[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #11759: Improvements to Stack&Tile
- From: "pulkomandy" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:33:55 -0000
#11759: Improvements to Stack&Tile
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Reporter: pulkomandy | Owner: stippi
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: User Interface | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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Discussed this on IRC, noting it so I don't forget about it.
Several possible enhancements to Stack&Tile to make it more useful.
1) make it possible to save and restore a set of tiled windows (at least
persist on reboot)
2) Support icons in tabs (for things like web browsers)
3) have a deskbar mode where windows are grouped by stack&tile groups
rather than by application. This is similar to something Android tries to
do with Activities: the important thing isn't the application, the
important thing is the file that you are viewing or editing. Also somewhat
similar is the use of public screens on AmigaOS to group related apps in
the same space.
4) better handling of many tabs (overflow popup menu or so?)
5) review the shortcuts and available actions on a tab (we may want an app
customizable context menu)
6) the BDocumentWindow (I think this is from Sequitur), which strenghtens
the window<>document relationship. With proper system integration, the
window should map to a file and allow to X-Ray navigate to it and its
parents, drag it to the Desktop to copy/save it, etc. Tracker does some of
this with custom widgets (the draggable icon in the menubar, the popup
menu on the item count), but it should be part of the base OS
functionality.
7) actually support reordering tiled windows, and have keyboard shortcuts
for tab management like in Terminal (sliding a tab left and right, etc)
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11759>
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