I wanna go home
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@UniSuperBox i know this is super old, but will a double tap on the ubuntu logo not suffice for going to background? its an action that exists both on desktop and mobile.
i do agree that even in 2026 the background doesn't have anything useful rn.
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@ChromiumOS-Guy I think this is a good idea. I currently have showdesktop pinned to the menu bar. It being part of the OS would be great.
I'm open to it being some other action aswell tho. I was thinking a full swipe from left to right while the app menu was open, so the opposite to opening the taskswitcher?
Having used OS's both mobile and desktop that allow to go to the desktop, Ubuntu Touch feels very odd without it. -
@sixwheeledbeast a swipe from left to right opens the drawer, so i dont think making an action similar to it good (it also is the current action that happens when you do that) lomiri already has a lot of swipes, you swipe to go to drawer you swipe to close apps you swipe to switch to the app that you've used last (besides active app) and you swipe for the indicators.
thats why i think double tap on logo is good, you're not likely to do it by accident, tapping the logo while drawer is open already closes it, and this action in desktop mode should just toggle minimize to all windows.
either way this action cannot be a gesture because all direction are saturated with one or more gestures adding more we will be asking the user to be precise with finger movements, this means training muscle memory and paying attention. and that is a finite resource before the user snaps and quits on you this resource should be spent only when necessary.
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Putting some widgets on the desktop would be cool. Even more cool if they are editable. Something similar to the ut launcher app, but simpler, would enhance the user experience, I think.
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@projectmoon was thinking the same.
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a swipe up in the switcher works smooth and efficient for me using ambot.
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@nbdynl I use Ambot as well.
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@nbdynl That sounds great.
Does it also work with no apps open tho?
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@sixwheeledbeast uh yes i guess, but you are already home then arent you
i think its the plus kit, not the basic one, and takes a littlebbit of time to setup correctly
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Having a way to have no sidebar like the showdesktop app, maybe I see "home" differently. A blank space with only the top bar to distract me
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