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Better approach when running out of space in the panel #11540

@anaximeno

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@anaximeno

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When multiple applications are open on the grouped-window-list applet or the panel is full of items, the icons of the grouped window list will start to look cropped:

Captura de ecrã de 2023-03-04 20-08-37

Screenshot from 2023-07-18 13-44-41

Describe the solution you'd like

One of the solutions could be to make the grouped window list (or even the panel) scrollable when the panel is full. There is a video linked in the additional context section that shows how other Operating Systems handled this problem.

Describe alternatives you've considered

The alternative is to use fewer applets and pin fewer applications in the panel.

Additional context

Below is a link to a video where it compared how different OSes including Mint handle (or not) this problem. I also recommend some of the other videos of the channel that published the video since they compare how different features are implemented in different OSes.

What happens if the taskbar runs out of space in different OSes?

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