Ignore "Show Desktop" Mission Control

[farski]

When using a hot key or hot corner for the Show Desktop action from Mission Control, it would be great if the uebersicht widgets stayed in place. Often times I Show Desktop specifically to see a widget, so if they are getting swept of the screen it can be a bit of a hassle to find them.

[lukemartin]

This would be very useful, if it's possible at all.

[farski]

@lukemartin GeekTool widgets behave this way

[farski]

Perhaps something to do with NSWindowCollectionBehaviorStationary

[farski]

https://github.com/felixhageloh/uebersicht/blob/master/U%CC%88bersicht/UBWindow.m#L35

It looks like current the windows are being set to NSWindowCollectionBehaviorTransient which is mutually exclusive with NSWindowCollectionBehaviorStationary. I'd be curious to know why that decision was made.

[felixhageloh]

I will have to look into it! It is definitely possible and intended for them to stay visible when you 'show desktop'. The thing is, for me it works actually, so I need to figure out why it doesn't for you guys!

[felixhageloh]

@farski to answer your question, I used NSWindowCollectionBehaviorTransient because I didn't want widgets to show when you activate Mission Control to pick a window and, at least for me, that didn't break the 'show desktop' action, as in, widgets stay on the desktop and visible.

[felixhageloh]

@farski did you open the Debug Console at some point? If so, can you try to restart Übersicht and see if the problem still exists?

[jbleuzen]

@felixhageloh I experienced the same issue and as you suggested I have open the Debug Console. Restart did fix the problem.

As soon as I open de Debug Console, widgets are not displayed anymore when desktop is shown.

[farski]

@felixhageloh I had opened the debug console, and restarting does make the widgets stay in place.

[sethvoltz]

Just installed Übersicht for the first time and the behavior appears correct (widgets staying in place).

[gboudreau]

I can confirm this issue only starts if you open the debug console, and fixes itself once you restart.

[felixhageloh]

I think I found the issue - the debug console is a bit of a hack, since apple exposes no public API for it. This means it is a bit tricky to fix

[felixhageloh]

this should be fixed with the 0.2 release

[kdorsel]

The 0.3 release seems to have broken this. For me anyways...

[felixhageloh]

are you using a keyboard shortcut to 'show desktop'?

[kdorsel]

Yes, cmd + F3.

I have my Magic Mouse gesture set to Show Desktop also and that works. So you're right in that it's only via the keyboard.

[felixhageloh]

sorry for the late response: so this happens because of the new interaction feature: when you press ⌘ Übersicht becomes intractable, which also means it acts like a normal window. I'll need to find a way to have both features work, but for now, using the trackpad gesture or hot corners works (not sure if that helps you tho)

[felixhageloh]

the newest version lets you choose the interaction shortcut. So if you use something else than ⌘ this issue should be solved.

[AntonTrapp]

New installation, Command key is default -> Übersicht is useless for me because I always have a lot of windows open and got to the desktop everytime with a mouseclick. Kept it because it is genius. Now I wanted to contribute and add this feature and I found this. F... - there should be a different default setting. Or could this be placed a little more prominent? I would add this message with a big red warning icon to the preferences. Or to the beginning of the documentation. Or whatever.

Did I mention that I love Übersicht? At least 10 times? ;) - tnx for this unbelievable useful piece of software.

P.S.: where is a donate button? Can send you via paypal too.

[felixhageloh]

@AntonTrapp I guess you are right - it should be a different default! I will reopen this as a reminder

[felixhageloh]

I have not considered a donate button so far btw (never thought of it :) ). I wonder if it is appropriate, given the project is open source ....

[AntonTrapp]

You are investing time. It saves me time. So why don't pay for it? Or if I am using open source stuff and don't have the time to fix a bug, why not pay someone to do it? It's free, but it has a value for me.

[felixhageloh]

I see what you are saying, but what I meant is that several people could (and a few have already) contribute to this project. So me receiving donations without splitting them up in some way (which would be difficult to determine) sounds unfair to me.

[arulagrawal]

I think I had the behaviour where the widgets stayed in place, but now after a "reinstall" they get swept away. How do I troubleshoot this?

I haven't opened the debug console, and restarting does not fix