[Lazarus] How to minimize/restore lazarus (Ubuntu)?

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Flávio Etrusco schrieb:

>>> There are a whole bunch of buttons on the task bar all having the
>>> Lazarus icon and when I click them I only get a single window of the
>>> IDE visible each time. So I have to click them in turn one by one.
>>>
>>> Why is this so (at least in Ubuntu 10)?
> 
> These are the default behaviors of the platforms. Unfortunately
> there's no Window Manager for Linux/X that can automatically group
> windows of a process :-(

I've provided a solution long ago, that hides all but the main form when
the application is minimized. On restore the hidden forms have to be
made visible again, that's all. The current IDE fails to leave
intenionally minimized windows minimized, when the main form is
restored. There exists no reason why anything but the form visibility
has to be changed, in order to hide forms from the taskbar.

See examples/dockmanager/ide_demo...

BTW, the minimize/restore part is independent from docking.

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