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Re: [Bug 933776] Re: [regression] scale/spread: "Initiate Window Picker for All Windows" does not show all windows. It shows only windows from current workspace.

 

Here it is working fine. Fresh 13.04


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On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Doug McMahon <933776@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 6/1/2013 6:59 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > I'm still having this problem on a fresh install of 13.04 64-bit.
> Scott - the *ability* to pick a window group from all Ws's has been
> enabled But no default binding is being set in 13.04 & 13.10 in
> scale.xml (.in)
> So you'll need to set a binding yourself in
> compizconfig-settings-manager (ccsm) > scale > bindings
> Atm super+w is default for current Ws, suggested for all Ws's is
> shift+alt+up though you can set as desired
>
> (bindings for *both* could be default enabled as I previously mentioned
> but at this point just take care of as a user...
>
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>
> Title:
>   [regression] scale/spread: "Initiate Window Picker for All Windows"
>   does not show all windows. It shows only windows from current
>   workspace.
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>   New
> Status in Compiz:
>   Fix Released
> Status in Compiz Core:
>   Triaged
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “compiz” source package in Precise:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Test Case]
>   1. Open few applications on workspace 1
>   2. Open a few more applications on workspace 2
>   3. Press the shortcut for 'initiate window picker for all windows'
> (Super+W by default)
>      -> Verify that the scale plugin shows windows from both workspaces,
> not only from one of them
>
>   4. To verify, press the shortcut for 'initiate window picker'
> (Shift+Alt+UpArrow by default)
>      -> Verify that the scale plugin only shows windows from the current
> workspace
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>   No real regression potential, in the impossible case the scale plugin
> might stop working
>
>   Original description:
>
>   compiz expo plugin have the option to change the scale plugin behavior
>   but that does not work unity Unity..
>
>   1. start ccsm, go to scale plugin, go to bindings tab
>   2. see 'initiate window picker for all window' is enabled
>
>   What happen:
>   that setting is being overridden by Unity since super+w only shows
> windows from current workspace.
>
>   --------------------------------------------
>   Desired resolution:
>
>   - As the change request conflicts with bug #689733 , the current
>   default behaviour of the spread should not change.  Also significant
>   changes to Ubuntu's default behaviour should not be made in a SRU.
>
>   - In the medium term this functionality will be replaced by 'The
>   Spread'.  See http://design.canonical.com/2012/03/task-switching-in-
>   ubuntu-and-a-introduction-to-the-spread/ and also
>   http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/unity-task-switching/ for more
>   details.  Please discuss feedback on these designs in the comments of
>   the design blog post linked to above that announced this feature.
>
>   - In the short term what we can do is expose this option in 'System
>   Settings / Keyboard / Shortcuts'.  We can add two new actions to this
>   panel:
>
>   'Spread all windows on the current workspace'  (default setting: Super+W)
>   and
>   'Spread all windows on all workspaces' (default setting: Disabled)
>
>   and then it will be easy for users to choose the behaviour that suites
>   them best.
>
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Title:
  [regression] scale/spread: "Initiate Window Picker for All Windows"
  does not show all windows. It shows only windows from current
  workspace.

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