[feature] Hot Edges (with mouse click activation)

[Solarunit]

I think it would be awesome!

Some examples of implementation:

• Right mouse click at the Right Edge of the screen opens applets in Raven
• Middle mouse click at the Right Edge of the screen opens notifications in Raven
• Scroll wheel: workspaces overview
• many others (e.g. custom menu in raven with user pinned applications)

Advantages:

• It's super fast, notifications/applets is only one click away.
• No accidental activation which is common in "hot corners" tools and also no annoying delay.

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Raven activation is only one example. We can use hot edges for virtual desktop switching.
Middle mouse click at the Right Edge of the screen:

[ikeydoherty]

What happens when you have multiple monitors.. ?

[JannikHv]

Good Idea but Ikey's point is legit. Raven can only be shown on the main monitor's right side. If a secondary monitor is on the right of it, you wouldn't be able to switch monitors with the cursor without triggering Raven, kind of annoying, isn't it? :P

Edit: Fixed Typos

[Solarunit]

What happens when you have multiple monitors.. ?

Well, it is obvious that we can't use neighboring edges. BTW The same problem is also applies to the Hot corners tools. In any case, we have 4 (6) edges we can use:

Good Idea but Ikey's point is legit. Raven can only be shown on the main monitor's right side. If a secondary monitor is on the right of it, you wouldn't be able to switch monitors with the cursor without triggering Raven, kind of annoying, isn't it? :P

No, of course you can switch monitors with the cursor because hot edge is activated with mouse click

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PS: Raven activation is only one example. We can use hot edges for virtual desktop switching.
Middle mouse click at the Right Edge of the screen:

[snkiz]

you can make mulit-monitor setups that do fancy things via click and/or pressure reveal with compiz. Click for hot edge push to switch monitors/desktops. It was handy when I used it, very fast for desktop/app management using scale and expo. Its not essential, but really would be nice for converts used to this behaviour. I often forget and click the screen edges in budgie, nothing happens.

[DasJott]

Such an overview of the desktops where one can drag and drop windows between would be a nice thing!