Re: Window groups and multiple desktops

[Philipp Lohmann <Philipp Lohmann sun com>]

Am 31.08.01, 17:35:33, schrieb Michael Rogers 
<banthafodder connectfree co uk> zum Thema Window groups and multiple desktops:


> The combination of window groups and multiple desktops raises some
> complicated questions about to modal dialogs, and activating or
> presenting windows.

> For example, if a dialog is modal for all the windows in its group, and
> it is not on the current desktop, should the user be able to use windows
> from its group that *are* on the current desktop? If not, how should the
> WM indicate to the user that a dialog on another desktop must be closed
> before the requested window can be used?

A good behaviour in this case would be to let the window that is 
transient for a scattered group occupy all the desktops that are occupied 
by the group (that is move it to the current desktop if it contains a 
window of the group).

> Another example: when a window that is part of a group on another
> desktop is presented, should it be moved to the current desktop and
> raised (separating it from its group), or should the WM switch to the
> desktop containing the window?

> I suggest the following restriction: all windows in a group must occupy
> the same desktop. If the user moves a member of the group to another
> desktop, the WM must either remove it from the group, or move the whole
> group, or offer the user a choice between those two actions.

Why restrict this ? Why must a group occupy a single desktop ? The user 
would expect the window to be in the same group again if he moves the 
window back to the old desktop.

Regards, Philipp