[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 3321] New: Urgent windows only shown in taskbar for current workspace

[bugzilla-daemon at xfce.org]

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.  Also, do not reply via email to the person
whose email is mentioned below.  To comment on this bug, please visit:
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3321

           Summary: Urgent windows only shown in taskbar for current
                    workspace
           Product: Xfce
           Version: 4.4.0
          Platform: PC (x86)
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: Medium
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
        ReportedBy: wren42 at gmail.com


According to the changelogs, XFCE was changed to NOT do this somewhere around
4.3.99.2, but I think this was a terrible mistake.

Right now, if I have an urgent window on another workspace trying to get my
attention, I have no way of knowing it. It'll just sit there flashing away
until I happen to change to that workspace.

The solution suggested by a developer is to just display windows from all
workspaces in the task list. But what if that isn't how I use my task list?
Right now, the flashing urgent windows feature is completely worthless if your
task list is only showing windows from one workspace. Letting the task list
display windows from other workspaces when they are set as urgent is a simple,
clean, and extremely common solution to this problem (I know Gnome and IceWM do
this, and I suspect KDE, too!).


-- 
Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.