maximized windows should have names

Asked by alkatraz

Мaximized windows in Unity should have names when previewed. In my work I often use multiply windows of the same program for various reasons. Now when I click on the app in the launcher when it's window is maximized there are previews but all of the windows don't have titlebars and names. It's really unproductive because when I'm editing sound files with Audacity for example It's very hard to find the exact window of the sound effect or file I'm looking for. Now Libre office shows only menus, audacity shows nothing, in nautilus if you open two different folders in different maximized windows you can see what folder are you looking at only in the tab's name which is very tiny and difficult to read. My idea is when you click on an app with many maximized windows in the launcher windows to have their own title bars or maybe some kind of labels which could handle the filenames. My idea is when you click on an app with many maximized windows in the launcher windows to have their own title bars or maybe some kind of labels which could handle the filenames.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

http://www.wmlcloud.com/linux/how-to-disable-global-menu-in-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/

May help.

You could always install XFCE, and use that instead of Gnome and it will work like Gnome2 did

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alkatraz (hellion-bg) said :
#2

thanks for the response but, removing the global menu is causing other problems or difficulties if you like, and thus I think is not an option.

I've tired XFCE and I admit it's good, but apart from some annoyances, believe me or not, I actually like Unity, so no joy in here too :)

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Danillo (danillo) said :
#3

alkatraz, you can add window titles to windows in the scale previews by doing the following steps:

1- Install the packages compizconfig-settings-manager and compiz-plugins-extra;
2- Run CompizConfig Settings Manager from the dash;
3- On the "image loading" section, tick "text";
4- On the "utility" section, click on "scale addons";
5- Click on the "appearance" tab, and on "window title";
6- Select the "all windows" option on "window title display".

The spread feature on Ubuntu 12.10 may fix this problem, but for now we already have this workaround.

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