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jaszhix / icingtaskmanager

Window list with app grouping and thumbnails for Cinnamon
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/269
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Removing and Re-adding loses settings? #164

Closed rik-shaw closed 6 years ago

rik-shaw commented 6 years ago

Cinnamon: 3.2, 3.6, others? Extension version: 6.0.3 Distribution: Ubuntu 16.04

Removing then re-adding the applet to the Cinnamon panel seems to reset the preferences such as "pinned apps", etc. (I believe they are ALL reset?) Can someone confirm?

jaszhix commented 6 years ago

This is Cinnamon behavior that affects all applets' settings. I added an option to use system favorites for pinned apps instead, which will persist them after ITM is removed from the panel.

rik-shaw commented 6 years ago

@jaszhix thanks for the quick reply. I hadn't noticed the same "loss of settings" behavior before with others, but maybe it wasn't as noticeable. Anyway, thanks for your quick reply. By the way, the "killer feature" of ITM over others is that main menu right-click add to panel WORKS. That is essential for beginning users and as far as I can tell, besides Cinnamon's Quick Launcher yours is the only one that supports this! ITM really should be default for Cinnamon, as it matches the functionality of W7 that many are expecting coming from W land.

jaszhix commented 6 years ago

Thanks, glad you like it. I also should mention, I think the settings stay preserved for applets that only allow one instance, but if an applet (like ITM) allows more than one, or in this case, unlimited, Cinnamon stops keeping track of the applet settings on panel removal.