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Bug 160275 - can't show windows on other screen in window list applet
can't show windows on other screen in window list applet
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 154040
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: window list
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-02 22:56 UTC by Jamie Zawinski
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8



Description Jamie Zawinski 2004-12-02 22:56:10 UTC
Short version: I need either, preferably both, of these:

   - ability to make Window List show windows on all Xinerama screens;
   - ability to have a Window List applet on each screen's panel.

Long version:

I have a two screen Xinerama setup.
I have two bottom panels (one on each screen.)
I have the Window List applet on the left screen's panel.

Since upgrading from FC2 to FC3, the panel now only lists windows that are on
the left screen.  I actually think that's not bad behavior -- except for the
fact that it doesn't seem to be possible to have more than one Window List
applet.  When I try to add a Window List to the right screen's panel, I get:

    The panel encountered a problem while loading
    "OAFIID:GNOME_WindowListApplet".  Details: Failed to 
    resolve, or extend '!prefs_key=/apps/panel/profiles/
    default/applets/applet_15/prefs;background=none:;
    orient=up;size=large;locked_down=false

    Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?

In fact, I got this same error in FC2 when I tried to add two window
lists, but I didn't care that much back then, because my single window
list displayed all my windows.

But the current situation means that my right-screen windows are never
accessible from the menu.

I would have expected the "show only windows on this screen" behavior
to be affected by the

    Window List Content
      [ ]  Show windows from current workspace
      [x]  Show windows from all workspaces

preference, but it is not.  The "only this screen" behavior appears to
be hardcoded and unchangable.


gnome-panel-2.8.1-3
libgnome-2.8.0-2
Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)
Linux 2.6.9-1.681_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Nov 18 15:19:10 EST 2004 i686 athlon i386
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2004-12-22 09:38:17 UTC
Should be fixed with libwnck 2.9.3.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 154040 ***
Comment 2 Jamie Zawinski 2004-12-22 11:41:17 UTC
Cool.  Does libwnck 2.9.3 fix just the "show both screen's windows in one
tasklist" bug, or does it also fix the "can't have two tasklists" bug?  (I don't
see mention of that problem in bug 154040, so should I report a new bug for that
part?)
Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2004-12-22 12:26:19 UTC
Ooops. I had forgotten about this part of the bug. I don't think it fixes the
"can't have two tasklists" bug. You should probably open a new bug. I'm not sure
what's happening here... Probably a multihead problem (I don't think it will
crash if you add a second window list on the left screen).
Thanks