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[Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Window dodge has been superseded by intellihide. Also, it's probably
important to note the _current_ Pantheon hiding behavior:

• Hide when the focused app is maximized.

This makes hiding and multiple displays iffy, as well as causing the
aforementioned issues.
On Sep 20, 2012 5:04 PM, "Harvey Cabaguio" <harveycabaguio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Never mind, I was thinking of window dodge.
>
> Well, I don't think I would mind this change, +/- on it.
> On Sep 20, 2012 5:00 PM, "Harvey Cabaguio" <harveycabaguio@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> There was something like this on docky 2.0 no?
>> On Sep 20, 2012 4:45 PM, "Cassidy James" <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Rico (rockstar developer who's been actively helping in the departments
>>> of Gala and Plank) added a hide mode to our version of Plank that hides it
>>> when the focused app is maximized (which is set as the default behavior in
>>> Luna). I've been using this and occasionally run into instances where the
>>> dock doesn't behave exactly as I would expect, so I've been trying to think
>>> of some better logic. Here's what I've come up with:
>>>
>>>    - Hide when *any* app is maximized *on the current display*.
>>>
>>> I think this clarification would resolve some issues I've had, such as:
>>>
>>>    - Dock hiding when a window on a different display is focused and
>>>    maximized.
>>>    - Dock overlapping maximized windows if the focused window's not
>>>    maximized.
>>>
>>> My question is, would this be desirable? The important thing to remember
>>> is that the other three modes (no hide, auto hide, intellihide) would
>>> remain available and unchanged; this is only a question about our
>>> "Pantheon" hiding mode.
>>>
>>> Let me hear your thoughts about this specific hide mode.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cassidy James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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