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Re: Thoughts on Pantheon Hide Mode

 

Right that's why I said I don't doubt it should be changed xD

Best Regards,
Daniel Foré

El sep 20, 2012, a las 9:43 p.m., Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:

> 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 Window dodge has been superseded by intellihide.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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