** Description changed:
It would be very useful if you could simply hover over an icon of an
open app and scroll with the mouse wheel to switch and highlight between
the windows of that app, if it has more.
+
+ ---------------------------------
+ Desired resolution:
+
+ Try implementing the following as an experiment. Before the change
+ described below lands in Ubuntu *it must first be user tested, and
+ reviewed by the design team*
+
+
+ If the pointer is positioned over the Launcher icon of an application that is
in focus which has multiple windows open in the following order A,B,C,D,E:
+
+ - Scrolling the mouse wheel 'one click towards the user' should display the
next window (B) of the application in the Z stack. e.g.
+ Starting Z stack order: A,B,C,D,E
+ Output Z stack order: B,A,C,D,E
+
+
+ - Scrolling the mouse wheel 'one click away from the user' should display the
bottom window (E) in the application in the Z stack
+ Starting Z stack order: A,B,C,D,E
+ Output Z stack order: E,A,B,C,D
+
+
+ - Scrolling the mouse wheel 'two clicks towards the user' should first
briefly display the next window of the application in the Z stack (window B)
after the first mousewheel click, and then on the second mousewheel click
return window B to it's previous position in the z-stack and display window C.
+ Starting Z stack order: A,B,C,D,E
+ Output Z stack order: C,A,B,D,E
+
+ - Scrolling the mouse wheel 'two clicks away from the user' should first
briefly display the bottom window of the application in the Z stack (window E)
after the first mousewheel click, and then on the second mousewheel click
return window E to it's previous position in the z-stack and display the next
most bottom window, window D.
+ Starting Z stack order: A,B,C,D,E
+ Output Z stack order: D,A,B,C,E
+
+
+ - Scrolling the mouse wheel 'three clicks towards the user' should first
briefly display the next window of the application in the Z stack (window B)
after the first mousewheel click, and then return window B to it's previous
position in the z-stack and briefly display the next window of the application
in the Z stack (window C) after the second mousewheel click, and then on the
third mousewheel click return window C to it's previous position in the z-stack
and display window D.
+ Starting Z stack order: A,B,C,D,E
+ Output Z stack order: D,A,B,C,E
+
+
+ - etc, etc... for more windows and more mouse wheel clicks in either
direction.
+
+
+ If the application *is not* in focus when the user moves their pointer over
the Launcher app icon, the first mouse wheel click towards or away from the
user should focus the application, and bring the top most window in the
application's z stack to the front of the global z stack. Subsequent clicks of
the mouse wheel the operate exactly as described above.
+
+ If the application is not running, or has only one open window mouse
+ wheel clicking towards or away from the user when the pointer is over
+ the application's launcher icon should do nothing.
+
+ Because this behaviour will conflict with the current use of the mouse
+ wheel to scroll the launcher, the mouse wheel launcher scroll should be
+ changed to only work when the ALT key is held down. e.g. to scroll the
+ launcher with the mouse wheel the user will have to press ALT +
+ MOUSEWHEEL UP or press ALT + MOUSEWHEEL DOWN
** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Assignee: (unassigned) => John Lea (johnlea)
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: unity
Importance: Wishlist => High
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: unity
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
** Summary changed:
- (small improvement) More Effective Window Switch WIth Sidebar
+ Launcher, Window Management - More Effective window switching for apps with
multiple windows using the Launcher
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