Taskbar should be useable even with full-screen applications!

Okay so I have a fullscreen application, right?, But I want to switch to a different application, right 2? Okay.

I press Super, to open the Zorin Menu, But when I do that, I can't interact with anything on the taskbar. This is something you can do on windows, Which every user... uses...

And I wish for it to be possible to... do that. uhhh thank you I guess?

2 Likes

When you set at Zorin appearance the left super key to activities overview (this is the default setting of Zorin), then you can press left super key when you are in fullscreen mode and select another app.

Perhaps it helps.

Or you enable intellihide in the taskbar settings, and in the intellihide settings you can enable "Allow the panel to be revealed while in fullscreen mode".
When you move with the mouse to the bottom of the screen, the taskbar appears.

Thanks for trying to help, But this is just a suggestion.

I'll do those things in the meanwhile, Until this solution gets fixed (or I'll just deal with it)

1 Like

Does alt+tab allow you to switch without tapping the super key?

1 Like

Yes, I can just use alt-tab instead.

1 Like

It's how I do it.
Leaving Windows behind may be leaving behind the Windows methods, too. :wink:

5 Likes

However, you cannot open new apps using this method alt+tab.

What also works in fullscreen mode is to enter Alt+F2 and to enter the command to launch an app which isn't opened yet.

You can also set up a keyboard shortcut to switch to another workspace, e.g. workspace 2, and then press that key combination to open another workspace where you have the taskbar and where you can open apps.

I also tested the gnome extension "Peek Top Bar on Fullscreen" and in the Peek Top Bar extension settings set the position of the topbar to the bottom. With that extension you can be in fullscreen mode, move the cursor to the bottom of the screen, and then the taskbar appears and you can click on the icons to open apps (and you don't need to have panel intellihide enabled). For apps which are shown in the taskbar or quick settings it is good, but you can't use the zorin menu in fullscreen, it closes when you try to write or select something. It's not perfect, but maybe an idea.

4 Likes

I forget certain things - since I am using more than one monitor, I can open new anything by alt+tab, then move the cursor to the other monitor and go nuts over there.
I cannot fathom using one monitor. It would be like driving a car with one pedal. :laughing:

2 Likes

Well some of us are having to watch the pennies. When I retired I donated my second screen to my youngest who had been using a 20" TV/Monitor.

1 Like

Well, true. Uhhh...
I paid $5 USD for each of my monitors - I bought them at Habitat for Humanity.

3 Likes

Well that is why I was looking for more of a Linux feel. Not a "Windows" Task bar. Was getting harder for me. @Ponce-De-Leon suggested to me a Dock instead of Dash. Now I love it.

I'm going to be honest, I'm not looking for a windows feel... at most.
all the things I'm talking about on the the feedback forums, Is just me thinking what a normie would want.

I've distro hopped many times, I've used hyprland and installed arch (the easy way) a few times too.

But in the end... If you give a grandma ZorinOS... would she be able to work with it?

Honestly... It's highly possible! And polishing the edges until they're good enough for everyone is something I want to happen.

And the reason I'm here is because I just want to use the terminal as little as possible. (And not have issues that I don't know the knowledge to fix like having an incredibly slow "Software" app internet-wise like I had with Fedora)

ZorinOS fits my exact description of "good for me", It has good visuals, It has all basic features of windows, And it "just works"... MORE than other distros (by a low margin lol)

Can the same be said for a twelve year old? While we have societal stereotypes, a huge chunk of our active membership is between 60 and 90 years old.
The observational evidence before us demonstrates that 'being elder' does not equate to being a luddite.
It is like Grandma forgetting something and people commenting about age and memory.
Really?
Ask a teenager to remember something. Good luck.
Having given Windows OS using 12 to 18 year olds machines with Zorin OS, they had the same learning curve a 70 year old did and balked at the same things.

(Bear in mind, I am making a somewhat humorous jab at our assumptions. Not suggesting that there is zero validity to suggestions and feedback.)

At the most part. Yes. Zorin is the most Window feel disto. That is what led me to Zorin in the first place. That taskbar (Dash Bar) is great. In general there a a few differences. But you do have to unlearn a lot from windows. Now I am not going to lie to you. I had my fair share of problems. You talked about the Terminal. I get it. I am still learning coding. My main problem was no sound. I did everything in the terminal people said to do. Didn't work. I have a USB plug in speakers. I changed my port. Then Zorin "found" my speakers, but still no sound.

I researched my speakers to see what OS was supported. No Linux. I found one that supported Linux. Ordered them. Then I had sound. I made a feedback topic about this. If you need it. Let me know and I can find it for you.

My other problem was my printer/scanner. I don't know if you had any problems with setting your printer scanner up. That is a whole another story. Many on here helped me. I look back at now. The instructions from Brother. What screwed me up. I get about the Terminal coding. I am still very scared of coding. Most I do I do without the Terminal.

You mentioned not a windows feel. As I got more comfortable with Zorin. I saw on of the distros in DistroSea. I liked the look and feel of a more Linux non-taskbar look. I was led to the "Dock" Love it. Depends on the "grandma" being somewhat techie. I do me somewhat. Like used a computer before. After learning how to do screenshots. To show the others on here. So they can see what you are seeing. In order to help. Really helps everybody.

This is my desktop. After installing the Dock. The Z in the upper Left corner still has all the "Menus/Settings" lets say that.

Now I have no Linux knowledge. Except for windows. And I wasn't very good. Just basic using. Zorin Works for Me. Feel free to ask more. I am still new so I get it. I am still learning. While I was typing I saw @Aravsian. Read it. Listen. Been helping me a lot.

Okay I think a struck a little nerve there, sorry.
And I guess you're right, A 12 year old (while less likely) could probably have the same learning curve. It's just that saying "grandma" is basically a easier stereotype to get into someones head.

I'm gonna use "normie" instead from now on though, It fits a lot better, And it's a lot more neutral.

Not to judge or anything but it feels like you just set your desktop environment back to gnome lol

If you are actively seeking a descriptive, I think "average user" is probably the safest. :wink:

2 Likes

Still learning Linux Terms.