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Tiling window manager - select what to add #540

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KillyMXI opened this issue Jan 14, 2024 · 5 comments
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Tiling window manager - select what to add #540

KillyMXI opened this issue Jan 14, 2024 · 5 comments
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@KillyMXI
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Is it only capable of adding default "term" item currently?

At the very minimum, I'd like to be able to specify what is created on "+" button click.
Ideally, I would like to see a menu after clicking "+" button.

Workaround:
Create a new individual window and drag it into a tile.
This is surprisingly counterintuitive. Repeatedly, I only remember I can do this after I've already launched correct terminal app from within default terminal app.
Maybe I can remember this eventually if it were possible to remove "+" buttons completely, only allowing to populate slots by drag-and-drop.

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o-sdn-o commented Jan 14, 2024

Hi! The tiling window manager's + button adds the application that was selected using the RightClick on the taskbar.

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o-sdn-o commented Jan 14, 2024

Also, the last application launched using LeftClick on the taskbar will be auto-selected (except for Tile itself -- after its launch, the selection rolls back to the previous selected app).

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o-sdn-o commented Jan 14, 2024

Taskbar menu items can (for now) be created manually via settings.xml.

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KillyMXI commented Jan 14, 2024

Hmm. Not very intuitive - no idea how I should've discovered this.
Also, at least in my case, the contrast is so poor I was able to notice the selection only after you've mention it is there and tried few times to select different entries.
Guess which one is selected:

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- takes me more effort than I find comfortable.

At the very minimum, I would prefer the "+" button tooltip to inform what it is going to add.
Ideally, I would prefer the tiling manager to have its own UI, not mixing with external elements.
Can probably remove "+" button from the toolbar and provide richer UI inside empty slots on hover.

Alternatively, if you're making the taskbar to behave somewhat like on Maс - make it obvious.

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o-sdn-o commented Jan 14, 2024

I completely agree, this needs to be improved.

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