Re: feature request and patch

[Fabio Gomes <bugtraq gs2 com br>]

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 14:42, David Christian Berg wrote:
> > I have recently switched from KDE to Gnome, and found myself missing a
> > particular feature.
> > 
> > In KDE you can use the Mouse Wheel on the desktop to switch
> > workspaces. I found this extraordinarily convenient.
> 
> Hmm, sounds good. But I wonder about the behavior, when a window is
> focused, which is the case most of the time. As I understand it, it only
> works when you are on an empty desktop, of at least the cursor is above
> the background. I think it would be worth looking into implementing
> something alike in MetaCity and thus being able to switch workspaces,
> even when a window is focused and the desktop is covered.
> Not totally sure, how it should work, but maybe switching when you use
> the mouse wheel above a titlebar.
> 

Maybe this should be implemented in the Workspace Switcher Applet. It's
never covered. It would work just like the Volume Control (mixer)
applet.

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