Hi everybody,
Unity is getting very fine and I enjoy using it.
Regarding one particular thing, I would like to change the default
behavior if possible, sorry if this has already been discussed and
decided.
It's related to switch between application windows when more than 1
is opened.
For the icons in left Unity dock, there are 1, 2, 3... white triangles
if 1, 2, 3 windows of the same application are active (ex : many
Firefox instances, or Firefox + bookmarks page, or Thunderbird +
address book + mail redaction, or many Nautilus windows...)
When we want to switch from one of these windows to another, we have to
click on the icon in Unity dock, and it shows us with an animation a
small view of all these windows.
Here I'd like that the current window is shown at the right side and
the other shown closest and near the Unity dock, it would make less
mouse move to change window.
Some examples to be clear :
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1298217934.png
I am on the Firefox window on Ubuntu page, and I want to switch on the
window with Google page. When I click to Minefield icon on dock, it
shows me on left side the current window, and I have to go with mouse
on the right to select the other window.
When there is only 1 window of an app' opened, nothing happens if I
click on the dock icon (no hide, no launch of another instance),
logical.
So, if there are many windows opened, if I click on the icon, it
normally means that I want to switch between them. In this case, it
would make sense that the other windows are shown the nearest from my
mouse, to make me easy and quick to switch, and not have to go on the
other part of the screen.
With 3 windows opened :
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1298218213.png
Here I was on Thunderbird main screen (with inbox mails), and again
when I click on the icon, this screen is the first proposed to me in
top left. As I want to switch to one of the 2 other windows, I expect
Thunderbird main screen shown on the most far position, on top right,
and 2 others on bottom and top left.
What do you think of that ?
In this case also, could another click on dock icon re-maximize current
window (if finally we do not want to switch) ?
Thanks in advance. Best regards,
Xavier
