On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Hans-Peter Diettrich <[email protected]> wrote: > Flávio Etrusco schrieb: > >>>> There are a whole bunch of buttons on the task bar all having the >>>> Lazarus icon and when I click them I only get a single window of the >>>> IDE visible each time. So I have to click them in turn one by one. >>>> >>>> Why is this so (at least in Ubuntu 10)? >> >> These are the default behaviors of the platforms. Unfortunately >> there's no Window Manager for Linux/X that can automatically group >> windows of a process :-( > > I've provided a solution long ago, that hides all but the main form when > the application is minimized. On restore the hidden forms have to be > made visible again, that's all. The current IDE fails to leave > intenionally minimized windows minimized, when the main form is > restored. There exists no reason why anything but the form visibility > has to be changed, in order to hide forms from the taskbar. > > See examples/dockmanager/ide_demo... > > BTW, the minimize/restore part is independent from docking. > > DoDi >
Sure, I saw it years ago. And yes, it's mainly a political problem, not a technical one. -Flávio -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
