Add an overview/zooming feature #352
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I thought about this a bit, I do have some vague ideas but nothing concrete yet. I'd need to experiment myself to tell what design I like. |
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If you'd be up to it, I'd be happy to call or just chat about possible designs, and issues that may come up with them :) |
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Something I thought about was zooming out "all the way" so that you see all your workspaces top to bottom, then however many windows fits left and right on each of them. Then you can click on the window that you need, or scroll the strip on every workspace left and right. Which is basically what you're suggesting, but zooming out even more. |
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That would work well. Though I wonder if it's better to have zoom stages, like adding more workspaces above and below the more you zoom out. Though doing it this was may be more work, it may be easier to tell what's on a window/what a window is, unless the thought is just to show the app icon on the area the window takes up. |
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I would love this. I still lose windows with Niri, I simply lose track of where I put them. Not having a workspace indicator, and workspaces disappearing when they're empty so their numbering keeps shifting, is probably what's causing that for me -- with Sway, I'd always have notes on 1, web on 2, code on 3, mail on 8, music on 9, etc. ChromeOS's overview mode has nice to me. If you haven't used it, note how it has both zoomed-out windows to pick from, and shows miniature workspaces. Of course, Niri's window layout would make that look quite different -- but it's definitely proving the concept animated zoom out. |
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I have this same problem. Sometimes I'll end up with 5 or 6 terminals and not realize it. As much as I hate alt-tab in this type of setup, something that would just bring-up a mini live view strip of windows at the bottom, top, etc for that screen, when used, would really push Niri forward in usability. I'm thinking along the lines of the "large icons" switcher for KDE, but with live window preview. EDIT: re-reading other's posts, maybe when such a hotkey is pressed, a strip is shown for each active screen. |
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I'm wondering if it's feasible to add a zooming feature into niri, I'd be happy to work on it if pointed in the correct direction.
I currently have the issue that windows and columns tend to get lost between workspaces and I think one the best ways to fix this is adding zoom functionality. Zooming out should show the workspace above and below, show additional columns left and right (if they exist), make the windows showing non-interactable, and you should be able to click on a column to focus it.
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