Comment 6 for bug 432311

I see your point. I am quite sure it'll take some work to get the user interactions feel just right.

You have the same problem you describe in your own branch in the LEFT if-branch. There you use wx to detect the edges - hence you wont detect any completely covered windows. You need to use the right border when you go left, ie. wx+ww. This is coded as you describe in the RIGHT branch though.

I am really not sure if it is a feature or a bug in my branch. I did actually consider your scenario when I coded it, but thought that using the metaphor "when you hit LEFT the visible left border moves LEFT" (and same for RIGHT, UP, and DOWN) was what would be most obvious for the user... It is very possible this is not right.

This makes it impossible to select completely covered windows, yes, but since it is more or less the point with tiling windows that this shouldn't happen, I am not sure that it is a scenario we should optimize for? After all Alt-TAB still works.