Re: A task panel

[Sean Brady <sbrady gtfservices com>]

I like this idea. A lot.

On 05/20/2010 04:35 PM, doshitan wrote:
> A solution could be to just add a mouse-able trigger for the Alt+Tab 
> interface. This would provide those who don't always have a hand on 
> the keyboard access to a switching function that is not the Overview 
> (which can be too much for some people).
>
> Threw together some images this afternoon that show a way this could 
> work. After the first one they are really just the progression that we 
> are all familiar within Alt+Tab (App --> App windows).
>
> First image (note the little triangle next to the app's title in the 
> panel):
> http://imgur.com/zWzBG.png
>
> Second image:
> http://imgur.com/GFs4Y.png
>
> Third image:
> http://imgur.com/2dipC.png
>
> Final image:
> http://imgur.com/Zx0hq.png
>
> Obviously the trigger could be changed to whatever, but the triangle 
> is already used in other parts of the Shell so I just used it. This 
> implementation would not require any major changes to what already 
> exists, just add a little trigger to the panel and allow Alt+Tab to 
> adapt to its position so that it doesn't have to center everything 
> when moved.
>
> On a side note: I really wish we could keybind Alt+<Key above Tab> to 
> move between windows of the current app. Being required to Alt+Tab 
> then Alt+<Key above Tab> to move between windows seems like 
> an artificial limitation. /rant