Bug 1720286
| Summary: | A more traditional workspace switcher for classic mode | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Reporter: | Matthias Clasen <mclasen> |
| Component: | gnome-shell | Assignee: | Florian Müllner <fmuellner> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list> |
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | Marek Suchánek <msuchane> |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 7.8 | CC: | aday, cschalle, desktop-qa-list, fmuellner, jadahl, jkoten, lkuprova, lszubowi, mboisver, tpelka |
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Fixed In Version: | mutter-3.28.3-15.el7 gnome-shell-3.28.3-16.el7 gnome-shell-extensions-3.28.1-9.el7 | Doc Type: | Enhancement |
| Doc Text: |
.Modified workspace switcher in GNOME Classic
Workspace switcher in the GNOME Classic environment has been modified. The switcher is now located in the right part of the bottom bar, and it is designed as a horizontal strip of thumbnails.
Switching between workspaces is possible by clicking on the required thumbnail. Alternatively, you can also use the kbd:[Ctrl + Alt + ↑] and kbd:[Ctrl + Alt + ↓] keyboard shortcuts to switch between workspaces. The content of the active workspace is shown in the left part of the bottom bar in form of the _window list_.
When you press the kbd:[Super] key within the particular workspace, you can see the _window picker_, which includes all windows that are open in this workspace. However, the _window picker_ no longer displays the following elements that were available in the previous release of RHEL:
* _dock_ (vertical bar on the left side of the screen)
* _workspace switcher_ (vertical bar on the right side of the screen)
* _search entry_
For particular tasks that were previously achieved with the help of these elements, adopt the following approaches:
* To launch applications, instead of using _dock_, you can:
** Use the *Applications* menu on the top bar
** Press the kdb:[Alt + F2] keys to make the *Enter a Command* screen appear, and write the name of the executable into this screen.
* To switch between workspaces, instead of using the vertical _workspace switcher_, use the horizontal _workspace switcher_ in the right bottom bar.
* If you require the _search entry_ or the vertical _workspace switcher_, use the GNOME Standard environment instead of GNOME Classic.
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Story Points: | --- |
| Clone Of: | 1704360 | Environment: | |
| Last Closed: | 2020-03-31 19:39:43 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 1704360 | ||
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Comment 4
Florian Müllner
2019-09-06 19:19:10 UTC
Created attachment 1613030 [details] Screencast from testing the new functionality in GNOME Classic TEST SETUP Distro: RHEL-7.8-20190905.0 Component version: mutter-3.28.3-14.el7 gnome-shell-3.28.3-14.el7 gnome-shell-extensions-3.28.1-8.el7 TEST PROCEDURE 1. Download and install Brew builds: - mutter-3.28.3-15.el7 (https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/buildinfo?buildID=963234) - gnome-shell-3.28.3-16.el7 (https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/buildinfo?buildID=963266) - gnome-shell-extensions-3.28.1-9.el7 (https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/buildinfo?buildID=963294) 2. Log in a GNOME session. 3. Start gnome-tweaks. 4. Set the number of workspaces to 12. 5. Log out. 6. Log in GNOME Classic. 7. Start several applications. 8. Put the windows of each app on a different workspace. 9. Switch between workspaces 'with one click'. Created attachment 1613031 [details]
Moving app's window to a different workspace
TEST PROCEDURE 2 1. Log in GNOME session (not classic). RESULT 2 The bottom bar and switching 'with one click' is NOT available in this type of GNOME session. Created attachment 1613093 [details]
Screencast from testing the new functionality in GNOME Standard
TEST PROCEDURE 3
1. Log in GNOME session (not classic).
2. Start gnome-tweaks.
3. Set static workspaces.
4. Set the number of workspaces to 12.
5. Open section "Extensions" in gnome-tweaks
6. Press button from "Browse in Software".
7. Open tab "Shell Extensions".
8. Press button "Extensions Settings".
9. From the list of extensions, activate 2 of them:
- Workspace Indicator
- Horizontal workspaces
10. Log out.
11. Log in GNOME standard session.
12. Start several applications.
13. Put the windows of each app on a different workspace.
14. Switch between workspaces 'with one click'.
RESULT 3
The bottom bar and switching 'with one click' is available in GNOME standard session.
OUTCOME
Updating component: mutter
from: 3.28.3-14.el7
to: 3.28.3-15.el7
Updating component: gnome-shell
from: 3.28.3-14.el7
to: 3.28.3-16.el7
Updating component: gnome-shell-extensions
from: 3.28.1-8.el7
to: 3.28.1-9.el7
offers the desired functionality.
*** Bug 1762048 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1021 |