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Hi,
For the users that are working much more programs so more windows at the same time i have an idea for cascading windows. For about 15-16 years every operating system cascade windows from left to right. After cascade we have a problem because when we select the window at the top or at the middle, we can not see the windows under the selected window. So we have more than one desktop, we have tabs on our browsers, we have 2 monitors, and cube desktop (i love it).

This is normal cascade.http://files.myopera.com/Wandering%20electrons/files/Windowscascade.jpg

This is the problem.http://files.myopera.com/Wandering%20electrons/files/Windowscascade_grrr.jpg

Suggested behaviour.http://files.myopera.com/Wandering%20electrons/files/Windowscascade_wanted.jpg

And this is working with the right cascading.http://files.myopera.com/Wandering%20electrons/files/Windowscascade_yeah.jpg

We have talked abaout this topic on pardus forum and decided to try. A simple change in the kwin placement.cpp done the work.

In the Placement::placeCascaded method:
//const int delta_x = 24;
const int delta_x = -24;

and

// cci[dn].pos = QPoint(X, Y);
cci[dn].pos = QPoint(W-cw, Y);

These two changes makes the cascade from right to left.

The best cascade is to put the window which has the least width to the top right and to put the window which has the max width to the bottom left.

If we change it i think the other operating systems will change the direction too.

Fatih

Even better, would this be possible?

http://vimeo.com/5355916

Gnome 3 concept, I know. But reordering cascading windows would be pretty sweet.

What if you have close/maximize/minimize buttons at left side the same way as i do? Quite simple, i can put the app icon at right most, and then no more changes are required.

So..

In the changing code above, if you change -24 to -100, you can see the beginning part of the window titles. This is important because at the same time when you are using the same program more than one, the icons will be the same but you can easily select your target window seeing the beginning of the title.

I am writing code with delphi for about 14 years and with this method i can easily work on 8-12 forms at the same time depends on the monitor resolution. You can not recognize the window just looking at the icon.

Or when you are working on 2-5 cpp units at the same time with KWrite. You see the same icon and the cpp unit name.
Or you have dolphin more than two on your desktop. You see the same icon and the forlder name.

You will work more effective.

There is three property:
-Cascade right top to left bottom.
-Icons with the beginning of window titles.
-Order by window width (The window with the smallest width will be at the top of desktop, the window with the maximum width will be at the bottom)

I wish, i want every operating system to have this change, not only KDE.

Can i explane what i dream.

Kate can help you with multiple "confusing" kwrite windows, and by default i prefer to use split mode and/or tabs rather than having multiple dolphin windows. For me there is no such problem, but if you like it.. just convince the developers, that's it

Regards