Bug 447834 - Overview Features: configure mouse buttons
Summary: Overview Features: configure mouse buttons
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-overview (show other bugs)
Version: git master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-01-02 15:16 UTC by Alexandre Pereira
Modified: 2025-02-06 19:23 UTC (History)
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Description Alexandre Pereira 2022-01-02 15:16:54 UTC
Option to configure what mouse buttons do on overview, similar to "present windows".

Specifically, or at least important to me, mouse buttons to configure "Close" and "On all virtual desktops" functionality.
The middle mouse button window close, just seems counter intuitive.


Below, the post on reddit I posted for context, as I will make a bug report for each item:
>I use "present windows" as my window switcher... (to me, its great!!).

>So I use one "present windows" shortcut to show "non minimized" windows on current desktop and another shortcut to show "non minimized" windows on all desktops.

>Also, "present windows" allow right button mouse click to close window, instead of middle one (really don't like it, middle mouse button usually is paste, not closing i think, at least to me).

>"present windows" also "unfocus/dims" panels, which overview does not. which would be nice if panels were "clickable" and working, but they aren't.

>"present windows" also allow for mouse button to "bring window to desktop", which fair, overview has the virtual desktop strip. But one has to switch to the other virtual desktop and then drag/drop the window to the final desktop i want the window to go to. So while it does allow the same, its much less efficient and cumbersome. (this would be solved if either desktops were scrollable while in effect or if all windows could be shown).

>so, tl;dr:

>configure mouse buttons (right click -> close/ middle click -> show on all desktops)

>show minimized or not (although this one is the least "must have")

>either dim panels, or better yet, make then usable while in the effect (making possible a latte-dock dash, like gnome overview)

>have key/mouse edge shortcuts for show current virtual desktop window/all virtual desktops windows