Hello,
IMHO, I'd like that if only 1 windows of an application is opened
and visible, click on the dock icon minimizes it, too.
When more than 1 window is open, whether are they all visible or
not, click on the icon should display the miniatures of all windows,
like it does now, but put on the right side / bottom the current
window, and show on the top left the other ones - if we want to
switch to another window, the best is to have less mouse movement to
do, so having the other one(s) very close to the dock, for the
moment it is not the case...
Xavier.
On 19/04/2011 16:15, Marco Biscaro wrote:
Ian, I think you're right.
applications != windows
An application can have zero or more windows. I think the question
here is consistency:
If your application has just one window, when you click on the
launcher icon, this window will minimize. But if you have 3 opened
windows to that application? What should happen when you click the
launcher icon if:
1. All windows are visible?
2. Two windows are visible and one is already minimized?
3. One window is visible and two are already minimized?
4. All windows are minimized?
Considering that there is just one icon per application, I think
the best way to minimize a window is to click the minimize button
of that window. If I'm not mistaken, this why clicking on launcher
icons doesn't minimize windows.
Besides this, If you want to organize your windows, you can use
the workspaces to arrange them. And use <Super>+D to show
desktop if needed.
On Ter, 2011-04-19 at 07:30 -0600, Ian Santopietro wrote:
It was my understanding that the
launcher icons only represent apps, and since an app can't
really be minimized (only windows of that app), they don't do
it. It works with Gnome 2 because the list was a list of
windows. It would be clicking on a Gnome 2 shortcut and having
the windows of that app minimize.
I might be wrong here though.
On Apr 19, 2011 7:19 AM, "Bazon" <bazonbloch@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Bug 733349] Re: Natty: Unity launcher buttons
should allow to
> minimize apps, not just launch/restore
> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:45:08 -0000
> From: Michael <733349@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Bug 733349 <733349@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> > I'm sure that if you ask on the Ayatana mailing list
they will be happy
>
>> to explain, and perhaps to discuss, the reasoning.
>
>
> OK, so here we go:
> Why isn't it possible any more to minimize windows when
clicking a further time on the button which represents the
application?
> That was possible with the Gnome Panel Window Switcher, it
is possible in the XFCE taskbar, it is possible in Cairo-Dock,
it is possible with the MS Windows taskbar and probably many
more.
>
> So why break users expectations?
> You leave the experienced user in frustration while the
inexperienced user will not be mocked by minimizing on an extra
click he probably never makes.
> (Showing and hiding a window quick by clicking two times on
the icon/switcher is a very common practice.)
>
> I believe it's generally not a good idea that clicking on
an interactive element of your screen leads to NOTHING.
>
> Some users will wonder whether their system is responding
slow, experienced users who are used to the minimize behaviour
will miss it.
> (and you know, many of them are already frustrated enough
losing Gnome 2 features.....)
>
>
> So please reconsider allowing minimizing windows by
clicking on the launcher.
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