Show the "Windows" menu on Windows and Linux too

[weinand]

while testing #1881 on linux, I was never seeing a Windows menu in the menu bar. I suppose it should be there, right?

[bpasero]

@weinand you mean "Window" next to "Goto"?

[bpasero]

@weinand actually we only show the "Window" menu on Mac where we get for free some extra entries from the OS.

[weinand]

@bpasero yes, here is my menubar:

[weinand]

@bpasero aha, I see. Coming from the mac it is really difficult to survive on linux ;-)

[bpasero]

It would indeed be nice to have a way to switch Windows on Mac and Linux 👍

[weinand]

@bpasero on Mac and linux you can switch windows by using the context menu on the vscode dock entry

[bgse]

@bpasero Switching windows (even same application) is typically something that the window manager does handle quite well.

Personally, I don't see a particular need to have a menu for this, given that I already have keyboard shortcuts (or activities view if I'm set on using the mouse) that do the same thing in a more efficient manner.

Now, the approach might be different depending on window manager (I'm looking at it from a Gnome3 perspective), but the workflow people are used to is how their window manager of choice works, no need to reinvent imho.

[bpasero]

Right, I am not saying I am jumping into it, but it seems like a valid feature request, so it is moved to the backlog.

[bpasero]

This feature request will not be considered in the next 6-12 months roadmap and as such will be closed to keep the number of issues we have to maintain actionable. Thanks for understanding and happy coding!