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[request] Do not reorder window thumbnails after clicking on them #639
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The idea is that the fist window is always the active app, or the last used window. This is consistent with the behaviour of the alt+tab/alt+` window switcher. I agree it can be confusing at moments. I would need to play with this behaviour and see how it would work. Do you know what MS Windows does in its implementation? |
For some reason I find that reordering annoying, not sure why. Maybe Mac OS doesn't reorder it. I will check it in Windows and Mac and report back. Thanks |
Does MacOS have a similar feature? I didn't know that. |
This is indeed the default behavior in windows as well as in dash-to-panel. While I understand the logic behind the current design, I think it would be nice to implement as a feature at least since it's less disorienting to users like me who are used to static ordering. |
Sorry for taking it so long, I have tripple boot, but it's pain to reboot when I have lots of windows open. The menu after right-clicking. Currently selected window has a tick symbol, minimized one has a diamond symbol.
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So yes, the ordering is static in both OSes. I returned back to GNU/Linux after some time working on Mac so that's why I find this reorder annoying. :) |
Maybe just highlight the last used / active window instead of putting it on top? That would always be useful, even if the current one is on top :) |
Maybe this behavior can be configured via a setting. So the default behavior displays the most recent active window as fist and one can choose to not have the order of the window changed. |
The same problem. |
The reordering is really confusing to me and many of my colleagues that are experienced programers I kind of forced to upgrade to 18.04 also do suffer because of this issue, as one sometimes want to switch to another window and switch back just to find out that the top order of the windows has changed. |
@thenewnano @PureLines can yuo checkout this branch https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/tree/feature/windows_previews_static_order? I have change the behaviour to be a stable order (from the first to the latest launched window I believe), which implies no separation between windows on different workspace is considered. This only applies to the dedicated popup menu (i.e. the onw available as a click option), which I believe is where the confusion mostly happens. Is this the behaviour you are looking for? Does it work as expected? |
Hi @micheleg YES! I did check out the branch and run it and it is exactly how we wanted it to behave! |
Yes! Thank you a lot, @micheleg! |
I’d like us to get this merged in to the Ubuntu version this cycle too. Thank you very much for working on it! |
I've tested the feature/windows_previews_static_order version as well and now the window preview works exactly how I would expect it to. |
+1 for static order of windows in the dock. So unbearable having to click through similarly looking windows all day long, to find the one you need. |
I've merged the branch in master [86f4404] as the new and only behaviour, as it seems indeed more reasonable than the current one. |
Hi, I just want to note. |
Hi, I'm running Dash to Dock v64 in gnome-tweak-tools extensions on ubuntu 18.10, and I'm still having windows re-order themselves by most recently used. How would I go about adding this patch to my machine? |
Any chance for v65 appearing on https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/? |
Thank you so much @vainyksi ! |
Current patch that works on up-to-date 18.04:
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Thanks for the help. It worked! Just to avoid confusion for others, it is |
THANK YOU :D! This was really annoying... |
Just to add, for someone like me who is new to applying patch files to code.
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Ubuntu 18.10 |
My Gnome didn't restart. got it fixed: |
I have Dash to dock configured to display previews of opened windows after clicking on the icon of an app with multiple windows open. That works nicely, after clicking on the second window it switches to that window. Problem is, the next time I click on the app icon, the currently focused window is first in the list.
Can it be made so that it would sort windows in the order of their creation and keep the order?
It can be (hidden) configuration option, I guess it would be quick to implement?
The same applies to proposed "Show window previews on mouse hover" functionality (#574).
Thanks
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