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[Xavier Guillot <Valeryan_24@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I try a last "up" as there has been no answer regarding this behavior of 
Unity Dock to switch between opened windows of same application when 
clicking on the icon : for me it is very more nice to have current 
window displayed on screen at right and other(s) left just near the mouse.

Nobody has an opinion about that ?

Thanks. Xavier.

On 28/02/2011 22:06, Valeryan_24 wrote:
> I also noticed something on Minefield (nightly development version of 
> Firefox) :
>
> When there are many windows opened and one is not maximized (ex: 
> Download manager, or links / javascript launches un-maximized new 
> window), when clicking on the Minefield icon on Unity dock, it ALWAYS 
> shows at left (or top left) this un-maximized window, even if I'm on 
> another one when switching.
>
> This happens on Minefield, not on normal Ubuntu Firefox or 
> Thunderbird, but also for example on Tomboy.
>
> If I open many notes, maximize all except one, this one will always 
> appear at (top) left.
>
> Would it be possible to add a configuration option to make current 
> window going to the (top) right when clicking to switch, and other(s) 
> on (top) left or bottom ?
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Unity is getting very fine and I enjoy using it.
> >
> > Regarding one particular thing, I would like to change the default
> > behavior if possible, sorry if this has already been discussed and
> > decided.
> >
> > It's related to switch between application windows when more than 1  
> > is opened.
> >
> > For the icons in left Unity dock, there are 1, 2, 3... white triangles
> > if 1, 2, 3 windows of the same application are active (ex : many
> > Firefox instances, or Firefox + bookmarks page, or Thunderbird +
> > address book + mail redaction, or many Nautilus windows...)
> >
> > When we want to switch from one of these windows to another, we have to
> > click on the icon in Unity dock, and it shows us with an animation a
> > small view of all these windows.
> >
> > Here I'd like that the current window is shown at the right side and
> > the other shown closest and near the Unity dock, it would make less
> > mouse move to change window.
> >
> > Some examples to be clear :
> >
> > http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1298217934.png
> >
> > I am on the Firefox window on Ubuntu page, and I want to switch on the
> > window with Google page. When I click to Minefield icon on dock, it
> > shows me on left side the current window, and I have to go with mouse
> > on the right to select the other window.
> >
> > When there is only 1 window of an app' opened, nothing happens if I
> > click on the dock icon (no hide, no launch of another instance),
> > logical.
> >
> > So, if there are many windows opened, if I click on the icon, it
> > normally means that I want to switch between them. In this case, it
> > would make sense that the other windows are shown the nearest from my
> > mouse, to make me easy and quick to switch, and not have to go on the
> > other part of the screen.
> >
> > With 3 windows opened :
> >
> > http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1298218213.png
> >
> > Here I was on Thunderbird main screen (with inbox mails), and again
> > when I click on the icon, this screen is the first proposed to me in
> > top left. As I want to switch to one of the 2 other windows, I expect
> > Thunderbird main screen shown on the most far position, on top right,
> > and 2 others on bottom and top left.
> >
> > What do you think of that ?
> >
> > In this case also, could another click on dock icon re-maximize current
> > window (if finally we do not want to switch) ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance. Best regards,
> >
> > Xavier
>
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