The All Windows functionality is a port by lyonel of his Cinnamon applet (now included in Cinnamon 1.6+).
It displays a menu listing all open windows on all workspaces on the right-hand side of the GNOME top bar and allows quickly switching between them.
At the top of the menu, preceding the listing of open windows, are two buttons: Save window positions and Restore window positions.
The buttons are used to remember and restore the positions of the open windows in the display. The set of window positions is associated with the current display size, which can change when monitors are added or removed. Each display size has its own set of window positions.
In addition, window positions are automatically saved when the computer is suspended and restored when it is resumed. This provides a workaround for Bug #1778983 “Resume from suspend on Wayland breaks window positioning” : Bugs : mutter package : Ubuntu.
- Restore does not manage which windows are on top. However, in testing to date the correct windows have always been shown on top.
- When a password is required after a suspend, enough time typically passes for the restore to happen automatically. If not, Restore window positions must manually be pressed.
- Without a password, Bug #1885444 “Suspend/sleep waits 30 seconds” : Bugs : xfce4-screensaver package : Ubuntu prevents automatic restore from operating.
There is nothing to configure.
To install this extension you can either
- use http://extensions.gnome.org (caution: it may not contain the most recent versions)
- use the GNOME Tweaking tool
- copy it under ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/all-windows-srwp@jkavery.github.io/ in your home directory
- use the install.sh script to install automatically
Note: you may have to explicitly enable the extension using the GNOME Tweaking tool after installation.
This extension has been tested on GNOME 40.
This extension is released under the GNU Public License version 2.