Bug 265456

Summary:	Briefly show Activity name when switching (like meta + tab)
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Mark <markg85>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aseigo, aspotashev, makhsm, plasma-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Unlisted Binaries
OS:	Linux
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Description Mark 2011-02-04 21:28:27 UTC

Version:           unspecified
OS:                Linux

Hi,

I tried out the improved activities in KDE 4.6 and i certainly do like it. However, when switching activities i found myself wondering in what activity i was switching to.. So, it would be nice to somehow briefly show the activity name you switched to when switching.

Regards,
Mark

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2011-02-04 22:04:36 UTC

this should happen in kwin, but i agree that it would be very nice.

Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2011-02-04 22:26:33 UTC

Could be done in an effect or in core like the desktop change OSD.

Comment 3 Mark 2011-07-30 15:27:24 UTC

Hi,

Perhaps this should be added to the System Setting -> Workspace Behavior and ther just add a section for "Activities" like you have it for "Virtual Desktops" now. It seems to be the right place do do such a thing.

Comment 4 Thomas Lübking 2011-07-30 19:11:27 UTC

I've no real idea, so this is really asking, not commenting:

- Do activities _only_ work with kwin?
- Or is this issue tied to a special action triggered from or feature provided by kwin?

-> If not, shouldn't it be done in plasma so it still works with other WMs as well?

Comment 5 makism 2011-11-21 18:22:26 UTC

Hello, i took interest in this feature and implemented an initial draft version.
Patches are available at: https://github.com/makism/kde-patches-for-my-own-pleasure/tree/master/ActivityChangedOSD

Feedback is mostly welcomed.

Comment 6 Thomas Lübking 2011-11-21 18:29:11 UTC

please open a review reqest (git.reviewboard.kde.org) - the patch will get lost here :-(

Comment 7 Martin Flöser 2012-03-13 21:59:07 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 295410 ***