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Hello, is there a way, either by installing additional software or modifying unity settings, to minimize windows by pressing the corresponding program icon in the unity bar? Second question, is there a similar possibility to make icons of opened programs automatically move on the top of the bar (below the other currently opened ones) until the are closed again (and return to the previous position)? Thanks.
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No there's not, and I doubt there ever will be. It would fundamentally break Unity's window management facility, as in, if there were visible windows and minimised windows, you'd never be able to get back to any minimised windows except for the last one used!Originally Posted by ag4032
The whole "Click to show and click again to minimise" is pretty bad interface design - very confusing for users unless they are aware if the window is visible or hidden. I'm glad Unity doesn't implement it "because Windows users are used to it".
Not a bad idea as an option, but sadly no it's not possible in Unity. I do find that I prefer it the way it currently is, because my icons are always in the same place whether their programs are open or closed. In other words, muscle memory.Second question, is there a similar possibility to make icons of opened programs automatically move on the top of the bar (below the other currently opened ones) until the are closed again (and return to the previous position)? Thanks.
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What do you mean by saying it wouldn't be possible to go back to any of the minimized windows? Any of the opened programs would be shown again by clicking on it's icon.
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That would work fine for one window. What if you had three windows of the same program open, and one window was minimized?
I think what christopher was trying to say is that "click to minimize" doesn't make sense when what you are clicking is a whole application, not just a window. You couldn't implement this option in Unity.
If you are absolutely wedded to this and can't possibly use any operating system that doesn't let you click-to-minimize, you could try a different desktop environment like KDE, or XFCE, MATE or Cinnamon. You can install any or all of these onto your current Ubuntu and then choose the desktop at the login screen.
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This was partially implemented in an early version on unity & and while it worked fine was removed along with left click to spread pulling windows from all workspaces
(there was a progression of what l. clicks on the icon would produce, orig progression here
As far as straight minimizing on the focused window that was always rejected though 1 means to do so was proposed & again rejected
For a while it was implemented thru ppa builds but at this point there is no practical way to use that patch so what you see now is what you get.
Other docks like docky & plank still do this to some extent though I don't believe they can do 'spread' thru the l. click
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