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Bug 441658 - Move workspace settings in Windows preferences tool
Move workspace settings in Windows preferences tool
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: workspace switcher
git master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-05-27 19:44 UTC by Luca Ferretti
Modified: 2020-11-07 12:15 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Attachments
The workspaces setting in hypothetical "Windows and Workspaces" preferences tool (57.62 KB, image/png)
2007-05-27 19:48 UTC, Luca Ferretti
Details

Description Luca Ferretti 2007-05-27 19:44:27 UTC
After reading a preview of Apple Spaces[1] features and viewing this screenshot[2] for its preferences, I'm starting to belive that GNOME should move workspace settings from switcher applet properties to Windows preferences tool.

Good reasons for this change:

 * workspace switcher properties dialog should change only applet
   apperance and behavior, as well as properties dialogs for other applets

 * workspaces are global desktop feature, so should be managed in desktop
   preferences

 * workspaces setting should be accessed and modified by several window managers
   (metacity, compiz...), so could be useful provide a place to setup basic stuff
   for all window managers

About the last reason, note that currently, on some distro like Ubuntu Feisty, the Windows preferences tool is yet used to set up settings for both Metacity and Comiz.


[1] http://www.apple.com/it/macosx/leopard/spaces.html
[2] http://www.norisberghen.it/it/wp-content/it-it-wp-udloads/2007/05/apple-spaces-2.jpg
Comment 1 Luca Ferretti 2007-05-27 19:48:20 UTC
Created attachment 88903 [details]
The workspaces setting in hypothetical "Windows and Workspaces" preferences tool

Some UI ideas come from Apple tool, as well as the idea to bind an application to a workspace (yes, it's a missing feature in libwnck, but could be really interesting).

Also note the "Shortcuts" buttons, to open the shotcuts related preferences tool.
Comment 2 Luca Ferretti 2007-05-27 19:58:25 UTC
BTW, here is a video showing Spaces settings in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIfprWc_BBU
Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2007-05-29 13:45:47 UTC
Luca: this makes some sense to me. Want to propose this to gnomecc-list?
Comment 4 Luca Ferretti 2007-05-30 09:26:11 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Luca: this makes some sense to me. Want to propose this to gnomecc-list?
> 

I'm not subscibed to that list, and I'm not sure I've the needed time to discuss it.

PS should I change product/component info to gnome-cc? Or add another bug pointing here?
Comment 5 Vincent Untz 2007-06-02 16:58:05 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > Luca: this makes some sense to me. Want to propose this to gnomecc-list?
> > 
> 
> I'm not subscibed to that list, and I'm not sure I've the needed time to
> discuss it.

Well, I don't have time either ;-)

> PS should I change product/component info to gnome-cc? Or add another bug
> pointing here?

Another bug would be a good thing, yes. Please cc me.

Thanks.
Comment 6 Mihai 2009-11-20 15:20:23 UTC
Well, one problem is that it seems that Windows preferences disappeared from the default configuration of Fedora 12 (not sure before that), so moving them in Windows would effectively hide them from many users not willing or able to add Windows to their preferences.

Quick question: is there a way to setup the configuration of the workspaces manually (as the preferences in the applet seem not to be working)?

Thanks,
M.
Comment 7 Greg Grossmeier 2010-01-03 03:09:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #3)
> > > Luca: this makes some sense to me. Want to propose this to gnomecc-list?
> > > 
> > 
> > I'm not subscibed to that list, and I'm not sure I've the needed time to
> > discuss it.
> 
> Well, I don't have time either ;-)

And it appears no one else had the time, either :)
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:mail.gnome.org/archives/gnomecc-list+workspace

> > PS should I change product/component info to gnome-cc? Or add another bug
> > pointing here?
> 
> Another bug would be a good thing, yes. Please cc me.

There is one already reported, bug 352574.
Comment 8 André Klapper 2020-11-07 12:15:59 UTC
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If you still use gnome-panel and if you are still requesting this feature in a currently supported version of GNOME (currently that would be 3.38), then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-panel/-/issues/

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