Window-List Indicator – Display List of Open Windows on Panel

Last updated: December 19, 2013

Window-List is an application indicator to display a list of all current open windows. Each window can be activated by selecting from the list.

This indicator applet works on Gnome Classic, Unity, Xfce. Here are the screenshots:

window-list on unity panel

screen-list on Xfce panel

window-list on Gnome Classic panel

Install Window-List indicator:

This applet can be installed from PPA in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric, Ubuntu 11.04 Natty, Linux Mint and their derivatives.

To add the PPA, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run command below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jwigley/window-list

Then update package lists and install the applet via 2 commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install window-list

In Howtos window-list indicator

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3 responses to Window-List Indicator – Display List of Open Windows on Panel

rustin June 19, 2014 at 5:28 pm

can Window-List Indicator be installed on 14.04 LTS? i miss it.
- Ji m June 20, 2014 at 3:47 am
  
  The PPA does not support Ubuntu 14.04 yet, but you can install the 13.10’s package on 14.04 and it works! Download and install the window-list_0.05~saucy_all.deb from the drop-down list of “window-list – 0.05~saucy” at the PPA packages page.
rustin June 22, 2014 at 5:37 pm

wow thanks brother, flawless install. i can feel my sanity coming back. that’s sanity NOT sobriety.