Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) Installed from: Fedora RPMs In the Mac OS X and compiz implementation of the desktop grid (OS X: "spaces") there is a little OSD graphics showing you information on desktop switching by keyboard shortcut. Usually there is a schematic desktop grid shown, where the desktop you switch to is highlighted and there's an arrow pointing from the source desktop to the destination desktop. This way the user knows on which desktop he "landed" if he pressed e.g. Ctrl+Alt+ArrowKey.
Dev comment: Should be implemented as a separate effect so it can be used with any desktop switcher.
(In reply to comment #1) > Dev comment: Should be implemented as a separate effect so it can be used with > any desktop switcher. It does not have to be an effect. That's quite useful for non-composited setups as well.
*** Bug 129604 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
SVN commit 950182 by graesslin: New on-screen-display for desktop change. It highlights the new desktop and shows arrows from the old to the new desktop. It replaces the popupinfo which only showed the desktop name. Nevertheless keeping popupinfo in svn so if wanted we can add an option to select between osd and popupinfo. FEATURE: 185799 M +1 -1 CMakeLists.txt A desktopchangeosd.cpp [License: GPL (v2+)] A desktopchangeosd.h [License: GPL (v2+)] M +12 -7 workspace.cpp M +2 -2 workspace.h WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=950182
great, thank you!
(In reply to comment #4) > SVN commit 950182 by graesslin: > > New on-screen-display for desktop change. It highlights the new desktop and > shows arrows from the old to the new desktop. It replaces the popupinfo which > only showed the desktop name. Nevertheless keeping popupinfo in svn so if > wanted we can add an option to select between osd and popupinfo. It would be nice if the option was available to select between popupinfo and osd. My workspace is arranged in a virtual 3x3 grid, and I find the OSD effect is very distracting when I switch desktops. For example, if I quickly switch desktops and press Alt+F2 to launch a new app with krunner the OSD temporarily obscures the krunner box. The second problem is a performance issue: the OSD fade animation running at the same time as the slide windows animation makes the window slide chug on my system (the window sliding is noticeably jerky). For these reasons I much preferred the old behaviour and an option to switch back to the popupinfo mode would be great.
(In reply to comment #6) > It would be nice if the option was available to select between popupinfo and > osd. that's bug #193926
> (In reply to comment #6) > > It would be nice if the option was available to select between popupinfo and > > osd. > that's bug #193926 Thanks, I'll post my use case there.