Questions tagged [workspace]
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Window opens outside of workspaces
I use ElementaryOS 5.1. I first noticed the problem with Liferea, then with Libreoffice. Other applications (like Firefox and Thunderbird and the terminal) work fine. The problem is: When I open the ...
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Saving workspaces
Is it possible to save workspaces? For instance terminal on first, vscode on second, browser on third... On power up, I would like to be able to find it the same way it was when powering down
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Moving a window to another workspace works only when at least 2 apps are open - why?
I noticed that I am not able to move apps' windows to the next workspace if there is just 1 app running in my current workspace. It's not a big issue, since, normally I'd want to move apps to another ...
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Gray background when switching workspaces
I wanted to swap workspaces on second screen with this command: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter workspaces-only-on-primary true After some tests, I decided to reset the setting: gsettings set org.gnome....
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autostart applications on diferent workspaces
I wanted to raise another question since I am configuring my new laptop at the moment. So I am using a lot of VMs and also do a lot of managing on ESXis. Therefore I have installed VMware workstation ...
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How do I launch a new application in a new workspace from terminal?
I am trying to automate launching a few programs I use every time I do a particular activity. I generally launch these and then arrange them manually into different workspace. I was wondering how to ...
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Problem with fix number of workspaces
I had a setup with 4 fixed workspaces and it was working fine up until now but the setting is not correct anymore. It seems I have a dynamic workspace again with 1 workspace. The following commands ...
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How can I disable workspace switching with 2 fingers on touchpad after installing libgesture?
Here's my setup: Dell precision 5540 elementary OS Hera (up to date as of 12/17) In order to have a macOS like experience I installed lib gesture to switch workspace using a 3-finger gesture. ...
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How do I get a different wallpaper for different workspaces
It would help a lot in keeping track of which workspace I'm in if I could set different wallpapers on each workspace. I would even go so far as to say this should be the default behavior of choosing a ...
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Is there a way for an application to remain on a specific workspace?
I have a workspace layout, where several apps are opened in different workspaces in a full-screen mode. I got used to this layout and remember corresponding numbers, so it is very fast to switch ...
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Scrolling continues across workspaces
If a start scrolling on an application in one workspace/desktop and then use the super + rightarrow to switch another workspace that has an application with scrollable content, the scrolling continues....
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I would like to switch workspaces by using the mousewheel
There is a very simple option that would help me greatly in order to achieve more producivity. I would like to be able to press the metakey and scroll down, and instantly go to the previous workspace, ...
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Fullscreen window behavior and workspaces
I've just installed Elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki and while I love the GUI there are a few things I need some help with, all related to the workspace / fullscreen application behavior (coming from MacOS): ...
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Attempting to customize keyboard shortcuts results in reproducible crash
I have a keyboard with no super key, but would like to move between workspaces. The following steps results in a crash. (1) System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Workspaces (2) Press any setting (...
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Using Multi Touch Gestures for Desktop Shifting
followed posts from Bulletmark and Neal Fennimore I can't get multi touch gestures working for desktop shifting. My process git clone http://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures cd libinput-...