I rely on wmctrl a lot to switch between windows, basically to avoid typing alt-tab many times.
I use gnome shell & I have always noticed that if I launch firefox in workspace 2 or any workspace other than workspace 1, overview is triggered.
I just updated my laptop this evening and now I notice that this behaviour continues but now sometimes when overview is triggred by launching firefox, firefox is off centre to the right in overview and the x to close the appication that appears o
When I log-in on ubuntu 12.04, the workspace switcher often seems to "remember" the last used workspace when shutting down - and it switches to that one when I start up.
I have a really annoying problem with XFCE4. My window manager for some reason puts new windows in current workspace. Example, I start Eclipse in workspace 2, switch to Firefox on workspace 1, and 5 secs later Eclipse pop up on workspace 1. This is very annoying. I tried google but found no solution. If this is truly unsolvable can you recommend me some other window managers that behave as I wish.
I'm a Windows guy who recently switched to Ubuntu ... I use gVim for programming.
I have not yet found a question like this, and that surprises me.
I have Ubuntu 11.04 with Compiz and Gnome 2.x
What I would love to have is for applications to open on the workspace that I'm in on the moment I click on their icon.
Usually what happens is that you click on an application, you will get a "Starting application" in your task bar, and then the application will open in whatever work
I am using Gnome Classic in 11.10 and when I select a particular workspace it does not highlight it, so I do not know on which workspace I am unless I remember which one I clicked.
PS - By the way I have no problems operating the switcher, it is just the highlighting issue purely for cosmetics and ease of use.
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I have a fresh Mint 13 Maya (MATE edition) with Compiz enabled. I also have a two-monitor set-up via NVIDEA drivers with TwinView. I have set up 4 horizontal workspaces via CompizConfig Settings Manager.
Here is the behavior I try to eliminate: I open a window, say, browser, and put it to workspace number 2.
I'm trying to get GNOME working the way I'm used to on other machines. I have my preferences set so there are 4 workspaces and the workspace switcher in the bottom panel shows 4 workspaces. When I click on any of them then I go to that workspace, and that all makes sense.
I have ALT-1, ALT-2, etc in my keyboard shortcuts set to 'switch to workspace 1', 'switch to workspace 2' etc.
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