It is difficult to see the selected window with the spread feature [Super+W]

[Damien Cassou]

When pressing [Super+W] the user is presented with all the windows currently opened. Each window is easily accessible using mouse or keyboard arrows. Unfortunately, all windows are by default presented the same way which make it very difficult to know which window is currently selected and thus very difficult to navigate with the keyboard.

I think the selected window should be presented differently from others. This can be easily done by, for example, changing the 'opacity' preference from the Scale plugin from 100% to 70%. That way, all but the selected window are presented slightly transparent.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri May 4 11:14:32 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.1.14, 3.2.0-24-generic-pae, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0492]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6320
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=8b8b53a4-af4e-4fb2-b928-03c00f80d6c0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 01MCMN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd10/18/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6320:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn01MCMN:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6320
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

This is a very good idea; however, looking at the design spec (http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/unity-task-switching/ under the 'spread' section), it appears that the eventual design decision is to have the spread interactive in ways similar to our normal usage. Therefore, I'm going to mark this as a wishlist item.

Thank you for your bug report, and please feel free to contact the ayatana mailing list with your ideas. I'm just following the spec.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Also, this report is very related to bug 771908