How to stop reordering of the same kind multiple preview windows in task switching?

Solution 1:

Rather than changing the unity codebase, you might consider using desktops to arrive at your desired result.

Example using Compiz Desktop Cube in CompizConfigSettingsManager

Open CompizConfigSettingsManager (ccsm) and change settings to match the following:

Open terminal 1

Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL-ALT--> (right arrow) to go to the next desktop to the right.

Open terminal 2

Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL-ALT--> (right arrow) to go to the next desktop to the right again.

Open terminal 3

Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL-ALT-<- (left arrow) to go to the previous desktop containing terminal 2 (or twice to get back to terminal 1)

Another Option

Use the Viewport manager in CompizConfig SettingManager and assign a key combination to go directly to the desktop of your choices

Note: Thus far I've only been able to get 10 to work although 12 should be possible with this method.

Update: based on concerns expressed in comments:

Simply Right Click on gedit title bar and choose always on visible workspace...

Another Option:

Rather than opening seperate terminals (or workspaces) for your numerous activities you can also use tabs in gnome terminal. Shortcut keys for tab switching are available from terminal preferences. See below:

Solution 2:

Another option, if your desktop is large enough, is to set some windows to "always on top" and arrange them around so that you can switch using the mouse. It's a kludge... but I sometimes find it useful when working with multiple windows of the same type.

Yet another is to define several terminal profiles with different color schemes and use a different one for each terminal... it would make them easy to identify. Yeah, this one is a workaround too.