Re: [Ayatana] Windows in Unity

[Carlos Ataíde <ataide.carlos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Ctrl + Tab is already being used to cycle through tabs in Firefox, and some other programs that use tabs. I'd say this could be set up as default for others.

For opening a new windowm Ctrl + N is pretty much universal.

Thanks!

2011/4/16 Bazon <bazonbloch@xxxxxxxx>

On 16.04.2011 00:58, Toki Tahmid wrote:

Hi,

Using Natty since Alpha 3, I've noticed a few pitfalls. First, it's not easy to view and select open windows of the same program, and open new windows.

You may be interested in this bug and its easy workaround:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/734253
very hard to distinguish/select text documents in the expose window spread

Secondly, the menu bar in the panel, when the window is not maximised, and being completely hidden until the mouse cursor hovers on it's location.

This was discussed here over and other without any result as far.
Even worse IMHO: When you have a maximized background window, it looks like the menu belongs to the maximized window. but it doesn't, so you don't have any windowcontrols and therefore it is impossible to minimize the maximized background window in a easy way.

For switching windows of the same program, while I cannot come up with an easy graphical means, I've got a good suggestion. Since we're already used to changing windows with Alt + Tab, we can use Shift + Tab to switch windows of the same program, as if to say, "shift between windows". Similarly, we can use Ctrl + Tab to open a window of the same program, as in "control the program".

Sounds like a good idea to me!



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