V0.72

The applet now works on and can be built for both GTK2 and GTK3 versions of MATE.

Aside from the changes to layout containers (i.e. GTK2 VBox & HBoxes become GTK3 Boxes/Grids), underlying differences between the two toolkits meant that the code to calculate window minimise positions and window list popup positions has had to be reworked.

A GTK2 version of the applet can be produced by running ./configure --prefix=/usr during the build process. If a GTK3 version is required, running ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gtk3 will do the trick.

V0.71

Made some more improvements to the code that matches running apps with their .desktop files. In particular this relates to Ubuntu 16.04 and the following apps:

• Vivaldi
• PlayOnLinux
• Aptik
• Dia
• Tor Browser
• Gnome Software
• Gnome Disks
• Bazaar Explorer.

App icons can now be sourced from the 'hicolor' directory. This fixes an issue where the icon for Enpass would not be found.

An app's window list now displays the title of the currently active window in bold and italicised text.

The options to display pinned apps from all or only the current workspace have been removed as these were based on a misunderstanding of a feature request. They have been replaced with a new option to only show indicators and window list items for windows which are on the current workspace. This new option provides the requested functionality.

Added a 'Hints and Tips' window accessible from the About dialog as a place to list useful keyboard shortcuts etc.

V0.70

A couple of minor changes:

• Settings from previous instances of the applet are now imported silently (previously the user was presented with a dialog asking the user if they wanted to import the settings)
• When saving a custom launcher, if the ~./local/share/applications directory doesn't alreadyexist, it is created

V0.63

Changes since V0.62

Removed the tooltip that appears when the mouse hovers over a docked app and replaced it with a list of the app's open windows. For each window, the list displays the app icon, an indicator showing which window is currently active, the window title, and a close icon. Clicking the close icon closes the window, clicking anywhere else makes the window active.

Removed the list of app windows from the applet right click menu as they are no longer required.

Changed the way the applet works when a running app's dock icon is clicked. This no longer minimizes/maximises all windows, but simply activates the app's last active window.

Using the mouse scroll wheel over a running app's dock icon now scrolls through each of the app's open windows, unminimizing them and activating them as necessary

.desktop files located in the user's home directory now take precedence over those located elsewhere in the filesystem. This allows users to create their own .desktop files (e.g. to customize an app's icon) and have them recognized by the applet.

Changed factory service file to explicitly invoke applet with python 3

The applet now saves its settings in ~/.config/mate_dock_applet.conf as well as in dconf. On first being added to a panel, the applet checks to see if this file exists and if it does it offers to use this configuration. This allows e.g. an easy way to restore the applet after an accidental deletion from the panel, and also a way to move applet configurations from one computer to another.