On 04-Jan-2002 Jan Schaumann wrote: > Hi all, > > Here's a little (?) feature request, or at least the proposal to discuss > it: > > I have "Smart Placement" (columns, left to right and bottom to top) > enabled and that works just fine. However, suppose I open a terminal > and maximize the window, the next window will not find a free spot on > the screen and will be placed wherever (usually in the top-left quarter > with subsequent windows cascading). > > I was wondering if it would make sense for BB when the > focussed window covers the whole screen (ie is maximized, and since it's > focussed no other windows are visible) to behave the same way as if > there wasn't any window at all; that is, the next window would then (in > my case) again be placed in the bottom-left corner. I think I really > would like that behaviour. >
To put it simply, until Workspace::placeWindow is written to not be a complete and total putrid mess of code no new features involving window placement make any sense. If you want to scare yourself silly, give the code and look and try to implement your suggestion (-: This is not to say that I do not think that is an interesting approach, it is just that making it work currently would not be fun at all.