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Bug 118803 - workspace switching with the mouse
workspace switching with the mouse
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 82917
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other IRIX
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-07-31 20:53 UTC by mbasca
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description mbasca 2003-07-31 20:53:51 UTC 
It would be nice (speedier, more productive) to be
able to change the workspace by holding the mouse
at the edge of the screen for a short period.

Current methods of switching workspaces have some
drawbacks: 
     - one has to use both hands on the keyboard 
                      
       with the CTRL-ALT-Arrow method
     - clicking on the workspace switcher icon in 
       the panel is difficult because the icon is
       small

Switching by holding the mouse at the edge of the
screen is intuitive, fast and I found that it
keeps me focused on what I was doing.
Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2003-07-31 20:59:37 UTC 
I use direct keybindings myself, like:
 Alt+1 - space 1
 Alt+2 - space 2
etc.

metacity doesn't generally offer this kind of extra feature, 
as I don't have time to maintain it. Edge flipping specifically is
complicated to implement and bug-prone.

There are several WMs out there that work with GNOME 2 that 
support it, such as sawfish, E16, *box, etc. I think.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 82917 ***