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A tool for multitasking in Ubuntu giving users several virtual desktops. Questions on setting up, turning off, customizing and working with workspaces are appropriate.

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MATE and isolating alt-tab

I just changed over to MATE from GNOME in Ubuntu 20.04. One thing that's bothering me is workspace isolation. I want to be able to Alt+Tab only to the apps on the active workspace, not all the ...
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Activities overview current workspace only

Hitting the Super key shows me all activities from all workspaces. I would like to have an option to show all activities from just the current workspace, either with another shortcut or by changing ...
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gnome workspace navagation shortcuts for both left and right ctrl/alt?

A few months ago I noticed that I could no longer use R-CTRL + R-ALT + ↑ or ↓ to switch between workspaces. The only thing that seems to work is L-CTRL + L-ALT + ↑ or ↓ . The gsetting key only says ...
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Bug after restarting gnome shell

Whenever I restart the gnome shell and go to activities overview, instead of normally seeing all windows of one workspaces, I see all windows of all workspaces jumbled together. Also, all the preview ...
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Setting Brave / Chrome Workspaces Permission Issue

I work on local websites and want to add workspaces in Brave Dev Tools. When I try to add the folders, I get the error Could not read the contents of var. Error opening directory '/var': Permission ...
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Opening new windows of VSCode switches workspace

I'd like to have separate windows of VSCode open in different workspaces on my Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, using the Ubuntu dock. Generally the workflow is, if I want more than one coding project open at ...
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How to make shortcut to go to specific workspace

Ubuntu already has option to switch to specific workspace but only upto 4 workspaces. Is there a way I can add shortcuts to go to specific workspace for more than 4 workspaces? Note: I'm on Ubuntu 20....
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Make 2 workspaces on 1 monitor in GNOME Shell?

Is there any way to make 2 workspaces on one screen with GNOME Shell 3.36 on Ubuntu 20.04? I need this because I want to use browser (or any other app) in full screen mode but only on half of my ...
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how to change current application with workspace?

I am using 2 workspaces 1 for chrome and another for vscode. whenever I switch between workspace for vscode to the chrome it switches the application but when I come back to vscode I need to click ...
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How to switch to last-used workspace in Ubuntu 20.04, Gnome 3.36?

I know the keyboard shortcuts to switch to the next/previous/last workspaces. What I can't find is a shortcut to switch back to the last workspace I've visited. A way to navigate the history of ...
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citrix workspace not working on ubuntu 20.04

I have installed Citrix workspace from Citrix Workspace app 2006 for Linux. It is installed properly and I am also getting a login page. But, after pressing submit it is throwing error as below : This ...
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Set up users on Xubuntu with a workspace plugin and 2 workspaces

I want to set up users on an Xubuntu desktop with a workspace plugin and 2 workspaces. I do not want to guide each of hundreds of users through panel -> add item -> add workspace switcher. I ...
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Can the 20.04 dock hide apps not on the current worksapce? [duplicate]

I have just done a clean install of 20.04. I make heavy use of workspaces, but the behavior of the dock in relation to workspaces has changed, and I'd like the old behavior back. How I'd like it to ...
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how to switch workspaces in Ubuntu 16.04?

When I move my laptop from place to place and switching on and off a second monitor. my workspace seems to mess up easily: I could not be able to bring up some terminal or browser window. At first I ...
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Ctrl+Alt+Arrow up/down LIbreOffice Writer vs Workspace

I often use Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up/Down to reorder paragraphs in MS Word and LibreOffice Writer and also in text editors that allow it. When I work in Ubuntu this key moves the screen-focus between ...
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No workspaces in Activities overview after updating to Ubuntu 20.04

When going to Activities overview after update to Ubuntu 20.04, I can't see workspaces and so I can't drag and drop windows between workspaces. I have 4 static workspaces configured. List of enabled ...
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Keyboard Shortcut: How to switch to previously active windows in another workspace

I have google-chrome (and other software) in Workspace 2 and thunderbird (and other software) in Workspace 3. How can I switch to previously active windows in another workspace, using keybpard ...
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Is there any good desktop (workspace) manager for lubuntu 20.04?

Is there any good graphical manager of the desktops (a.k.a. workspaces) on Lubuntu? something that makes it simple to switch between multiple desktops add and remove running programs to separate ...
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De-couple workspaces in case of dual monitors

I'm looking for the following: Dual monitor setup with both monitors (say named M1 and M2) supporting workspaces The workspaces in Monitor1 (M1) are indepdent of Monitor2 (M2) If I switch workspace ...
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enable matrix workspace on Ubuntu 20.04 without relying on 'untrusted' code or extensions [duplicate]

I run Ubuntu 20.04. I would like to have a matrix of desktops (ie 2x2 desktops instead of desktops only in the vertical direction). How to / is there a way to do this WITHOUT the need to enable some ...
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Empty workspace doesn't go away

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 without any desktop tweaks or add-ons. Somehow I hit a wrong hotkey and I'm stuck with a second, empty workspace and a bar on the right. How do I get rid of it? EDIT I have ...
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Ubuntu does not isolate the apps in the secondary monitor through each workspace

I work with Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 Furthermore I have Windows 10 and MacOS working with multi desktops. I know how create a new one and how move through them An important observation is that for each ...
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Cannot find "Workspaces" in Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]

I just downloaded Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and cannot find "workspaces" on the right of the desktop display. If I go to Appearance settings, there is no menu for Workspaces. If I use the Super Key ...
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Well the workspace panel suddenly disappeared and workspace indicator came on top bar

So basically there was an update and when I restarted after the update, the workspace panel on the right side of activities panel was gone and I had to enable the workspace indicator in the top bar to ...
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how to prevent firefox always to start on the last space it was closed?

I do not know how, but after the last kernel update when I start Firefox it goes to another workspace. It is annoying for me, because sometimes there is just one workspace available on my screen, I'm ...
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How do I remove the workspace switcher from the unity launcher in Ubuntu 20.04?

This question is similar to the aim of the following question: How do I add and remove the Workspace Switcher launcher from the Unity launcher? However the answer given by pepper_chico (and other ...
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How can I hide windows from another workspace from showing in the taskbar? [duplicate]

How do I prevent windows from another workspace showing an icon in the taskbar (Ubuntu Dock)? Example: Firefox running on workspace 1 Files running on workspace 2 When I am in workspace 1 I would ...
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How to make desktops independent on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS 64-bit. I want to have independent desktops, so if I have app #1 on the first desktop and app #2 on the second desktop, I can't switch from app #1 to app #2 (by the word "...
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How can I adjust floating window/dialog box behaviour in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

I've noticed that dialogue boxes (such as the save dialogue box which appears in a browser when you download a file) cannot be moved beyond the edges of the workspace in which they appear; they are ...
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dconf-editor shortcuts don't work

I'm used to work with 6 workspaces. I can assign shortcuts to change to anyone of them trough the settings menu > shortcuts, and it works. But it only offers the "option" to stablish shortcuts for ...
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How to make alt+backtick switch only windows on the current workspace?

There are multiple questions and answers about how to make Alt+Tab switch only applications of current workspace, most notably this one. However, is there any way to enforce the same behavior to Alt+`...
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How to create workspaces in Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]

How can you create and enable workspaces in Ubuntu 20.04. I can't seem to find the option to make them and enable them in GNOME desktop.
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How can I show tasks only of current virtual desktop in Ubuntu dock? [duplicate]

Is there way I can only show the tasks which are running in the Ubuntu dock which are running on the current virtual desktop instead of showing all the tasks? I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.
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Is there a way to see workspace thumbnails all the time on secondary monitor on Ubuntu 20.04?

Have a dual monitor setup. One is smaller, with lower resolution, so I don't use it as much as my primary monitor. Is there an application or gnome extension for Ubuntu 20.04 which could be used to ...
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No 'Workspaces' section in GNOME Tweaks

I do not have any 'Workspaces' option in GNOME Tweaks on Ubuntu 18.04. As said in a lot of places, I have installed gnome-tweaks by sudo apt install gnome-tweaks But even there the 'Workspaces' ...
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Application (Firefox) opening on 2nd workspace, while starting it from 1st workspace

Application (Firefox default browser) opening on 2nd workspace, while starting it from 1st workspace, after it has previously been opened by a program running in Wine (World of Tanks). Also after ...
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Show desktop grid not working anymore (Ubuntu 20.04 KDE Plasma)

Problem: While pressing Ctrl+F8 nothing is happening. Yesterday everything worked perfect. I tried to change shortcut, still nothing is happening. I don't know how to force "show grid" without ...
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How do I get grid workspaces in ubuntu 20.04?

I know that I have to use some tweaking tool and then a extension for this. But all extensions that are suggested for this(Workspace grid, Workspace matrix), aren't available in the software center.
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How do I fix the keyboard shortcuts for switching workspaces in 20.04?

Since I did a fresh install of 20.04 a few days ago, my keyboard shortcuts for switching workspaces no longer works. Any ideas on how to fix it? Is anybody else running into this problem?
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stubborn Firefox on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Gnome

I have been using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, with workspaces stacked vertically for some years. I like to open Firefox in the top workspace, but some two weeks ago this program started to behave oddly just ...
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How can I remove second workspace from Ubuntu 18.04?

I set two workspace using super+1 and super+2 to separate lot of task. But I notice when I constantly switching the app due to animation my eyes feel lot of pain. So how can I remove second ...
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Opening vivaldi opens sometimes in the same workspace but not always

I am new here and also new to Unix. I have Ubuntu 18.04 I am about to create a shell later so that I can just click on the file for opening multiple applications for one of my Workspace (1) For the ...
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How do I stop Google Chrome windows from "following" me across Unity workspaces?

I've got Google Chrome in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS running Unity, and when I switch workspaces, the Chrome windows follow me to the new one, regardless of what window I have focused at the time (and using ...
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How can I send a window to a different workspace without changing the active workspace?

Is there a keyboard shortcut to send a window into a different workspace, while remaining in the current workspace, so that I can ignore it for now? I'm using a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 with the ...
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Unity Desktop and 18.04: Get Workspace Preview feature which 16.04 had

Unity on Ubuntu 16.04 has a nice feature. When switching among workspaces, the switcher preview dims the other workspaces to highlight the current workspace. However on Ubuntu 18.04 this feature ...
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How to have workspaces only on secondary monitors

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I have a configuration with a laptop with other 2 external monitors. I am using workspaces and what I like to do is to hold the laptop screen (that is the primary display) ...
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18.04: re-enable preferred keystroke combination for Workspaces?

How do I invoke Workspaces on Ubuntu 18.04? It used to be: ctrl+alt+ (up or down) But my laptop crashed. After rebooting, those key combinations don't do anything. Is there a way to configure ...
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Expand workspace to second monitor

I have 5x2 workspaces on my 18.04 with the 2 being horizontal (let's call them left and right). I'm using Unity. I would love to have a setup in which when I don't have second screen connected ...
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i3wm: Two separate Firefox profiles in rofi + assign each profile to a different workspace

On Windows, I could install two different instances of Firefox linked to two different profiles. There were two icons on the desktop and on the start menu to see which one is which. I just migrated ...
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KDE - Controlling the Cooperation of Multiple Task Managers

When you have multiple Icons-Only Task Managers, how do you control the behavior as it pertains to their cooperation with each other? The ability to do this, is crucial to my desired workflow. In ...
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