgH8.png And this is the way I think it should be right when I open it: http://i.imgur.com/2kN3d.png 2) The second point is in the way the applications are ordered. As can be seen on the previous screenshots cited, they are currently ordered alphabetically. Has ordering them by frequency of use been considered as an alternative or would changing the icon's positions over time break the muscle memory of going to the old icon position? 3) If the user chooses to maximize this window, why isn't this choice kept for all the next times he opens it? -- Caio Alonso ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
