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[nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've brought up the idea before that there should be a launcher-icon for activating spread-Mode (similar to the spaces icon). Obviously it would be preferable if the icon could be pinned and unpinned from the launcher at the will of the user. 

> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:19:11 +0100
> From: joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx
> To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Unity-design] Mouse-way to display a spread view of windows?
> 
> It just dawned on me that we have no mouse-way of displaying a spread 
> view of windows, like super+w. Middle-clicking the Ubuntu button 
> currently does nothing. Perhaps it could be used to display the spread 
> view? This would sort of correspond to clicking on an already focused 
> application with more than one window. Instead of displaying all Firefox 
> windows, for instance, it would display all windows in Ubuntu – meaning 
> every open window. It may not be entirely obvious, but it does somehow 
> make sense, doesn't it? :)
> 
> Or what about making the workspace switcher a dual-action button with a 
> left click being used to display a spread of windows and right click 
> being used to access the workspace switcher?
> 
> The point is that I would really like to have a mouse-way of displaying 
> a spread view of windows, but I don't think I'd like to add another 
> launcher entry just for that.
> 
> Just a few thoughts.
> 
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> 
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