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[Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

The multi-display setup as-is is broken. If I maximize an app on a
secondary display and there's no app on the primary display, the dock
should *not* hide.

Regards,
Cassidy James
On Sep 20, 2012 11:19 PM, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm iffy on hiding the dock for *any* maximized window, but then again I
> personally think Maximized apps should be all alone on their workspace (and
> that's how I work) so it doesn't really affect me. I guess we'd have to ask
> people who use unfocused, maximized apps :p
>
> But I don't doubt that the multi-monitor thing should be changed.
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Cody Garver <codygarver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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 Window dodge has been superseded by intellihide.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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>
> Daniel Foré
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