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wish_list [2017/06/25 18:09] – [Window manager] laurentiuswish_list [2018/07/03 00:00] – [Thunar] Save tabs and strike-thru kitchm
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   * 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.   * 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 =====
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 +  * Allow a Super hotkey for showing the whisker menu or application menu that doesn't break Super + X hotkeys for things like "Show Desktop" and "Open File Manager".  What I mean is that I want to tap the windows key on my keyboard to open the whisker menu, which is possible now. However when that hotkey is set now, it makes it so the hotkeys of window + D for show desktop and window + t for open terminal don't work any more.
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   * When a panel launcher button style is set to "Inside", the normal behavior is to open the panel menu. That's great. PROBLEM: xfce displays an arbitrary command icon on the launcher when it's closed (happens to be the bottom-most icon). This makes no sense: clicking the launcher does not launch that particular icon-- it just opens the launcher menu. Therefor, it's confusing and illogical to display any one of the launcher icons on the closed launcher. It's also annoying if the arbitrary icon displayed is too small, ugly, or otherwise undesirable. The user COULD move their desired icon to the bottom of the launcher-list so it's visible on the closed launcher, but then you're enforcing a sort-order on the launcher menu the user might not want, simply to get the icon they want-- that makes no sense. REQUEST: Instead, when button-style is set to "inside", then the launcher should display a generic "launcher" icon and/or custom icon on the closed launcher.    * When a panel launcher button style is set to "Inside", the normal behavior is to open the panel menu. That's great. PROBLEM: xfce displays an arbitrary command icon on the launcher when it's closed (happens to be the bottom-most icon). This makes no sense: clicking the launcher does not launch that particular icon-- it just opens the launcher menu. Therefor, it's confusing and illogical to display any one of the launcher icons on the closed launcher. It's also annoying if the arbitrary icon displayed is too small, ugly, or otherwise undesirable. The user COULD move their desired icon to the bottom of the launcher-list so it's visible on the closed launcher, but then you're enforcing a sort-order on the launcher menu the user might not want, simply to get the icon they want-- that makes no sense. REQUEST: Instead, when button-style is set to "inside", then the launcher should display a generic "launcher" icon and/or custom icon on the closed launcher. 
  
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   * Organization features: as many of the target audience are on older machines that can not handle Compiz/Beryl, it would be neat to have some other window-organization features available. Namely tabbed navigation, and/or possibly a column view similar to that of a Mac Finder.   * Organization features: as many of the target audience are on older machines that can not handle Compiz/Beryl, it would be neat to have some other window-organization features available. Namely tabbed navigation, and/or possibly a column view similar to that of a Mac Finder.
   * Not to show the archives that appear in ".hidden". Something that works until in gtkfilechoser.   * Not to show the archives that appear in ".hidden". Something that works until in gtkfilechoser.
-  * Tabs support+  <del>* Tabs support</del>
   * Can change background of content window   * Can change background of content window
   * Small front-end to mkfs - right-clicking on usb drive provides format drive option in menu.   * Small front-end to mkfs - right-clicking on usb drive provides format drive option in menu.
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   * Support for different shortcuts in each workspace.  This would allow having the most useful shortcuts when workspaces are set up for particular activities: home, work ...   * Support for different shortcuts in each workspace.  This would allow having the most useful shortcuts when workspaces are set up for particular activities: home, work ...
   * Add the ability to have customized buttons for custom actions, in the main toolbar.   * Add the ability to have customized buttons for custom actions, in the main toolbar.
 +  * Add the ability to create submenus for grouping custom actions, by manually editing the uca.xml file
 +  * Save tabs on exit
 ===== Window manager ===== ===== Window manager =====
   * See also [[xfwm4_changes|xfwm4 changes]]   * See also [[xfwm4_changes|xfwm4 changes]]
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 * Allow window preview when hoovering over a window button. As <Alt-Tab> switcher already handles previews i don't think this would be too hard to achieve. * Allow window preview when hoovering over a window button. As <Alt-Tab> switcher already handles previews i don't think this would be too hard to achieve.
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 +* Ditch xfwm4 in favor of mutter. xfwm4 has tearing (even with composition enabled) and compton is unmaintained and currently has problems with gtk 3 CSDs and shadows in QT applications. Xfwm also doesn't allow decent resizing on modern displays because of the 1 px border. It also seems very unlikely that the xfce team will ever make xf4wm compatible with wayland. Performance wise they are almost the same. This would need changes in xfwm4-settings and a fix for the workspace transition.
  
  
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   * support for to use picturefeeds as wallpaper, like http://feeds.feedburner.com/ngpod   * support for to use picturefeeds as wallpaper, like http://feeds.feedburner.com/ngpod
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 +  * Enable locating desktop icons on the desktop for the primary display (or any display in a multi-monitor setup).
  
 ===== Display Manager ===== ===== Display Manager =====