#89 Groups in MaxLauncher like in Windows Start Menu

[Christian Dull]

It would be great to have groups in maxlauncher like in Windows Start Menu.

For example, when you have more than 1 program that begins with "F" like Firefox and Filezilla. Then it woult be great to put them both into the "F" button. After pressing "F" it should open a new popup menu where you can choose up to 9 (or more) spaces. You should choose them with the numbers of the keyboard 1-9 (if no group is open 1-9/0 opens the tab of MaxLauncher, when a group is open then it opens the item of the number in the group)

Like: Open MaxLauncher -> F -> 1 (opens Firefox, because it is at the first position)
Open MaxLauncher -> F -> 21 (opens FileZilla, because it is at the second position)

[Christian Dull]

In the seconds linke not 21, only 2

[tktn]

I use the Group ID field in the button's configuration dialog, where you can assign a label that will open all items that share that same label (such as "Internet", "Work", "A", "B", "1", "2" etc).

[Christian Dull]

I don't want to open more than one item, i want to choose between some items. But nice to know about the group id function.

[Christian Dull]

I have made 2 screenshots regarding to this issue.

One with an additional window and one with a fix window attached to maxlauncher.

Click on a item in the group should close the group and maxlauncher (like you click at the moment on a single item)

[tktn]

Another look at the idea...

[Christian Dull]

This is not a bad idea, but the disadvantage is the positioning of the items if you have no pop-up. And i think it not looks good if you have many groups and at all groups the numbers. I would prefer my ones more. I think regarding to design and function the fix option is the best. But the dynamic would be also okay if it was less effort to program for Madproton

[tktn]

Yes, you are right. I suppose you had already thought about various formattings, but would a new button strip below the launcher be one of them? Note that we have 10 columns of buttons in ML, and 9 icon positions within a single button in case the idea is implemented. The tenth sub-button in this suggested strip could be to "close" this sub-panel. A panel on the side or overlaped on the launcher doesn't look very clean for me.

[Christian Dull]

This idea is amazing and better than my ones.

I have made a screenshot for it. It looks great. But in my screenshot the line for the letter and the close button is a little bit too small. Maybe double hight of my screenshot would be good.

In the case of this option the 0 would not be in the preview. But i think this is no problem. In 95% 1-9 would be enough. Or like when your maxlauncher is smaller, then you see only 1-6, if it's bigger you see 1-9 and if it is much bigger then you see also 0 in the preview. But it would be great if it is possible to see 1-9 in the preview.

[Christian Dull]

Additonal to the groups:

For the groups it would be so much important to have custom keys there.

For example:
F4 (my hotkey for launch MaxLauncher) -> F (open group F) -> Key (1-9/0 default, but customizable)

When you have 2 words or 2 words in one:

Adobe Acrobat: F4 -> A -> A
Firefox: F4 -> F -> F
FileZilla: F4 -> F -> Z

Or for only one word you use the first 2 letters:

Desktop: F4 -> D -> E
Downloads: F4 -> D -> O

That would be much more intuitiv and easier to learn than the numbers.

I think this would be double the productivity of MaxLauncher. More than any other new feature.