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===== Project wide ===== | ===== Project wide ===== | ||
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+ | * Implement support for high-density (DPI) displays through e.g. a meta-theme that sets large fonts, panel size, icons. All of these are already doable separately, but it would be nice to be able to change all these related settings in one place. | ||
* Xfce-icon-theme should respect freedesktops icon naming specification(http:// | * Xfce-icon-theme should respect freedesktops icon naming specification(http:// | ||
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* OpenCL-Support in various Applications | * OpenCL-Support in various Applications | ||
+ | * Provide a way to undo changes made in settings. I realize that a Cancel button is anathema to the instant-apply conventions used by the XFCE dialog boxes, but some dialogs provide the user with dozens of edit choices that are not easily remembered by humans. For example, say I want to experiment with the compositor settings to see what each of the sliders affect. I'd have to take a screen-shot of the dialog box prior to making any changes if I want to restore the sliders back to their original positions. | ||
===== Panel ===== | ===== Panel ===== | ||
* In the recent 4.8 release the bottom ' | * In the recent 4.8 release the bottom ' | ||
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* In 4.8 you can set the hidden disable-struts property, so windows can be overlapped. | * In 4.8 you can set the hidden disable-struts property, so windows can be overlapped. | ||
* The use of vertically oriented panels is very limited due to the fact that neither panel nor most of applets really assume the " | * The use of vertically oriented panels is very limited due to the fact that neither panel nor most of applets really assume the " | ||
+ | * +1 this. Fonts for panel items should stay horizontal; xfce4-weather-plugin, | ||
* Wishful thinking: The xfce desktop supports only " | * Wishful thinking: The xfce desktop supports only " | ||
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===== Thunar ===== | ===== Thunar ===== | ||
+ | * Command line option to open specified folder as a new tab in existing window would be awesome, OR setting to have ALL locations opened in the same window. I find one window with multiple tabs much easier to navigate than multiple windows. | ||
+ | * The ability to play a sound file on mouse over, integrated on Thunar. This is really useful when working with music files, because it allows you to listen to a file without having to open the music player. Also there' | ||
+ | * Ability to change a folder icon from the properties view, just like in gnome. | ||
+ | * Being able to split the window in two like Nautilus used to do. This is something very useful when you need to put order between your files or when comparing two folders contents. | ||
* Ability to view and edit the properties of multiple files and/or folders - the most of the other filemanagers can do this. | * Ability to view and edit the properties of multiple files and/or folders - the most of the other filemanagers can do this. | ||
* < | * < | ||
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* A global option to disable .Trash folders on removable devices. Alternatively, | * A global option to disable .Trash folders on removable devices. Alternatively, | ||
* A right-click option to empty the trash on a specific volume. | * A right-click option to empty the trash on a specific volume. | ||
- | + | * Ability to right-click and choose paste to paste files into a folder of which you're currently viewing the contents, and where the amount of files fills the Thunar window (i.e. no empty visual space). Current necessity is to view contents of parent folder, right click on desired folder, and choose "Paste into folder." | |
+ | * Ability to "Paste into folder" | ||
===== Window manager ===== | ===== Window manager ===== | ||
* See also [[xfwm4_changes|xfwm4 changes]] | * See also [[xfwm4_changes|xfwm4 changes]] | ||
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* < | * < | ||
+ | * While using the Alt + Tab window switching shortcut allow selecting a window by left click with the mouse. | ||
* Key binding for fvwm/ | * Key binding for fvwm/ | ||
+ | * Key binding for moving a window to different heads (=monitors) on one workspace pretty much as it can be moved over different workspaces (left, right, up, down ...). Maybe one could introduce an option at the same time such that the user can decide what happens when he triggers the move of a window on the leftmost monitor to the left: it could be moved to the rightmost monitor either on the current workspace or on the workspace left to the current workspace. | ||
* volume control and other weird buttons on newer keyboards. Does a command exists that controls these functions (and provides a nice osd indicator), that can just be assigned a keyboard shortcut? | * volume control and other weird buttons on newer keyboards. Does a command exists that controls these functions (and provides a nice osd indicator), that can just be assigned a keyboard shortcut? | ||
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* Have a visual indicator for workspace switching. | * Have a visual indicator for workspace switching. | ||
* I like to have certain programs on certain desktops so when I just boot up is is sometimes annoying to try and find what desktop I am on and if I switched. | * I like to have certain programs on certain desktops so when I just boot up is is sometimes annoying to try and find what desktop I am on and if I switched. | ||
+ | * With more than even just two desktops its easy to loose your orientation, | ||
+ | * working on implmenting this, based on ochosi (simon)' | ||
* Mouse | * Mouse | ||
* Don't give focus on mouse wheel. | * Don't give focus on mouse wheel. | ||
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* Allow file icons on the desktop *and* application launchers in the top level of the desktop right-click menu, at the same time. Xfce 4.4 allowed this. 4.6 apparently does not. | * Allow file icons on the desktop *and* application launchers in the top level of the desktop right-click menu, at the same time. Xfce 4.4 allowed this. 4.6 apparently does not. | ||
- | * Icons should allow for single click. The title could pop up at a longer mouseover. | + | * <del>Icons should allow for single click. The title could pop up at a longer mouseover. |
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* God, no. --kelnos | * God, no. --kelnos | ||
* When looking at ristretto, I can say you DON'T EVER want a full-screen 1600x1200 animated background-image. It will most likely be the only thing your computer will be good for then. Showing wallpapers.... Therefore I can only agree with kelnos on this. -stephan | * When looking at ristretto, I can say you DON'T EVER want a full-screen 1600x1200 animated background-image. It will most likely be the only thing your computer will be good for then. Showing wallpapers.... Therefore I can only agree with kelnos on this. -stephan | ||
* let the users decide | * let the users decide | ||
* Yes, it is always preferrable to allow the user to set any setting they could ever desire. | * Yes, it is always preferrable to allow the user to set any setting they could ever desire. | ||
+ | * Screens of mini pc's with 7 - 10 " aren't 1600x1200 and one little Gif/Mng, in the middle of the screen .... not sure it would low the system that much . But that's ok, i stop to search a way. | ||
- | >> Screens of mini pc's with 7 - 10 " aren't 1600x1200 and one little Gif/Mng, in the middle of the screen .... not sure it would low the system that much . But that's ok, i stop to search a way. | + | * <del> |
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- | * Thumbnails on the desktop. Yes, just like nautilus. | + | |
* Of image files? | * Of image files? | ||
- | * Drop the grid that block the freedom to move the desktop icons. | + | * <del>Drop the grid that block the freedom to move the desktop icons.</ |
* That requires a rewrite of most of the desktop view widget. | * That requires a rewrite of most of the desktop view widget. | ||
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* Configurable spacing implemented for 4.6. See xfdesktop [[http:// | * Configurable spacing implemented for 4.6. See xfdesktop [[http:// | ||
- | * I put in question if XFCE could drop desktop icons--and possibly even panel support--in favour of a generalized ' | + | * <del>I put in question if XFCE could drop desktop icons--and possibly even panel support--in favour of a generalized ' |
+ | * XFCE uses the classic desktop metaphor --nodiscc | ||
* Launcher icons && minimized window icons (simultaneously) | * Launcher icons && minimized window icons (simultaneously) | ||
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* Add option to arrange or keep icons arranged on the desktop. | * Add option to arrange or keep icons arranged on the desktop. | ||
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+ | * Arranging icons in desktop just like KDE-refresh desktop/ | ||
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* This has nothing to do with xfdesktop. | * This has nothing to do with xfdesktop. | ||
- | * Arranging icons in desktop just like KDE-refresh desktop/ | + | |
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* There should be an option so that when minimizing applications to the desktop they can be removed from the task list. Eg in this mode the task list would contain unminimized applications and all your minimized applications would be on the desktop. | * There should be an option so that when minimizing applications to the desktop they can be removed from the task list. Eg in this mode the task list would contain unminimized applications and all your minimized applications would be on the desktop. | ||
- | * desktop file settings dialog should look like the thunar one(lets me choose emlems etc) | + | * <del>desktop file settings dialog should look like the thunar one(lets me choose emlems etc)</ |
+ | * Works for me --nodiscc | ||
- | * Support for enlightenments(E17) animated backgrounds(or support for *.mng' | ||
- | * Same behaviour as Thunar when editing filename : select the filename without the extension | ||
- | * maybe use thunar to display the desktop, this can fix the the behavior or the display of thumbnails | + | * < |
+ | * Works for me --nodiscc | ||
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+ | * <del>maybe use thunar to display the desktop, this can fix the the behavior or the display of thumbnails</ | ||
+ | * Works for me --nodiscc | ||
* support for to use picturefeeds as wallpaper, like http:// | * support for to use picturefeeds as wallpaper, like http:// | ||
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* Xfce needs one as an official component, its a shame that some Xfce-Distributions comes with gdm as display manager | * Xfce needs one as an official component, its a shame that some Xfce-Distributions comes with gdm as display manager | ||
- | * maybe someone can fork lxdm or slim... | + | |
- | | + | * the most promising DM at the moment is LightDM. Perhaps Xfce would consider accepting the project under its umbrella |
+ | * I use LightDM as a display manager, with '' | ||
===== Run dialog ===== | ===== Run dialog ===== | ||
* Completion of commands, not only already typed commands. | * Completion of commands, not only already typed commands. | ||
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===== Mousepad ===== | ===== Mousepad ===== | ||
- | * Support for syntax highlighting. Possible backends are Scintilla or gtksourceview. (don't rely on backends, make a small library just for mousepad, perhaps plugins for mousepad? create another emacs with a billion plugins?... nah. mousepad works just fine. open up GVIM or XEMACS if you want syntax highlighting. *don't reinvent the wheel*) | + | * <del>Support for syntax highlighting. Possible backends are Scintilla or gtksourceview. (don't rely on backends, make a small library just for mousepad, perhaps plugins for mousepad? create another emacs with a billion plugins?... nah. mousepad works just fine. open up GVIM or XEMACS if you want syntax highlighting. *don't reinvent the wheel*)</ |
- | * < | + | * < |
- | * Although I agree to not reinvent the wheel, I think mousepad could use a little bit more programmer friendly features. (syntax highlighting is going a little far) | + | * <del>Although I agree to not reinvent the wheel, I think mousepad could use a little bit more programmer friendly features. (syntax highlighting is going a little far)</ |
- | * I disagree with sytax highlightning. For that we have NEdit (if we want to go with light software). I think better improvements would be the ability to call an external progra to process the file (eg.: what about a ' | + | * <del>I disagree with sytax highlightning. For that we have NEdit (if we want to go with light software). I think better improvements would be the ability to call an external progra to process the file (eg.: what about a ' |
- | + | * This feature was introduced in version 0.3.0. Useful and mousepad remains lighweight. | |
- | + | * <del>Tabs</ | |
- | * Tabs | + | * Available since 0.3.0 |
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* Keep mousepad as fast as it is now (I'm using 0.2.12), no need to bloat it with features. Sometimes I wonder if it actually is a gtk+ 2 application, | * Keep mousepad as fast as it is now (I'm using 0.2.12), no need to bloat it with features. Sometimes I wonder if it actually is a gtk+ 2 application, | ||
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- | | + | * Loving the gtksourceview syntax highlighting feature, but it seems to be incomplete. Specifically, |
- | + | * This is done in Git, will be available next release (I added lots of GSV-related prefs). | |
- | * Encrypt-Decrypt for text formatted as base64 hex and so on | + | |
+ | * GTKspell - [[https:// | ||
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+ | * Ability to split view horizontally/ | ||
===== Terminal ===== | ===== Terminal ===== | ||
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* This is already possible in Orage 4.5. It has alarm-type " | * This is already possible in Orage 4.5. It has alarm-type " | ||
* make it skinnable(non-static icon) | * make it skinnable(non-static icon) | ||
+ | * Sync calendar over CalDAV. This would make Orage really useful in combination with various online calendars and would allow to sync the calendar across various applications and devices. | ||
===== Music and Video ==== | ===== Music and Video ==== | ||
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*and please let me choose the audio track | *and please let me choose the audio track | ||
*make it skinable like gmplayer or the xine ui | *make it skinable like gmplayer or the xine ui | ||
+ | * < | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * It is [[http:// | ||
+ | * MOC - music on console, does the job (not the same feeling, though) & it could be a good start-up for GUI development aimed for youth that are pretty nervous when it comes to Cli (command-line) interface or Console via a terminal emulator. | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | *ZIK is not Ruby, and AFAIK, Xfce Goodies should be C/C++. I have started a [[http:// | ||
===== XFCE-splash ==== | ===== XFCE-splash ==== | ||
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* Version 2.0b1 released - Based on **Qt4**.6 - 12/09/2009 | * Version 2.0b1 released - Based on **Qt4**.6 - 12/09/2009 | ||
* and it seem to be that the folowing project is an XUL fork, see: http:// | * and it seem to be that the folowing project is an XUL fork, see: http:// | ||
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- | ===== 1by1 clone for Xfce ===== | ||
- | |||
- | * you can't resist it ;) | ||
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | * http:// | ||
- | * http:// | ||
- | * http:// | ||
- | * http:// | ||
- | * It is [[http:// | ||
- | * MOC - music on console, does the job (not the same feeling, though) & it could be a good start-up for GUI development aimed for youth that are pretty nervous when it comes to Cli (command-line) interface or Console via a terminal emulator. | ||
- | * [[http:// | ||
===== Productivity tools for XFCE ===== | ===== Productivity tools for XFCE ===== | ||
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===== Power manager ===== | ===== Power manager ===== | ||
- | * Until now, the Xfce4-power-manager does not recognize if one types on tty 1-6. That means that one works on tty 1-6 and the Xfce-power-manager hibernates the Computer. It would be great, if xfce-power-manager would provide a daemon which runs in the background when the system boots and not only when i logged in into my XFCE session and which cares about tty 1-6, because some users work on the entire machine and not only on X. I think an background daemon is a good Idea to overcome this situation. | + | * Until now, the Xfce4-power-manager does not recognize if one types on tty 1-6. That means that one works on tty 1-6 and the Xfce-power-manager hibernates the Computer. It would be great, if xfce-power-manager would provide a daemon which runs in the background when the system boots and not only when i logged in into my XFCE session and which cares about tty 1-6, because some users work on the entire machine and not only on X. I think an background daemon is a good Idea to overcome this situation. |
+ | * Moreover, it would be nice if there was an option that prevents the machine from going to sleep when there is some computational load. This way, one could just leave the machine crunching through a large amount of data and have it go to sleep after it has finished. | ||
+ | * An easy-to-implement feature request: Please add an advanced configuration option for telling the power manager which backlight interface to use (e.g. " | ||
+ | ===== Xfce4-appfinder ===== | ||
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+ | * Add simple arithmetic evaluator. Just the 4 basic operations (addition, substraction, |