GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 735661
please bring back overview window zoom
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:13:48 UTC
hi, I really, really, really liked the zoom feature on the thumbnails in the overview. It was really useful to me - and maybe/hopefully other people too... Could you please, please bring it back - at least put a switch in config somewhere if you don't want it to be the default behavior... I often work with lots of documents and images open and the overview and zoom were extremely useful. The code must still be lying around somewhere... of course, the file (gnome-shell.js?) has probably changed a lot since, but still... I really miss that... Thanks in advance, Rick
(In reply to comment #0) > Could you please, please bring it back - at least put a switch in config > somewhere if you don't want it to be the default behavior... Not in its previous form, no. Quoting from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686639#c15: "If there's a real demand for zooming after 3.8, we can come up with a saner design than the current behaviour." This is not the first request, so maybe we should put this on the 3.16 list?
3.16!?!?!?!? :-( I recall a discussion about needing to limit zoom factor and all... anyway, I found the diff from when the feature was removed, could I try to patch it back in locally, or has too much changed around it?... That might make it easier to wait for 3.16, but yes, please put it on the closest list possible.
(In reply to comment #2) > 3.16!?!?!?!? :-( 3.14 will be released in a bit over three weeks, so a feature we don't even have a design for yet will clearly have to wait until the next cycle.
SO, is this in the works for 3.16?
No. There's neither design nor code, nor anyone to my knowledge working on either.
:-( Can it be put on the list at least? Is there a way to contribute design ideas if not code (not something I'm good at...)? I really miss that feature...
*** Bug 741218 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
FWIW, I also miss this. I have a 15" laptop screen with the resolution of 1920x1080. When I have many browser windows open, it gets really hard to see which is which without the ability to "zoom-in" the windows.
*** Bug 738646 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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