New Window Shortcut with Appropriate Spatial Layout
in progress
B
Brian Murray
As a business user of the product, from a productivity point of view, I would like to have the ability to open in a new window with minimal key/hand strokes and that this new window would open in an appropriate area in space without being obscured by any other windows.
At the moment, the new windows (using a context menu) tend to open in random spaces somewhat stacked behind the window I'm working on and then I have to go retrieve them. If they opened in orderly space, I should simply be able to move my head to view the new window.
Windows could be ordered right to left in time opening ascending order (for example) with the option to choose the current window as the CENTRE window and all windows would shift appropriately
John (Fluid Team)
in progress
John (Fluid Team)
We recently pushed a change which opens windows out of the dock. Let me know if that is suitable?
Also, CTRL + N should open a new window wherever you are looking.
B
Brian Murray
John (Fluid Team) Hi John - this (attached) is what I see when I open new windows from the dock. They still stack. At some point I will have to close or move windows to access the windows behind and this is what seems like an unecessary task.
What I was hoping was that they would place themselves in an ordered space (e.g. Left to Right and Bottom to Top) where each one (as it is spawned) would be fully readable by me as a viewer without interaction.
My use case above though, is more a reflection of a business workflow or process. Imagine I have a window open and I click on a link to open in a new window because I want to dive deeper into my chosen subject. Whether this opens in front of or behind the current window is irrelevant as I lose visibility of one window. If it opens BESIDE or ABOVE the current window, then I have full visibility of both windows.
John (Fluid Team)
Brian Murray: Just wanted to let you know we haven't forgotten about this. Improvements to how windows open are something on our minds.