Marek Marczykowski-Górecki writes:
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> On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 07:19:06AM +0200, Niels Kobschätzki wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> since there are plans to move away from kde to xfce (or is it now
>> lxde?), I am trying to use xfce more.
>> But I have a problem. I usually start my programs via krunner or in i3
>> via dmenu. I can just start typing something like: untrusted:
>> google-chrome, hit enter and the application will start if it is in the
>> added shortcuts - usually typing only a couple of characters already
>> works.
>> With the Application Launcher that doesn't really work.
>>
>> There are no suggestions when starting to type a domain-name, not even
>> when the domain-name is completed. When I type something completely like
>> "untrusted: gnome-terminal", the Launcher will on hitting enter show a
>> red icon left from the application-name but nothing else happens. I can
>> click on the right icon in the input field and a menu with the domains
>> and applications appear. When I start typing, I will see how the list
>> gets reduced. But there is still no tab-completion and I can "reach" the
>> apps only by clicking on them. And they still won't start. The Launcher
>> works for me only with dom0-applications. Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Instead of clicking on that icon, you can press down arrow. The same way
> you can choose application from there. So, you can enter fragment of
> domain name (not necessary its beginning!), then choose application
> using arrows.
Ooh…that works. Thanks a lot. This already improves xfce a lot for me.
>> Now my questions:
>> - Is there any way to get the Exposé-mode in xfce like in KDE where I see
>> all my open applications at once?
>
> You can have applications from all the desktops in Alt-tab when you
> enable it in "Cycling" tab of "Window Manager Tweaks".
> Or you can simply middle-click on empty space - personally I find this
> really convenient.
I was thinking more in terms of the documentation for a secure use of the full
screen use:
"which are similar to Mac’s “Expose” effect, and which can be used to
immediately detect potential “GUI forgery”, as they cannot be intercepted by
any of the VM"
But cycling through everything improves it already. The middle click solution is
not really feasible for me. I run a lot of my stuff full screen since my
display(s) have a rather low resolution (internal 1280x800; external when
connected 1440x900).
>> - Is there a way to get thumbnails from my applications in the
>> app-switcher?
>
> If you enable composition ("Window Manager Tweaks"->"Compositor"),
> Alt-tab will include window contents.
Thanks
>
>> - Or would I need to install something like compiz for that?
>>
>> Please consider using xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin as the default menu. It's
>> search even works in contrast to the Application Launcher.
>> Right now it isn't installed in a default.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, will try this :)
It's really good. And in contrast to KDE you can assign Super to the
menu-button. For those people like me who are accustomed using their windows-key
because they can't get rid of Windows on some of their machines :/
Niels
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