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7.0 window picker UI size too big #3658

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magdogg opened this issue Oct 10, 2024 · 11 comments
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7.0 window picker UI size too big #3658

magdogg opened this issue Oct 10, 2024 · 11 comments
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@magdogg
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magdogg commented Oct 10, 2024

Hello, great app!

Since 7.0 the total area of the UI is too big for my taste, the picker takes up most of my screen and I don't see a way to resize it. I suggest going back to the size of 6.X or making it optional.

@magdogg magdogg added the enhancement New feature or request label Oct 10, 2024
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Hi, can you take a screenshot of the size you expect? The current thumbnail mode refers to the design on Windows, and the AppIcons mode refers to the design on macOS.

@lwouis
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lwouis commented Oct 10, 2024

@Allsochen this other ticket is interesting. This user's issue is that they have a very wide screen. On such screen, the picker will be very elongated.

I think we could study this, and maybe come up a UX improvement. I think for instance, that like a book, there should probably be a max width, so that the lines/rows are not too long.

I don't have such a wide screen. It would be interesting to test how Windows handles such screens, and how the built-in macOS switcher does it, and third-party apps as well.

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lwouis commented Oct 10, 2024

@Allsochen another ticket about this issue. In this other ticket, there seems to be an issue with vertical monitors in the Titles Style. I don't own a vertical monitor to test it, unfortunately.

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magdogg commented Oct 11, 2024

@Allsochen this other ticket is interesting. This user's issue is that they have a very wide screen. On such screen, the picker will be very elongated.

I think we could study this, and maybe come up a UX improvement. I think for instance, that like a book, there should probably be a max width, so that the lines/rows are not too long.

I don't have such a wide screen. It would be interesting to test how Windows handles such screens, and how the built-in macOS switcher does it, and third-party apps as well.

Yes this is correct. Allthough I have a regular 32" 16:9 display and the picker is covering about 80-85% of the width. I think it's just too big in general. An option to scale the whole UI would be nice.

@alexduhanov
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Throwing in my experience since switching to 7.0 earlier today:

I haven't taken the time to really dig into the source code so I'm making an assumption here, but it seems like the maximum on-screen width is now a fixed percentage?

Prior to the 7.0 update, I had customized the maximum on-screen width via the following setting to 60%, which I found to be perfect for my own needs:

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At my desk, I use a horizontal 27" monitor and with the resulting window width of roughly 20" at the 85% value, I find that I have to spend more time looking across the screen in order to identify the thumbnail I'm looking for. With my previous setting of 60%, I felt like I was able to see all of the presented thumbnails without having to dart my eyes across the screen.

In short, I agree with what @lwouis stated here, though it would be nice to be able to specify an exact value for this setting once again (or at least a few options to pick from, if reducing the amount of possible customization was part of the new design philosophy):

I think for instance, that like a book, there should probably be a max width, so that the lines/rows are not too long.

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As an aside, thank you so much to the contributors for all of their hard work in providing this application - I sincerely find it invaluable to my daily experience of using macOS.

@simoheinonen
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I'd also prefer like 50% smaller icons. 43" monitor

jee-min

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lwouis commented Oct 29, 2024

Hi @simoheinonen,
Could you please a screenshot of what the default command+tab switcher looks like on such a big display? That way we can have a reference point of how Apple handles this situation.
Thank you 🙇

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Here's the default. A little bit smaller than AltTab but still not small enough for my liking.

jeenormal-min

@lwouis
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lwouis commented Oct 29, 2024

@simoheinonen what's been discussed above is that on a large monitor, it's uncomfortable to move the head laterally if the switcher UI is wide.

You mention you would like smaller icons. Are you sure that it is your issue here? How would you like it if we capped the width of the picker UI, so it started to form a second row. This way you would keep the UI in the center of the screen.

Thank you 🙇

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I guess the issue for me is just that it just looks too big and weird. :D Wouldn't want two rows, that'd look even more weird to me.

But yeah, it's not too bad as it is, I only updated to 7 today so haven't gotten used to it yet.

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lwouis commented Oct 29, 2024

Let's keep discussions centered in this ticket: #3770 👍

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