Window List

The Window List displays a button for each application window that is open. You can use the Window List to perform the following tasks:

• To minimize a window

  Click on the button that represents the window.

• To restore a minimized window

  Click on the button that represents the window.

• To give focus to a window

  Click on the button that represents the window.

When you open an application window, Window List displays a button that represents the window. The window list buttons show which application windows are open. You can view which windows are open even if some windows are minimized, or other windows overlap a window. Window List can display buttons for the windows in your current workspace, or in all workspaces. To select this option, you must change the preferences of Window List.

You can also right-click on a window list button to open the Window Menu for the window that the button represents. When you open the Window Menu from Window List, the Window Menu does not contain the workspace commands. For more information on the Window Menu commands, see Window Menu.

Figure 4–2 shows Window List when the following windows are open:

• gedit

• Dictionary

• GHex

• GNOME Terminal

Figure 4–2 Window List Panel Application

The buttons in the panel application show the status of your windows. Table 4–3 explains the information that the window list buttons provide about the window. The examples in Table 4–3 refer to Figure 4–2.

Table 4–3 Window Status Information on Window List Buttons

State	Indicates	Example
Button is pressed in.	The window has focus.	gedit
Square brackets around window title.	The window is minimized.	[Dictionary]
Button is not pressed in, no square brackets around title.	The window is displayed, and is not minimized.	ghex
Numeral on button, in parentheses.	The button represents a group of buttons.	Gnome-terminal (3)

Grouping Buttons

Window List can group the buttons that represent windows in the same class under one window list button. The Gnome-terminal button in Figure 4–2 is an example of a button that represents a group of buttons. The following figure shows an example of Window List with a button group open:

To open a list of the windows in a group, click on the window list button that represents the group. You can click on the items in the list to give focus to windows, minimize windows, and restore windows.

To open the Window Menu for a window in a button group, right-click on the window list button that represents the group. A list of the windows in the group is displayed. To open the Window Menu for a window in the group, click on the item in the list. When you open the Window Menu from the Window List, the Window Menu does not contain the workspace commands. For more information on the Window Menu commands, see Window Menu.