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[Cody Garver <codygarver@xxxxxxxxx>]

The only satisfying behavior I've found is to never hide the dock.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Florian Reifschneider <
flore2003@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I do agree on changing the multi-display behavior, but I think it would be
> irritating to hide the dock, if there is a maximized window on the current
> workspace with a not maximized window top of it that is focused.
>
> I do like to see my dock for notifications and stuff if I'm for example
> working in windowed scratch atop a maximized browser window.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Window dodge has been superseded by intellihide.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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