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I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 and found out there is no option to have 2 by 2 workspaces. I was able to configure 4 "stacked" workspaces using GNOME Tweak Tool, but I would like to have them in 2 rows by 2. Any ideas?

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You may try a GNOME extension called Workspace Grid. It

Arranges workspaces in a configurable grid.
Also:

  • implements keybindings for left/right workspace navigation (up/down are already implemented)
  • updates workspaces sidebar with grid configuration (use Remove Workspaces Sidebar if you don't want it).

You may see its GitHub page for more detailed info.

Officially it doesn't support GNOME v3.26 yet, but you may be able to make it work adding "3.26" to its metadata.json file.

Update from the asker

It worked out of the box without changing anything. Even my old custom shortcuts worked.

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Thanks. You saved me. It worked out of the box without changing anything. Even my old custom shortcuts worked. – Juraj.Lorinc Oct 19 '17 at 18:34
    
The instructions of this plugin say Open gnome-tweak-tool, go to “Shell Extensions”, “Install Extension” and select the .zip file but for me on the "Extensions" Tab of the tool I did not found this option... – Enrique Moreno Tent Oct 19 '17 at 22:59
    
@EnriqueMorenoTent You're right, it seems that feature is removed from Tweaks. Please try to install directly from it's homepage. You can also extract the zip at ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions. – pomsky Oct 19 '17 at 23:24

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