Re: Tasklist vs. gnome pager behavior
- From: Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>
- To: "David B . Lounsberry" <dlounsberry kc rr com>
- Cc: gnome-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Tasklist vs. gnome pager behavior
- Date: 15 Feb 2000 20:36:49 -0500
"David B . Lounsberry" <dlounsberry@kc.rr.com> writes:
>
> In gnome-pager I was able to click on a non-iconified task and the
> window manager would switch to the desktop or viewport where the window
> resided and bring it into focus. It looks like tasklist does not support
> switching desktops because it does work as long as the task is iconfied
> or residing in the same desktop. I am using sawmill if that makes a
> difference.
>
I got it to do this once but it seems a little buggy with the oldish
version of sawmill I have (you can add tasks on other desktops to the
tasklist, look at the properties dialog).
> Another nice feature of gnome-pager was that you could double click
> mouse 2 on a task in the tasklist and the window iconify and de-iconify
> in the current desktop. Tasklist will only iconify a window if it's in
> the current desktop. It does work however if you click on mouse 3 and
> select iconify but that's not as easy.
>
Sounds like a good feature.
> And lastly, I have seen messages talking about the mini-icons showing up
> in tasklist but I have not seen this work.
>
Do you have them turned on? They should appear for apps that set them,
which most GNOME apps don't.
Havoc
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