Add an option to show window control buttons only when the focussed window is maximized

[anupam207]

Steps:

1. Open and maximize window1. Window control buttons are shown in the activities bar.
2. Open and focus window2, but don't maximize it. Keep window1 maximized and in background.

What happens:

Window control buttons for window1 is still shown in the activities bar. It causes slight confusion (especially if you have moved buttons to the left of the activities bar) as the application name for window2 is shown in the activities bar whereas buttons are for window1. Also window2 has its buttons in its title-bar.

Window Buttons Extension has the option to show buttons only when the focussed window is maximized (see When the buttons appear section).

[franglais125]

Thanks for opening this issue! I'll keep this in mind to add an option. PRs welcome!

[subiol]

I am having the same issue.

[anupam207]

@franglais125 Is the "Autohide buttons" option under Basic settings supposed to deal with this issue? I couldn't find any use of it for now. Could you please explain this option?

[franglais125]

@anupam207 The "autohide" option is so that the buttons are hidden en the top bar, until you hover over them with the mouse. So, it might help with what you want, but it's not really a fix.

[anupam207]

@franglais125 Oh, I see. Thanks a lot for the explanation.

[Coeur-Noir]

Mmmm… for me buttons are not the problem, but which window name to display… …only the name of the maximized window in top-panel, and not the name of the focused non-maximzed one. This way each window has its own active buttons.