Comment 161 for bug 930148
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| damianatorrpm@gmail.com (damianatorrpm) wrote Re: [Bug 930148] Re: Dodge windows is down but what about making the launcher autohide only on maximised apps ? | #161 |
+1 for Carlos
2012/10/19 Carlos Ravelo <email address hidden>:
> Put back the option, just don't set it as default and don't expose it on
> the system settings but leave it as an option in the compiz settings so
> that advanced users who are not confused by it can re-enable it. This is
> a highly annoying regression.
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> Title:
> Dodge windows is down but what about making the launcher autohide only
> on maximised apps ?
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Opinion
> Status in Unity:
> Opinion
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Opinion
>
> Bug description:
> I was using dodge windows in unity mainly because it make the launcher
> go out of the way on maximized apps (like Kdenlive who is benefiting a
> lot from unity's capability of making the most space usable).
>
> But I was never hiding the launcher when I use "windowed" apps (like
> firefox on the left and openoffice on the righ part of the screen)
> because it helped me a lot switching with something else rapidly (like
> thunderbird, pidgin, etc)
>
> What I think to be a good third behavior of the launcher is to hide
> itself when one app or more are fullscreen and if they are not, being
> always there.
>
> There is some corner cases like if one app is full screen and the
> focused app is not. But I think this will not bring some crazy bugs
> like dodging windows did in the past.
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