Names for Windows
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@barbudo2005
Tell me .. how to transfer a tab between workspaces ? -
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@andr202 Besides the "move tab" context menu option, the next Vivaldi version (already available as a snapshot) will even include a new feature where you can configure certain websites to always automatically move to a specific workspace, even if you open them from a different one.
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@pauloaguia Said:
...always automatically….
What wonderful words that make it easier to use Vivaldi !!!!
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Is there any way to get this up the priority table for development? Workspaces and manual naming of Windows and having both show in the taskbar is really critical when using many browser windows on a busy system.
I much prefer Vivaldi's handling of workspaces over Edge's but lack of workspace names in the taskbar makes them very limited in use even so.
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@knightnet Agreed!
I typically have more than one Workspace open at a time, so I have to look closely at the webpage title or the image preview to recall what's open. This can get confusing, especially with multiple text-based sites or when using the same site for different purposes.
Personally, I'd like to see the taskbar's preview window titled as their Workspace names; but I do think it would be best to provide the option to name the windows manually, similar to how Chrome handles it.
I also understand this is probably not very high on the development teams priority list, but I can hope! lol
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I've "never" seen in Windows an ability to rename a program Window, but maybe having Vivaldi rename them as related to [a] Workspace is more easier and possible?
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@Totto Any application in Windows can dynamically change its window title - that has always been a feature.
Here is an example from Edge with a general window open along with a workspace window called "TDA" - this is what you see in the taskbar:
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@knightnet Sure, but not for me (or you?) to change it, unless you rewrite the source code ...) it's the program-as you say.
I'll give an example:
Suppose if there was a tool-program to change window title from:
"Microsoft Word - My document name here" >>
"I Like Microsoft - - My document name here"
or when you start Excel it' says "I hate maths" instead: See?Your example (window: 'TDA' ) is dynamically named (like last part of my example: "My document name here") by internal workings/code, not possible for an individual to change the former (Progam title: Microsoft Word -"
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@Totto It is perfectly possible for any app to expose a feature to change window titles. Developers have been doing it since the early days of Windows. And probably in OS/2 before that.
Lots of apps do this - as does Edge as already mentioned. But it is far from alone.
What I'm saying is that the feature in Edge is incredibly useful and it would be good to have it here in Vivaldi as well.
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Edge has this. Intuitive, easy to use, works well.
Right-click to set a name.
See name when alt-tabbing between windows.
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Aha...!
I learned something new there ! Thanks for taking the time to demo this @cspotcodeNow we just need some more Votes ...
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@miguelmarcos It's very helpful, thank u
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It's been 6 years and other browsers have this feature
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+1 for adding this feature. Especially for us linux users.
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@barbudo2005 thanks I'll check it out
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Vivaldi Workspaces still doesn't give windows any type of unique identifier.
For fellow linux i3 users: the best solution I've found is to have each vivaldi window assigned a specific tab (make sure you select that tab on closeout) I'm using the vivaldi://notes feature since each note has it's own unique titlebar/url.
Next, xprop the window and you'll see the titlebar UTF8_STRING is whatever tab the current window is on. Use that for startup scripts. Good luck!
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@barbudo2005 said in Names for Windows:
OLD: Windows
NEW: Workspaces
The workspaces feature works for some people. It is worse than useless to me as it is just (effectively) another hierarchy for tabs. I use multiple windows because I need to actually see, either side-by-side or on separate monitors, multiple tabs at the same time. Workspaces does not solve that need.
I am continually frustrated by every application essentially trying to deprecate separate windows. Does no one ever need to look at two things at once anymore?
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@heathenskwerl Workspaces are an option for those who want them.
I have two monitors, so I can have a video playing on my secondary monitor while working on my primary monitor, with email, forums, etc.
