

You may Show only tasks that are minimized.You may Show only tasks from the current activity.You may Show only tasks from the current desktop.You may Show only tasks from the current screen.Filters There are several options for not showing all tasks in the tasks manager, but to filter only for those you want to see.

(You can also choose to only enable grouping if the taskbar is full.) In the drop down list Sort you can choose between Do not sort, Manually (selected by default), Alphabetically, By desktop, or By activity. Grouping and Sorting In the drop down list Group you can select By program name or Do not group. The following settings are particularly useful: For example, you can set which virtual screens the windows are displayed on, and you can close the window.Ĭonfiguration dialog for Task Manager - Behavior. You can also right-click a tab to bring up the context menu. If you click on the tab of a window that is displayed behind other windows it will be brought in front of all other windows, and it will become active. If you click on the tab of a minimized window it will be displayed in front of all other windows, and it will become active. If there are still windows that have not been minimized then the frontmost of them will become active. If you click on the tab corresponding to the active window then that window will be minimized. Whenever you start an application you will see a new tab in the Task Manager showing the icon of the application and the title of the window that was opened. You can even have several copies of it in various places. For example, you could add a new panel to (say) the top of the screen and place the Task Manager there or you could place it on the desktop if you wish. The Task Manager is actually a widget, which means that you can place it anywhere. If the window of an application has been placed behind other windows or if it has been minimized you can bring it up and ready to receive input by clicking its tab in the Task Manager.

It is located in the middle section of the Panel. The Task Manager provides easy access to running applications. Task Manager widget in panel showing three applications.
