On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:21:46 -0600 "David C. Rankin" <drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> said:
> Guy, > > I can't figure out why task switching feels so weird in e? I have a > feeling that the task que (or whatever e uses to keep track of task > switching) doesn't push the current app to the top of the que so you end up > having to alt+tab 5 times just to get back to the application you were just > using. It is supposed to be like that?? it absolutely does push it to the top. in fact there is explicit code to do just that, and it's doing it here (e17). alt+tab once goes to app 1 (from app 2), then again from app 1 to app 2 - and back (as long as u release alt in between - that ends the action. if you dont only the finally xzselected window is put on the top. this is how it works pretty much everywhere). if for any reason an app is focused in between (and pointer focus can focus anything under the mouse) then this will be put on the top of the list. for those that love alt-tab, it tends to be mutually exclusive to pointer/sloppy focus - so use click to focus. > Right now the task switch order is: > > kmail (this email) > firefox ?? > kwrite (what I was using before kmail) > > (18k) > see: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/ss/e/e17/taskswitch-01.jpg > > Case-in-point, the app I was using immediately before opening this > new email was kwrite. In the task list pop-up kwrite is now 2 down below > firefox that I haven't used since before (going backwards): > > kmail_new_msg <- kmail <- kwrite <- konsole <- firefox > > I just don't get it in e. I have to hit alt+tab multiple times almost > every time I want to go back to the immediate prior app. Usually, in all > other dt's, the task switcher takes you back to the app you were using > immediately prior to the current app. If this is a feature, what's the > secret. How do I think like the e task switcher to know what I'm going to get > when I alt+tab back? > > I have noticed that manually focussing the windows with a mouse-click > to the title bar seems to alter the alt+tab order, but I can't determine > exactly what logic it is using. Here, for purposes of this example, I wanted > to be able to alt+tab back and forth between this email message and kwrite > with a single alt+tab, so I have tried manually focussing this email, and > then kwrite by clicking on the titlebars in sequence, but still firefox is > stuck in the middle no matter what I do. > > Now after using thunar, konqueror, firefox (to confirm the screenshot > was available) bloody kwrite and this email are now side-by-side in the task > list and I can now alt+tab between them like I originally wanted to do, but > how they got there by going "kmail -> thunar -> konqueror -> firefox -> > kmail" completely escapes me :-( > > What way should I be looking at tast switching in e so I can > understand it? Is it documented somewhere? > > Thanks for any insight you may have. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
