[Bug 311303] Re: Wishlist: Alt+Tab style switching for desktops in Compiz

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

I re-wrote the description. Hopefully it is clearer now on what I'm
asking for.

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: compiz
- 
  This is a wishlist item, not a bug report.
  
- Please be sure to read the Expected Behaviour use case towards the
- bottom before you make a decision. People seem to be judging this
- without even reading it properly :(
+ 
+ **********
+ People seem to be misinterpreting what I am asking for. I am already aware of ways to move through desktops in creation/placement order. But what I am asking for is a way to visit them in the order they were used.
+ 
+ The request is below. Please read in full before you respond.
+ **********
+ 
+ 
+ REQUEST:
+ A means to travel through desktops in the reverse order in which they were visited.
+ 
+ PRECEDENT:
+ Most window managers have an Alt+Tab binding to move through windows in the exact same manner. I would like identical behaviour, but with desktops instead of windows.
+ 
+ USE CASE SCENARIO (Win+Tab = the keybinding for this feature):
+   1. As I use applications and windows, I go to Desktop 1 -> Desktop 5 -> Desktop 7 -> Desktop 2
+      (so in this example I end on Desktop 2)
+   2. I press Win+Tab -> I get taken to Desktop 2 (i.e. the desktop I was last at)
+   3. I press Win+Tab again -> I get taken back to Desktop 7 (i.e. the desktop I was last at)
+   4. I hold Win and press Tab multiple times -> I cycle through the desktops in the order I visited them
+ 
+ This ISN'T a means of moving through desktops:
+   * in linear/numerical order (1 -> 2 -> 3 -> ...)
+   * in spatial order (up, down, left, right)
  
  For a long time, it has been possible on many GUI environments to cycle
  through windows in the order in which they were last used by using the
  Alt+Tab key binding.
  
  Some desktops have taken this convenience further and added the ability
  to cycle through desktops in a similar manner. On Kwin (KDE's window
  manager), this is called "Walk through Desktops", complementing the
  standard "Walk through Windows" feature that is available just about
  everywhere.
  
  This is especially for those of us who have >2 virtual desktops or
  workspaces open. I've personally got mine set to switch desktops using
  Win+Tab, to complement Alt+Tab for windows-switching. I already
  appreciate that you can move through windows linearly, but that is not
  useful when there are many desktops open. There should be a way to make
  switching desktops just as convenient as switching windows.
- 
- Expected behaviour (Win+Tab = the keybinding for this feature):
- 1. As I perform my work, I go to Desktop 1 -> Desktop 5 -> Desktop 7 -> Desktop 2
-     (so I end on Desktop 2)
- 2. I press Win+Tab -> I get taken to Desktop 2 (i.e. the desktop I was last at)
- 3. I press Win+Tab again -> I get taken back to Desktop 7 (i.e. the desktop I was last at)
- 4. I hold Win and press Tab multiple times -> I cycle through the desktops in the order I visited them
- 
- This is _exactly_ the same as Alt+tab, but for desktops instead of
- windows. Note that Alt+Tab does _not_ cycle through windows in the order
- in which they were created or show on the taskbar. It cycles in the
- order of use. I am asking for the same with desktops.
- 
- This _isn't_ a means of moving through desktops (I already know that such features already exist):
- * in linear/numerical order (1, 2, 3, etc.)
- * in spatial order (up, down, left, right)

** Description changed:

  This is a wishlist item, not a bug report.
  
  
  **********
  People seem to be misinterpreting what I am asking for. I am already aware of ways to move through desktops in creation/placement order. But what I am asking for is a way to visit them in the order they were used.
  
  The request is below. Please read in full before you respond.
  **********
  
  
  REQUEST:
  A means to travel through desktops in the reverse order in which they were visited.
  
  PRECEDENT:
  Most window managers have an Alt+Tab binding to move through windows in the exact same manner. I would like identical behaviour, but with desktops instead of windows.
  
  USE CASE SCENARIO (Win+Tab = the keybinding for this feature):
    1. As I use applications and windows, I go to Desktop 1 -> Desktop 5 -> Desktop 7 -> Desktop 2
       (so in this example I end on Desktop 2)
    2. I press Win+Tab -> I get taken to Desktop 2 (i.e. the desktop I was last at)
    3. I press Win+Tab again -> I get taken back to Desktop 7 (i.e. the desktop I was last at)
-   4. I hold Win and press Tab multiple times -> I cycle through the desktops in the order I visited them
+   4. I hold Win and press Tab multiple times -> I cycle through the desktops in the order I visited
+      them
  
  This ISN'T a means of moving through desktops:
    * in linear/numerical order (1 -> 2 -> 3 -> ...)
    * in spatial order (up, down, left, right)
  
  For a long time, it has been possible on many GUI environments to cycle
  through windows in the order in which they were last used by using the
  Alt+Tab key binding.
  
  Some desktops have taken this convenience further and added the ability
  to cycle through desktops in a similar manner. On Kwin (KDE's window
  manager), this is called "Walk through Desktops", complementing the
  standard "Walk through Windows" feature that is available just about
  everywhere.
  
  This is especially for those of us who have >2 virtual desktops or
  workspaces open. I've personally got mine set to switch desktops using
  Win+Tab, to complement Alt+Tab for windows-switching. I already
  appreciate that you can move through windows linearly, but that is not
  useful when there are many desktops open. There should be a way to make
  switching desktops just as convenient as switching windows.

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Wishlist: Alt+Tab style switching for desktops in Compiz
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