How to stop circular switching of workspaces in Xubuntu?

Question

I started using Xubuntu. There is one thing that is annoying me a bit.

I use a 2 X 2 layout for workspaces.

1  |  2
-------
3  |  4

When I was using Gnome, hitting Ctrl+Alt+Up on workspace 1 did not do anyhting, but on Xfce, the default is that it switches to workspace 3. I searched, but could not find a way to stop this.

PS: What is this feature called?

Answer 1

In settings manager - window manager tweaks - workspaces you can control what happens when workspaces wrap. Unticking the option shown in the image stops this "cycling" effect.

Answer 2

You probably want to disable this option in Settings > Settings Manager

Answer 3

If you're a command-line nerd like me, you can type this into a terminal:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/wrap_layout -t bool -s false

Answer 4

In case you do NOT have "XFCE Manager Tweaks" and cannot install them (like me), based on @bmaupin's answer and @Kevin's comment, the following worked for me:

1. Open the file ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml, in your favorite editor and then look for wrap_layout :

    ...
    <property name="use_compositing" type="bool" value="false"/>
    <property name="workspace_count" type="int" value="4"/>
    <property name="wrap_cycle" type="bool" value="true"/>
    <property name="wrap_layout" type="bool" value="false"/>
    ...

2. and change the value from true to false, as shown above.

3. Restart xfce4.

Kevin and bmaunpin have already answered, albeit a little unclearly.