Re: Arrow key window selector extension.

[privacy <privacy tanwald net>]

On 07/04/2011 02:56 PM, Tim Cuthbertson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:07 AM, privacy<privacy tanwald net>  wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have written an extension for selecting windows in overview mode with
> > arrow keys. When you are in overview mode and press an arrow key, the most
> > recently focused window will be selected and highlighted. As soon as you
> > have navigated to the desired window you can press ENTER for activating the
> > window or DELETE for closing it. Mouse events and other key events will
> > terminate the selection process. I think the navigation logic should work
> > with any window placement strategy and multiple monitors should also be
> > supported.
> >
> > You can find the extension here:
> > https://github.com/tanwald/gnome-shell-extension-arrow-key-window-selector
> >
> > I would be glad about some feedback, ideas for improvement and please report
> > issues.
> >
> > Cheers, Paul
> Good stuff! (I was also thinking of making this myself)
>
> I added a pull request to the extension here:
> https://github.com/tanwald/gnome-shell-extension-arrow-key-window-selector/pull/5
>
> But thought I'd also float the idea here: using pageUp/pageDown for
> workspace navigation in the overview mode. It seems like a very
> natural feature to me, any reasons against it?
>
> Cheers,
>   - Tim.

I really like this feature and I've already pulled it. I hope you don't 
mind that I renamed some variables to conform to the naming convention.

Cheers, Paul