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ALdaperan
Asked: 2011-07-26 20:48:10 +0800 CST

How do I get Unity to minimize windows individually, not in groups

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I am Ubuntu 11.04 user ( Unity gui ) but i have an issue : I am working on an exercise for my university and i must have open a lot of pdf files , when i minimize them , they minimized in a group on unity launcher and it is not usefull this I would like to minimize them separately each window and not in groups . Is this possible ?

Thanks in advance!!

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2 Answers

  1. I assume that you want each minimized window to get an own icon in the panel.

    As far as my experience goes (and I greatly agree that this is a definite usability lack) unity itself is not capable of it. However another dock I used previously (avant-window-navigator) will do this for you and even display the pdf-preview images for each icon. Whenever I have such a task to do, I launch awn additionally. It also features auto-hiding and workspace seperation, so you can have all the open PDFs on one workspace.

    Another feasible workaround for the specific instance would be to have tabs in the pdf-viewer, but until evince supports this (already requested), you would have to use a different viewer.

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  2. They actually do get minimized one by one. The launcher just hides it. I have an idea for you.

    • 1) Do all your PDF work on one workspace.
    • 2) Add a bottom gnome-panel with a window switcher. (The same one as we've used by default in earlier Ubuntus)
    • 3) If possible, make the panel only appear on your pdf workspace, or just make a keyboard shortcut so you can show and hide it quickly.

    For a good result, you should delete the default upper panel. You can do this using gconf-editor, or you can just log out, choose Ubuntu Classic session, delete the upper panel and log back into Ubuntu with Unity. You then make gnome-panel start with the session (you can do that in the startup applications dialog)

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