| 2012-02-17 02:01:53 |
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With multiple monitors, expo/spread mode (Alt-Shift-Up or Win-W) displays all windows tiles, but only on one (physical) screen, and not always the same. This is confusing and not very usable. A better alternative could be to display each window tile on the screen they belong to. |
Binary package hint: unity
With multiple monitors, expo/spread mode (Alt-Shift-Up or Win-W) displays all windows tiles, but only on one (physical) screen, and not always the same. This is confusing and not very usable. A better alternative could be to display each window tile on the screen they belong to.
The Canonical Design team has released a spec pertaining to implementing such behavior:
from https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1aHvJ-iIw-59bXTYBmIhQqEx0za2h9jpFE_RhZ2VOvJc/edit?authkey=CJO5wPkH&hl=en_GB
section 2.9:
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The Spread is also shown on all displays. Currently, all window previews for a spread are gathered together and shown on a single display. If there are application windows on a different display, they are summoned onto the display with the Launcher, and returned to their original display when clicked.
As an interim solution for 12.04, and leading into the fully designed solution, the Spread view on each display will now only show those windows which belong on that display, across all workspaces, including minimised windows. A window ‘belongs’ to a display if it is either fully contained within, or has the majority of it’s area inside, that display.
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The spec also includes diagrams of how it should be implemented. |
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