Re: OSX Exposé, compiz scale windows picker question

[Ryan Peters <sloshy45 sbcglobal net>]

On 05/11/2011 04:27 AM, Milan Oravec wrote:
> hallo, I generally like Gnome3 (gnome-shell) concept, but i my opinion 
> it needs to be more configurable to give people chance to 
> "personalize" their desktop to their needs. Not all people want to 
> live in uniform world. I have few questions:
>
> 1. is there in gnome-shell any way to show all windows (running 
> applications) from all workspaces at once similar to OS X Exposé or 
> compiz scale windows picker? In activity overview are showed only 
> running applications from one workspace.
You could try Alt+Tab and using the mouse to navigate. You can navigate 
the Alt+Tab pop-up with Alt+[Shift+]Tab, Alt+[Shift+][above tab], the 
arrow keys, and the mouse itself, which is a nice touch. Granted, it's 
not quite as fast as what you describe (and I know from experience), but 
it's just fast enough to work. What you describe could possibly be made 
into an extension.
> 2. is there any option/setting to assign this functionality to mouse 
> button? For this functionality I use scroll wheel button.
As of right now, all shortcuts in System Settings must be set for the 
Keyboard, so no. Also, I think there's some applications that already 
use middle-click (Firefox, some games are all I can think of), so 
setting this to middle-click would cause problems. If It's an extension 
like you said above, and it if was "middle click on the desktop" instead 
of just a regular middle click, then I don't see why not.
> It is quick way to switch between applications and it is not against 
> design concept of gnome-shell, what I think and hope.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Best regards Milan.
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