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1. WISH: ERROR: Ability to allocate a Window (not a whole Application) to a Space (or better instructions on how to if already present)
'1. ERROR: Ability to allocate a Window (not a whole Application) to a Space (or better instructions on how to if already present)'
Exists already in Spaces (although not as easy to achieve as in KDE).
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- OPEN FEEDBACK: Expose Spaces: poor comparison with the KDE window manager and other windowing issues
- 1. It should be possible to allocate a specific _window_ from an application to a given space, not the entire application's window set at once !
- In KDE it is much easier: one can easily assign (by selecting a _named_ space from a button on the window bar) a given window to any space ..
- If this is possible in Spaces please forgive my critique and let me know how.
- 2. In KDE when one pulls up the window list one gets a nice VERTICAL 2-level tree with the 1st level a selectable Space _name_, and the 2nd level it the specific window selection list ..
- 3. In KDE one can name each space, typically by project, as shown
- 4. The horizontal icon-based AppleKey+Tab equivalent is also better in KDE, because it only lists those window within a given space (and those that are sticky), so you stay within the zone.
- in KDE, it gives a selectable list of all windows in that space, with an indicator of whether it is open or not
- a little bit more R&D first might have helped
- I would like to say that Spaces is better than nothing, but in fact it is more annoying than just plowing through the full window list in most cases for my work,
- 1. WISH: ERROR: Ability to allocate a Window (not a whole Application) to a Space (or better instructions on how to if already present)
- 2. WISH: A vertical Window list with some sub-structure by (named) Space.
- 3. WISH: Named Spaces, at least as an option or on hover over a Space icon.
- 4. WISH: Horizontal icon view of Windows (optionally) only shows those Windows (with Application indicator) from the current Space, rather than the open Applications
- 5. WISH: Nested selectable list of Windows (with Application indicator icon) currently allocated to a given space when clicking on the Spaces toolbar icon.
- ISSUE: COMMAND+TAB between Windows in different Spaces of different Applications (when many Windows open) does not toggle properly, it moves to another window in the 2nd Space
- ISSUE: after F8 to Spaces view it is hard to see the title of the reduced-size Windows, because there is no title no hover !
- ISSUE: have to leave the main Desktop view to see what the Spaces are
- ISSUE: can't access Spaces view from the Spaces icon button in the main menu bar
- Gallery: snapshots of aspects of KDE3.5 window manager widgets
- PS: Can somebody please tell me how to really maximise (not just enlarge) a window to fit the entire screen in one click on any window ?
- OPEN FEEDBACK: Expose Spaces: poor comparison with the KDE window manager and other windowing issues
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