[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
I doubt this is really the right place for this comment but hoping someone can point me to the proper location. Just switched to precise and the ctrl-alt-tab is a major improvement on the previous behaviour -- thank you so much for implementing it. However, this bug has made me awre of kde activities, which seem to me an even better solutin to my issues. Are there plans to implement something closer to activities, and/or are there suggestions for simulating activites in the current precise environment? thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
Workspaces? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released ** Tags removed: udp ** Tags added: reviewedbydesignp -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Changed in: unity Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
This bug was fixed in the package unity - 5.2.0-0ubuntu1 --- unity (5.2.0-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low * New upstream release. - Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace (LP: #863399) - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in BamfLauncherIcon::NameForWindow() (LP: #865840) - Gradual degradation in desktop performance. (LP: #888039) - compiz (unity) crashes with SIGSEGV when a window is minimized. (LP: #918329) - FavoriteStore external change support (LP: #681503) - Launcher - Make Launcher left of screen reveal more responsive and less prone to false positives (LP: #765819) - Window auto-maximise functionality should be disabled on monitors with a resolution above 1024 x 600 (LP: #797808) - Dash: very high latency responding to input (LP: #828582) - Dash - Behaviour of the 'All' button in the Dash filters broken in several ways (LP: #841864) - alt-tab - The app title in the top left of the top bar should change as the alt-tab focus changes (LP: #855516) - Keyboard shortcut - Add keyboard shortcut hint overlay that is displayed when a user presses and holds the Super key (LP: #855532) - Unity crashes when started in an environment without utouch support (LP: #860707) - Dash - Remove Dash Home shortcut icons (LP: #885738) - Dash - Most Frequently Used apps change to Recently Used, without Launcher favorites (LP: #893214) - Should have a launcher on every monitor (LP: #915944) - Launcher autohide behaviour on multi-monitor (LP: #915946) - the unity wrapper should kill compiz before restarting it (LP: #919132) - Launcher - Implement workspace/launcher cross interactions (LP: #690143) - Application icons should only display windows from the current workspace in the window spread (LP: #689733) - Notification area (system tray) missing when using dual monitors of different sizes, with their bottoms aligned (LP: #778256) - Clicking Nautilus launcher icon fails to open a Nautilus file explorer window when copying a file and all other Nautilus windows are closed / bamf should skip the taskbar (LP: #784804) - Dash - the search box is not aligned correctly relative to the Launcher BFB button (LP: #838904) - Dash - A expand/collapse arrow is missing from all the filter category headers (LP: #841870) - Dash - the filter buttons should not have a mouse over state (LP: #838901) - Dash - the Filter results text is the wrong size, wrong font weight, and aligned incorrectly in both the vertical and horizontal axis (LP: #863240) - Add SUPER+TAB switching mode that enables the user to switch applications via the Launcher (LP: #891620) - Software Centre - automatically add app icon to launcher (LP: #761851) - Compiz add transparency to titlebar along with the panel (LP: #912682) - The search box is too opaque and dark (LP: #913717) - Dash - Make statefulness of Dash Home and Dash Lenses consistent (LP: #914759) - Unity 5.0: All button for filters render as ... (LP: #915200) - Adding an option to the Sources filter from a remote Python scope doesn't work (LP: #916758) - super+tab switcher shows shortcut overlay sometimes (LP: #918453) - SUPER+TAB switcher should be circular (LP: #919018) - launcher not hiding in one design-specified case (LP: #919162) - The Unity hints overlay should refer to Trash instead of Rubbish Bin (LP: #920529) - middle-click pasting in run dialog [Alt]+[F2] doesn't work (LP: #842462) - Dash - Genre filter category in the Music Lens should use a 3 column layout (LP: #841902) - Expo plugin not marked as essential for Unity plugin (in ccsm) (LP: #897697) - unity log messages in ~/.xsession-errors are NOT identified as coming from unity (LP: #908004) - Launcher icon progress overlay is drawn incorrectly when using odd icon size (LP: #911553) - Menus don't hide if moving cursor during alt+tab (LP: #913889) - When removing icon from launcher by unselecting Keep in launcher in the quick, it's super+number shortcut becomes unaccessible until I put another icon on the launcher (LP: #914018) - It should be possible to escape from SUPER+TAB with Escape key (LP: #919019) - Clicking on an empty areas makes the dash search bar lose focus (LP: #919567) - Dash - the options in the filter results section are the wrong size, aligned incorrectly, and the button outline width is incorrect (LP: #863246) - clicking filter categories in lenses changes search box hint text. (LP: #923988) - Dash home screen contains previous search result (LP: #924649) - checkbox-unity: test descriptions need an update (LP: #924669) - Missing dependency on python-gconf (LP: #923288) * debian/control:
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
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[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Changed in: unity Milestone: backlog = 5.2.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
Checking the box now exactly matches the described behavior. ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
I've recently installed 12.04 alpha and the default behaviour was to alt-tab between all applications (rather than windows) across all viewports. Hopefully this change is incorporated before the final release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
I agree with the loss of productivity here, and am glad this will make it into 12.04. I hope to see a backport on this though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
I agree the current ALT+TAB behavior is is totally counterintuitive and a usability regression. Quoting Gnurfos from ubuntuforums, Users don't assign windows randomly to workspaces, they rather dedicate workspaces to their 'meta-tasks'. And then they have 2 use cases: - switch between meta-tasks, in which case they switch workspace - stay on the same task but switch windows (inside this task) I don't see any other reason why users should put applications on different workspaces if not to be able to fast switch among applications of a meta-task and put the other applications aside so that they don't interfere with the current work. For these reasons I believe Alt-TAB, by default, should only switch between applications of the current Workspace. I hope this fix will be backported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
@marco-lackovic; In 12.04, by default Alt-tab will only switch between windows on the currently visible workspace(s). ** Description changed: The new Unity alt-tab switcher aggregates windows from all workspaces and groups them by application. This replaces the old default, which would switch through windows on the current workspace only. The omission of the ability to switch between windows only on the current workspace removes some core functionality of workspaces. It creates impracticalities for using workspaces in a keyboard-driven workflow. I will illustrate these below. For this discussion I presume that the user has more than one window on some or all workspaces, since otherwise much of the point of workspaces becomes moot. Previous keyboard driven alt-tab workflow: User moves to relevant workspace with ctrl-alt-[arrow]. They alt-tab to select the desired window on that workspace. If the user has grouped windows together on a workspace because they want to use them together, for example a word processor and some open PDFs, switching quickly between them while typing is straightforward and fast. If they tab to the wrong window it will gain focus and they will quickly tab to the new one. Keyboard driven workflow using new alt-tab: Ctrl-alt-[arrow] becomes redundant, since alt-tab will take the user to whichever workspace the application is on, so the user is no longer directly using the spacial workspace concept. Alt-tab may take longer to navigate because it contains all windows on all workspaces. Switching between windows intentionally grouped onto one workspace becomes more laborious because there are many erroneous windows. Furthermore, if the user accidentally selects the wrong window it can be quite dizzying since they are unexpectedly whisked away to another workspace, then back again when they select the right one. This raises the question: why use the spacial concept of workspaces at all, when the window must be selected from a single long list anyway? The solution is to add a new shortcut for cycling between windows on a single workspace (and without grouping them by application). That is, the old behavior but on a new key combination. I propose that the most elegant keybinding for this would be ctrl-alt- tab, because this links well with the keys for moving between workspaces, enabling a smooth flow for selecting a workspace and then a window on it. Proposed ctrl-alt-tab workflow: User moves to relevant workspace with ctrl-alt-[arrow]. Continuing to hold ctr-alt down, they may use tab to select the desired window on that workspace. Moving between windows intentionally grouped onto a workspace is again fast and efficient. + + + + Desired Solution: + + - In 12.04, by default Alt-tab should only switch between windows on the + currently visible workspace (or workspaces in the case of multiple + monitors). ** Changed in: unity Status: Fix Committed = Confirmed ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Confirmed ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Fix Released = Triaged ** Changed in: ayatana-design Assignee: (unassigned) = John Lea (johnlea) ** Changed in: ayatana-design Importance: Undecided = High ** Tags added: udp ** Changed in: unity Milestone: None = backlog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
I would also like to see this fix backported if possible. The compiz workaround is better than nothing, but as others have mentioned, only works on compiz-friendly systems. It's a major regression in one of the most frequently used parts of the UI. Even a fix in a PPA would be welcome, though most would never see it. Glad to see that it has been fixed in any case, even if we can't actually see it yet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
In 11.10, I can not use the ccsm and about:config unity to turn on the Bias alt-tab sorting to prefer windows on current workspace. The option is checked to YES. Even gconf-editor is showing the option as enabled. Is there any other way of changing this option? Where should one look for remedy if the option has no effect whatsoever? On top of that, ccsm crashes miserably when trying to manage profiles, damaging the gconf configuration unrecoverably. This is some UTF8 encoding error in python when trying to read the unity profile. Is it just my installation or do you have the same problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
This fix needs to be backported. This _regression_ ruins workspaces for several people I know who are not technically knowledgeable enough to compile from source. For one, multiple desktops are the primary reason they switched to Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
Does it mean that we will have to live with the broken tabbing policy for 6 months? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
Daniele, one easy workaround for this problem is to disable the Viewport Switcher in CompizConfig and enable the Application Switcher instead. This restores the old alt+tab behavior although it loses some feature (for example I'm not able to jump directly to ine desktop anymore). regards alfredo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
Alt-tab switcher now has an option to make it workspace aware as requested. It will only show applications and windows on the current viewport when this mode is enabled. This will land in 12.04, however is in trunk today. ** Changed in: unity Status: Opinion = Fix Committed ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: Opinion = Fix Released ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion = Fix Committed ** Changed in: unity Assignee: (unassigned) = Jason Smith (jassmith) ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Jason Smith (jassmith) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 863399] Re: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace
** Changed in: unity Status: New = Opinion ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New = Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863399 Title: Unity needs a way to switch (tab) between windows on current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/863399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
