> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Carlos R. Mafra <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 at 12:29:57 +0200, Amadeusz Sławiński wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:50:40 +0800 > >> David Maciejak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > This patch is fixing the focused next window list order. > >> > As now, the switching was only working for 2 windows. > >> > For example, taking 3 windows called A,B,C. > >> > If the windows list is A,B,C where A is the current focused window. > >> > Focusing on B will result on switching position A and B, thus C will > >> > never be the next window. > >> > For this example the patch is updating the linked list as B,C,A. > >> > >> > >> Hey, > >> > >> I think this patch breaks behaviour of Window Maker. > >> > >> One thing is that when I change between workspaces it keeps focusing > >> last created window instead of last used one. > >> > >> Other is that it changes focus behaviour, ie, I can't alt-tab between > >> two windows, now I have to go through whole list to change between two > >> recently used ones. > >> For example with windows A, B, C, D (with [A] marking A as focused) > >> [A], B, C, D > >> I 'alt-tab' once > >> A, [B], C, D > >> I 'alt-tab' once more > >> A, B, [C], D > >> where old behaviour would go to: > >> [A], B, C, D > >> > >> I could also choose other window instead of B and I could go back to A > >> instantly like so > >> [A], B, C, D > >> I 'alt-tab' and while keeping alt down, I 'tab' more and end up on let's > >> say C > >> A, B, [C], D > >> now I alt-tab again and with this patch it goes to D > >> A, B, C, [D] > >> with old behaviour I am back on A > >> [A], B, C, D > >> > >> I think the old behaviour is more usable. > >> So I would like to propose reverting this patch > > > > Thanks for the detailed description. I also caught > > myself doing extra Alt+TABs recently because of this. > > > > At first I thought it was a good idea when I saw the > > patch, but the old behaviour is somehow imprinted > > on my mind. > > > > Reverting.
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 at 16:57:08 +0800, David Maciejak wrote: > Reverting the patch will kill the mouse action of switching on next window. Then that should be fixed as well. Why should the mouse action depend on the window list order? Why can't it use the same mapping as the Alt+TAB shortcut? By the way, was the "mouse action" patch the motivation for this "window list order" patch? -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
