Ubuntu – How to get window thumbnails when hovering over unity bar application icons

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I am pretty sure that after installing 11.10 when an application had two or more windows open and I hovered over a unity bar icon with little white arrows (one for each window), I was getting a window thumbnail for each window of that application.

But I don't see that any more.

Does anyone know how to restore that?

Best Answer

  1. Be sure to install both compizconfig-settings-manager (CompizConfig Settings Manager or CCSM) and compiz-plugins-extra. You can do this from Ubuntu Software Centre.
  2. Open CCSM > Extras > Enable Window Previews (turn this on) > Taskbar Shows Only Windows Of Current Viewport (uncheck).

Enable Windows Previews in CCSM

This will do as you wish.

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