Bug 303822

Summary:	"Breeze" Task Switcher should center the current window to always show prev and next window
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Nick Shaforostoff <shafff>
Component:	tabbox	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.8.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Bug Blocks:	303462

Description Nick Shaforostoff 2012-07-19 21:50:17 UTC

i use alt+tab alot (i.e. quickly). the new window switcher shows only 3 windows (l have a netbook), that's ok except after i press tab for 3 times the list scrolls, and i cannot see anymore which windows are the next in the list. instead i can see two previous windows, which are of no interest to me.

being able to see which windows are ahead (i.e. will be activated if i continue pressing tab) is of more interest to me, because this way i can stop pressing tab exactly on the window i want. right now i'm pressing tab so quick that i often skip accedentally the window i want. this would not happen if i saw which windows are ahead (e,g, when working on win7 i never accidentaly skip the window i want).


Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
i see icons of two previous windows in the list

Expected Results:  
i see icons of two next windows in the list, the currrent window icon is on the left side of the list of visible icons

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2017-11-30 02:46:02 UTC

Seems fixed in Plasma 5.

That said, if you have a really short screen, a horizontal task switcher like the Large Icons one may be a better use of your screen real estate.