Questions tagged [workspaces]
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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Get Unity-like workspace management in Ubuntu Artful 17.10
I upgraded my Ubuntu from 17.04 to 17.10 so now I am using Gnome 3 on Wayland instead of Unity on Compiz. This new setup comes with a rather underwhelming workspace management ("elevator to hell").
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Is it Possible to have a different screen scale resolution for each workspace?
I ask because I own a 4k large monitor and its a pain in the ass having to always change the resolution when Apps don't scale well to 4k e.g Steam, Spotify, Runescape(osrs) and other.
So what I would ...
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Can you get separate workspaces in separate screens?
I am running ubuntu 19.04 with 2 monitors.
Right now, my options to switch workspaces are to either switch workspaces in the primary display while the other one doesn't change, or switch both of them ...
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Keyboard shortcut for switch to workspace 11 doesn't work
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm trying to setup a few keyboard shortcuts for switching to specific workspaces, but the one for switching to #11 doesn't work.
The problem seems to be exclusive to ...
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sublime text 2 move to current workspace
I was wondering if there is way to move ST2, which is already open and on a different workspace, to the current workspace if I open a file with ST2.
It's a bit annoying to search for the ST2 window ...
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different icons on different workspaces
When I install an icon on one workspace it is installed on all four workspaces. Is it possible to install different icons on different workspaces? I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
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Ubuntu 20.4 .cache tracker is taking my space
I have 200 gb of space in my portion and the .cache tracker meta.db-wal took 140gb of that space and I don’t know how to clear it. I saw that you can disable the tracker but without actually informing ...
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I miss Unity workspaces. How to have them in Gnome?
I switched from Unity to Gnome in 18.04 and I really miss how workspaces worked in Unity. A simple button displayed all workspaces and you could drag and drop windows to any. You could also drag one ...
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How to show opened windows in current display with ALT +TAB switcher in Ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu 16.04, using multiple monitors, when I use ALT+TAB to switch between applications, all the windows in all monitors are coming up and it's confusing me. Can anyone know how to show ...
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Firefox minimizes when using "Always on Visible Workspace" on an hdmi dual monitor
I've never used the always on visible workspace feature without the dual monitor setup, so it's not clear to me whether that part is related.
When I pin a firefox window to every workspace on one ...
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Dual Monitors: Cannot switch workspace on VGA monitor
I have a dual monitor setup with an internal laptop monitor and an external VGA monitor (extended, not mirrored). When I now switch workspaces, this only happens on the internal monitor; windows on ...
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How to prevent applications from separate workspaces all landing on a single workspace upon a (un)docking event or when connecting a beamer via VGA?
Now that finally docking seems to be fully supported on my system, hurray!, I can address a relatively minor issue (or even a bug ?):
Normally, I have (all) four workspaces populated with my standard ...
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unclickable area in top right corner
Sometimes an unclickable area appears in the top right corner of the screen. the area is invisible unless I switch workspaces, then it would appear as a small black box during the transition. ...
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How to prevent Gedit from opening a launched file in an instance on another workspace
Using Ubuntu 21.04 with pure Gnome Shell 3.38.
Consider this example scenario: I have 2 workspaces open, workspace-1 and workspace-2. In workspace-2, the Gedit app is open. In workspace-1, the Gedit ...
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Workspaces or fullscreen only in secondary monitor?
I am working with two monitors, big and small. I use big as my primary and small is the one I use most to reference stuff.
The issue is that workspaces only switch the view on the primary and leave ...
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Is there a GNOME extension which shows screen snapshots in the grid when switching workspaces?
Since Ubuntu 18.04 switched from Unity I have to learn how to use GNOME and tailor it to suit me. I installed the "Workspace Grid" extension to arrange the workspaces in a grid, just like Unity used ...
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Alt+Tab and switching workspaces from full screen applications freeze
I'm currently using Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Thinkpad and keep running into the following problem: When I try to Alt+Tab out of many applications in full screen mode, the system becomes unresponsive ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Switch to Previous Workspace
I have just recently started using workspaces and I really enjoy them. I use one for my email, one for my mail client, one for messages, and so on. One thing that bothers me, though, is if I get a ...
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How to organise tabs in the Xfce Panel by workspace?
I am constantly using multiple workspaces for different types of programs and I would like to have them all visible on my Xfce Panel.
The "tasklist" plugin has the option to show open tabs from all ...
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How to have independent work spaces for multiple monitors in Ubuntu MATE?
I want to for instance, have one monitor on workspace 2 and the other on 4 similiar to i3
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Save workspace in Unity Ubuntu 16.04
If I have certain applications open and each window positioned and sized in a certain way, can I save then? Also can I lock then to these positions?
Ideally I would make icon shortcuts for those ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Workspace Switcher Hotkeys Stopped Working
The hotkeys for Workspace Switcher stopped working after yesterday's 14.04 update/upgrade. Any thoughts on how to get this working again?
I already have reviewed other similar posts concerning ...
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Unity: Have a window that is always on specific workspaces?
I have two monitors and 4 workspaces configured in unity (2 monitor on each workspace).
I do development using IntelliJ IDE on server side and hybrid mobile app frontend so I often have two instances ...
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How to automatically set "Always on visible workspace" for windows on particular monitor
In my dual monitor set up, I generally use my (larger) left hand monitor for working on. I'll have a browser workspace, a text editor workspace, and email workspace and so on. However, the smaller ...
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Alt+Ctrl behavior different from Ctrl+Alt?
Specifically I am trying to use the workspace switching shortcut Ctrl+Alt+←↑→↓. They work fine when I press Alt then Ctrl then an Arrow key, but not when I do Ctrl then Alt. This ...
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Firefox+GNOME workspaces Open a New Window
I have 4 fixed Workspaces (set by Tweaks).
FireFox is running in workspace 1 (by default, set by Tweaks - Startup Applications).
If in (say) workspace 3 and I right click Firefox Web Browser icon in ...
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How to include all monitors in Gnome 3 workspace thumbnails
I have a multi-monitor (two) setup and I'd like to be able to see all the windows I have open when I switch between workspaces. At the moment I end up overlooking that I already have a window open ...
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How to get all applications/windows in the current workspace in the view of the user programmatically (in python)
Let's say I have applications A, B, C in the current workspace. A and B are beside each other (assume Application A is on focus) and C is not visible on the screen (it may [minimized] or [not be ...
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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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How can I get Firefox to reopen windows in the workspaces they were previously in?
I use Firefox windows to lump together different projects I'm working on, and I use separate workspaces so that alt-tabbing doesn't cycle through all those separate projects, but just my editor, ...
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Dual monitor, Independent workspace
I searched this for a while but I cannot find a solution.
I am using Xubuntu 16.04 and Xfce 4.12.
When I plug a second monitor my workspace is expanded into the two monitors (this is the default ...
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How can I add a live Unity-style workspaces icon to the gnome-shell dock?
I have configured gnome-shell in Ubuntu 18.04 to have 4 static workspaces in a grid with the "Workspace grid" gnome-shell extension.
I have also disabled the workspace overlay that pops up whenever ...
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Editing the Gnome Shortcut scripts
I'm interested in editing the script associated with the "Switch to workspace" shortcut on gnome, the one that is assigned by default to CTRL+ALT+arrows.
I'm having some trouble in actually finding ...
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How to remove right-side workspaces panel in gnome-shell?
The panel i'm talking about resides on the right side in gnome applications overview (just pressing super key).
In standard gnome environment if you set static workspaces to 1 in gnome-tweak-tools - ...
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Xmonad: Workspace-specific resolution
I am using Xmonad as my window manager on Ubuntu 16.04. I use a 4k display, but a few applications need to be displayed at 1080p to appear correctly. I would like to store these applications in a ...
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GNOME Shell extension for different applications in Dash by workspace?
I'm looking for a GNOME Shell extension that will make it so that there are different applications showing up in the Dash depending on which workspace I'm on. Essentially, I want favorites segmented ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 - Ctrl and alt do not always respond
Got a chance to install Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop on a Dell XPS13. Most of the things look good, but switching from one workspace to another does not work nicely. Ctrl+Alt+(Left/Right) does not always move ...
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How to trigger a script on entering/exiting a workspace?
This is regarding ubuntu 15.10. I have enabled workspaces, and would like unity launcher sidebar to show open application icon only if it was opened in the current workspace.
To do so, I have already ...
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How to start several applications with one command to open in a specific workspace?
Since Ubuntu has no options to save and restore desktop sessions on shutdown of the computer, I want to write a shell script which helps to setup a customized workspace on a single command. I've found ...
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Can you change the desktop grid layout in KDE?
I have recently switched from Ubuntu 14.04 to Kubuntu 14.04 and there's one thing that's bugging me...
I have two (identical) monitors and I use multiple workspaces extensively. My workspaces are ...
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How to keep the open windows in the right workspace while changing/rotating monitor?
when I plug in/out an external monitor monitor, or I rotate the laptop monitor, the windows/applications open in the several workspaces often mess up, such as in the following figure:
How can avoid ...
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Can not override Super hotkey
I binded Super+A Super+S Super+Z and Super+X keys to switch among 1-4 workspaces. Super+Z and Super+X work as expected, but Super+A launches search applications, just Super launches search and Super+S ...
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Eclipse loses focus after switching workspace
This might be related to this question.
I am Using Ubuntu 13.04 and Eclipse Juno Service Release 2.
I use Eclipse with some Eclipse's Views(panes) detached from the main window, because I have two ...
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How to avoid in the task bar other Workspace application icons?
What I want is that when I go to ones of my Workspaces, in the task bar where all current running app is showed, just appear app in the current Workspace. How can I do that?
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applications linked to workspaces
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 and I found a weird behaviour in the multi-workspace management.
Let's say that I have a couple of terminals opened in one workspace, and that I want to do ...
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Is there a way of automatically suspending processes that are running in unfocused workspaces?
Is there a task manager (or an option) that can automatically suspend processes (or slow them down) in unused workspaces?
For example I have Chromium in one workspace and it takes quite a lot of CPU ...
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Disable active window from popping out when switching workspace on Ubuntu 23.10?
When I switch to a different workspace on Ubuntu 23.10 using keyboard shortcuts, the window that is currently active performs a "pop-out" animation to draw attention to itself. The window ...
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Different pinned apps for each GNOME workspace?
How do I have a unique set of pinned application for each GNOME workspace?
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How to move window between workspaces on Wayland using CLI (ubuntu 22.04)
Is there any way to move a particular window of an application (i.e. kitty terminal) between workspaces?
I would like to set up some keyboard shortcuts to achieve this with different applications.
I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 is not directing to the main desktop screen after starting up
Every time, I start up my Ubuntu, I always need to click this workspace screen in order to get the main desktop. How do I get rid of this? After starting up, I want it to direct me to the main ...