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Bug 339547 - Window selector: sort items by recent usage
Window selector: sort items by recent usage
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 300631
Product: libwnck
Classification: Core
Component: selector
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: libwnck maintainers
libwnck maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-24 11:20 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2010-10-16 19:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Sebastien Bacher 2006-04-24 11:20:25 UTC 
That bug has been described on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/41065

"I wish that the window-selector panel applet would sort its items like ALT-TAB does, i.e. by recent usage time. This would 1. make it easier to toggle between two windows 2. allow to keep more windows open and minimize the average time to switch window.
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Comment 1 Maurizio Colucci 2006-04-24 12:25:12 UTC 
I'd like to stress that this is a request about the window SELECTOR (the popup menu), not the window LIST. 
For the window list, this request has been denied with some objection about buttons changing position too often. But for the window SELECTOR the objection does not hold.
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2007-05-18 11:35:58 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 300631 ***
Comment 3 A.Pirard 2010-10-16 19:33:33 UTC 
I think that, the goal being to access mostly recently used windows,
the *default* order should be :
- current desktop exterior (at the bottom for a bottom panel)
- LRU windows exterior (windows in stack position order)
Lazy default making an even better reputation of Window Selector.

It might also not group windows, but open a list of all the windows opened by the program the mouse lingers on.

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