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I've never been a "workspace user" but now I'm starting to feel the need to separate my work..

Is it possible, on unity, to only show apps on the running on the current workspace?

An example of what I'm looking for would be:

  1. Firefox is running on workspace 1.
  2. I'm on the 2nd and click on Firefox.
  3. I get a new window instead of being sent back to the first workspace.

I think this something similar was possible on classic gnome and maybe it works for unity too, however I don't remember how.

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Good question, I always wanted to see that as well. Have only those apps displayed in the launcher that actually are on my current workspace. – Ingo Gerth Apr 11 '11 at 10:42
aargh!! same on my side (upgraded to 11.10). now working with workspaces is a big pain. I wonder why it didn't appear on 11.04... – manuel aldana Oct 17 '11 at 12:38
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There are open bugs according to this post:

The bugs are:

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Thanks, I will subscribe to those bugs... – sergio91pt May 21 '11 at 17:41
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Press Shift+Alt+up to scale affect all apps open on current workspace

Press Super+w to scale affect all apps open on all workspaces.

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Not exactly what I wanted, but thanks anyway. I simply dont want to see and be affected (firefox example) by other workspace apps on the unity bar – sergio91pt Apr 10 '11 at 21:52
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As far as opening another instance of a running program in a new workspace goes, you can just middle-click on the icon instead of left-clicking - but I don't think there's any way to hide applications running on another workspace at the moment. Maybe this is a feature you could request by filing a wishlist bug?

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May be not what you want but coul help... Alt+Tab shows only the windows on the current workspace

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