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Windows and workspaces

Workspace previews, the window list and what runs behind each window.

Workspaces: Previews

Hovering a workspace shows its windows.

Hovering a workspace in the bottom panel

Applications: Frequent apps

The rocket before the window list opens the installed applications. The first group ranks apps by launches on the current workspace, or across all workspaces on an unnamed one. An app with an open window has a button on the right of its row that focuses its most recently used window.

Frequently launched apps with a hover card and open window buttons

Applications: Categories

Every other app is listed under its freedesktop category. A list grows up to the height of the screen and scrolls when it does not fit, fading at an edge with rows beyond it.

A scrolled application list fading at both edges

Windows: Directory groups

Neighbouring terminals in one directory share a heading, with the selected window in the accent colour.

Terminals grouped under their working directory in the bottom panel

Windows: Process inspector

The process tree behind a window.

Hovering the process inspector of a window

Windows and workspaces: Other views

These look like the views above.

ViewWhat it shows
WindowA window’s title, app id, window id and when it last had focus.
Flat rowsWith grouping turned off in the panel settings, each window shows its own directory.
Workspace sidebarThe same workspace previews in a vertical sidebar.