User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080217 SeaMonkey/1.1.8 Build Identifier: Currently the XFCE tasklist plugin doesn't differentiate between multiple screens, even if each respective screen has it's own instance of a panel+tasklist. I want to be able to see a list of windows which are on my left screen only in my left taskbar. I don't want my left taskbar to show the windows I have open on both my left and my right screen. Gnome has had this functionality since oct2006, see http://www.lloydleung.com/2006/10/14/gnome-multiple-monitor-taskbar-window-listing/ (It would be ideal if both screens acted as seperate workspaces, so the pager would work as expected too. But I can imagine this too be a more fundamental problem.) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Actual Results: Both my left and my right tasklist show all windows I have opened across both screens. This is very cluttery. Expected Results: If I have an xterm open on my left screen and a mozilla in my right, I'd expect the xterm to only show up in the left tasklist, and mozilla only on the right. Gnome knows how to do this http://www.lloydleung.com/2006/10/14/gnome-multiple-monitor-taskbar-window-listing/
Let me add a request for this too. If you could bring it forward to 4.6, it would be fabulous :-)
Not in 4.6 anymore, since we're in bugfix mode now.
Sorry for bumping this request, but I was wondering if there was something I could do to help out to make this work -since gnome already have this working, maybe some pointer might get me on my way? I'm not a proficient programmer, but I sorta know my way around code.
Likewise - this would be really nice to have. I entirely understand that we end users (who don't submit patches) have no right to do any more than just ask nicely - and that to specifically seek out developer time would require a proper financial remuneration, which I can't afford to pay at a decent rate. Nevertheless, this feature is worth $50 to me, and I'd be happy to donate that to XFCE or the FSF or buy a round of pizzas in return. Is this a reasonable thing to ask? I know it undervalues developer time, and is somewhat bug-spam, so if this request is inappropriate, please tell me. Thanks - Richard
I'm already working on a better panel for 4.8 which includes a better tasklist. So please give me some time...
I recently upgraded to the 4.6 branch and to my delight found that the taskbar now works as expected: on my left taskbar I see the programs which are open on my left screen, on my right taskbar I see the programs open on my right screen. No more duplicates. Hurray \o/ Thanks for your work, xfce guys and gals!