Bug 371857 - provide an effect which is a mixture of present windows of current desktop and desktop list
Summary: provide an effect which is a mixture of present windows of current desktop an...
Status: RESOLVED LATER
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Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-window-management (show other bugs)
Version: git master
Platform: Other Linux
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Reported: 2016-10-30 09:43 UTC by gulp21
Modified: 2016-10-30 10:18 UTC (History)
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Description gulp21 2016-10-30 09:43:20 UTC
Sometimes I end up with lots of windows on my current virtual desktop which had better been on different desktops. Using the desktop grid effect (with present windows enabled) for moving the windows around has the disadvantage that the window previews for the current desktop are small (so distinguishing e.g. two dolphin windows is hard) and valuable space, which could be used for bigger previews instead, is occupied by the previews of the other desktops.

I suggest adding an effect similar to elementary OS's multitasking view[1] or Windows 10's task view[2]: When the effect gets enabled, present the windows of the current desktops like “present windows” in the upper 2/3. In the lower 1/3 show previews of all desktops, and allow dragging and dropping windows from the “present windows” effect to another desktop.

(I know that there are shortcuts for moving a window to a specific work space, but I prefer using drag&drop.)

[1] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ki1z7AYNBGs/VSaETWi3CEI/AAAAAAAAWDU/05saq7eX6ao/s1600/elementaryos-multitaskingview.png
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_10.png
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2016-10-30 10:18:48 UTC
See also: https://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2013/04/hitting-walls-a-story-of-present-windows-2/

We are not going to copy the UI of competitors. A rewrite of the two effects will eventually happen as that was an idea for years.