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[Locked] Workspace specific multiple taskbars
poypoy English 1 brianw [Read]
29 November 2014 à 05:25

poypoy, Saturday 15 November 2014 à 15:39


Subscription date : 15 November 2014
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I always thought that this is something Linux is missing in general. The ability to know which programs are running on other workspaces. In xfce, I move my mouse over to the other edge of the screen to switch to one of the three workspaces I have. But if I've been working for a while, it can get a bit hectic and it can be easy to forget which windows are where.

Trying the elementary theme and noticing how nice the sidedocks look gave me the idea:

Taskbars that correspond to the side of the screen they are on and another workspace is relative to. The icons themselves would serve more as a pointer to the other workspace rather than something you would actually need to click.

~example: I'm in in the middle workspace (2of3), on workspace1 I have iceweasel and on workspace3 is a terminal. So, on the left dock it shows an iceweasel icon and on the right dock it shows a terminal icon. The current workspace taskbar could be a seperate part of those docks, or (as I would have it) on the bottom dock.


What do you think?
(Is it at all possible?)

brianw, Saturday 29 November 2014 à 05:25


Subscription date : 25 April 2012
Messages : 270
Thank you for this feedback and sorry for the delay.

I think I understand what you are saying. On the main configuration (in advanced mode under Taskbar) there is a setting for the Behaviour that says 'Only show applications from the current desktop' and what you are suggesting is that a sub-dock can also show applications. The main dock would be set to 'Only show applications from the current desktop' and the side docks would have a setting that says 'Only show applications from the left/right desktop' depending on their placement.

I am not a developer so I do not know if this can be implemented or how difficult it would be but I do know that the developers read all feedback and take it into consideration. The information you have provided will help the developers considerably in their work so thank you for providing such detail in your comment.

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[Locked] Workspace specific multiple taskbars
poypoy English 1 brianw [Read]
29 November 2014 à 05:25


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