Can I change the ordering for grouped dock items to be static?
In the Ubuntu dock on Ubuntu 18.04, multiple windows of the same application are grouped and orange dots are shown to tell you how many windows of the application are opened. When you click on the icon, a small screen capture of each of the windows is shown.
However, these screen captures are shown in an order that's based on which window was last active on the desktop. This is something that clashes with the way I use the dock. I'm used to mentally mapping the windows to their dock positions. As such, I will often be trying to get to "the top one" and then I end up needing several clicks before I actually get to the terminal (or some other application) that I was looking for.
Is there some way to make sure that the order of these screen captures does not change whenever a window becomes active?
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asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
Jasper
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In the Ubuntu dock on Ubuntu 18.04, multiple windows of the same application are grouped and orange dots are shown to tell you how many windows of the application are opened. When you click on the icon, a small screen capture of each of the windows is shown.
However, these screen captures are shown in an order that's based on which window was last active on the desktop. This is something that clashes with the way I use the dock. I'm used to mentally mapping the windows to their dock positions. As such, I will often be trying to get to "the top one" and then I end up needing several clicks before I actually get to the terminal (or some other application) that I was looking for.
Is there some way to make sure that the order of these screen captures does not change whenever a window becomes active?
18.04 gnome-shell ubuntu-dock
asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
Jasper
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In the Ubuntu dock on Ubuntu 18.04, multiple windows of the same application are grouped and orange dots are shown to tell you how many windows of the application are opened. When you click on the icon, a small screen capture of each of the windows is shown.
However, these screen captures are shown in an order that's based on which window was last active on the desktop. This is something that clashes with the way I use the dock. I'm used to mentally mapping the windows to their dock positions. As such, I will often be trying to get to "the top one" and then I end up needing several clicks before I actually get to the terminal (or some other application) that I was looking for.
Is there some way to make sure that the order of these screen captures does not change whenever a window becomes active?
18.04 gnome-shell ubuntu-dock
asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
Jasper
17617
In the Ubuntu dock on Ubuntu 18.04, multiple windows of the same application are grouped and orange dots are shown to tell you how many windows of the application are opened. When you click on the icon, a small screen capture of each of the windows is shown.
However, these screen captures are shown in an order that's based on which window was last active on the desktop. This is something that clashes with the way I use the dock. I'm used to mentally mapping the windows to their dock positions. As such, I will often be trying to get to "the top one" and then I end up needing several clicks before I actually get to the terminal (or some other application) that I was looking for.
Is there some way to make sure that the order of these screen captures does not change whenever a window becomes active?
18.04 gnome-shell ubuntu-dock
18.04 gnome-shell ubuntu-dock
asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
Jasper
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asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
Jasper
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edited Jul 17 '18 at 15:59
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asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
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asked Jul 17 '18 at 11:54
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Unfortunately, this is (currently?) not possible. The Ubuntu Dock (aka Dash to Dock, on which Ubuntu Dock is based) takes the order from Gnome Shell, and this is in order of MRU, Most Recently Used, with no exposed way to change that.
If you do not object a change in layout, you could use Dash to Panel instead. This renders the icons not on a separate dock, but combines them with the panel. This extension does maintain the order of the icon previews throughout the session.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 13:36
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Yes, currently it's not possible.
But already there is a feature request for Dash to Dock about this trouble. Let's upvote it — https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/issues/639
answered Sep 11 '18 at 12:06
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Unfortunately, this is (currently?) not possible. The Ubuntu Dock (aka Dash to Dock, on which Ubuntu Dock is based) takes the order from Gnome Shell, and this is in order of MRU, Most Recently Used, with no exposed way to change that.
If you do not object a change in layout, you could use Dash to Panel instead. This renders the icons not on a separate dock, but combines them with the panel. This extension does maintain the order of the icon previews throughout the session.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 13:36
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Unfortunately, this is (currently?) not possible. The Ubuntu Dock (aka Dash to Dock, on which Ubuntu Dock is based) takes the order from Gnome Shell, and this is in order of MRU, Most Recently Used, with no exposed way to change that.
If you do not object a change in layout, you could use Dash to Panel instead. This renders the icons not on a separate dock, but combines them with the panel. This extension does maintain the order of the icon previews throughout the session.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 13:36
vanadium
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add a comment |
Unfortunately, this is (currently?) not possible. The Ubuntu Dock (aka Dash to Dock, on which Ubuntu Dock is based) takes the order from Gnome Shell, and this is in order of MRU, Most Recently Used, with no exposed way to change that.
If you do not object a change in layout, you could use Dash to Panel instead. This renders the icons not on a separate dock, but combines them with the panel. This extension does maintain the order of the icon previews throughout the session.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 13:36
vanadium
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Unfortunately, this is (currently?) not possible. The Ubuntu Dock (aka Dash to Dock, on which Ubuntu Dock is based) takes the order from Gnome Shell, and this is in order of MRU, Most Recently Used, with no exposed way to change that.
If you do not object a change in layout, you could use Dash to Panel instead. This renders the icons not on a separate dock, but combines them with the panel. This extension does maintain the order of the icon previews throughout the session.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 13:36
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answered Jul 17 '18 at 13:36
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Yes, currently it's not possible.
But already there is a feature request for Dash to Dock about this trouble. Let's upvote it — https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/issues/639
answered Sep 11 '18 at 12:06
Snaker
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Yes, currently it's not possible.
But already there is a feature request for Dash to Dock about this trouble. Let's upvote it — https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/issues/639
answered Sep 11 '18 at 12:06
Snaker
765
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Yes, currently it's not possible.
But already there is a feature request for Dash to Dock about this trouble. Let's upvote it — https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/issues/639
answered Sep 11 '18 at 12:06
Snaker
765
Yes, currently it's not possible.
But already there is a feature request for Dash to Dock about this trouble. Let's upvote it — https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/issues/639
answered Sep 11 '18 at 12:06
Snaker
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answered Sep 11 '18 at 12:06
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