Spanning Multiple Workspaces....

[Gamingphreek]

I have 7.10 on my Laptop, and I have 4 Desktops on it.

Unfortunately when I have a large window or when I move the window slightly too far, it spans onto the other Workspace. Is there anyway to lock the workspaces so that, for instance, a window doesn't appear on both workspaces no matter what? (Only CTRL-ALT-[ARROW] will allow it to switch is what I want)

-Kevin

 

[xSauronx]

do you have the advanced desktop effects manager installed? im not sure if its changed, but when 7.10 was released it wasnt available under the "add/remove" front end and i had to use aptitude for it.

the package is compizconfig-settings-manager and once installed is available under System > Preferences > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings

what you want can probably be done with "Desktop: Rotate Cube > Edge Flip Move (uncheck)" and "Window Management: Snapping Windows > Edge Attraction (checked)"

with that windows wont rotate the desktop when they hit the edge, and will stop at the edge with some resistance before spanning the adjacent desktop.

 

[Nothinman]

Are you sure you have 4 separate desktops and not just one big desktop that's 4 monitors wide?

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
do you have the advanced desktop effects manager installed? im not sure if its changed, but when 7.10 was released it wasnt available under the "add/remove" front end and i had to use aptitude for it.

the package is compizconfig-settings-manager and once installed is available under System > Preferences > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings

what you want can probably be done with "Desktop: Rotate Cube > Edge Flip Move (uncheck)" and "Window Management: Snapping Windows > Edge Attraction (checked)"

with that windows wont rotate the desktop when they hit the edge, and will stop at the edge with some resistance before spanning the adjacent desktop.

Yea I have the compizconfig-settings-manager installed.

I guess that is the best I can do. I was hoping that if they go off the edge they can just disappear into nothingness and not onto the next display, but if that isn't possible I suppose snapping to the edge would be fine.

While I'm at it, is there a simple way for me to Update Eclipse from 3.2 to 3.3, or do I need to completely uninstall 3.2, download and install 3.3? (Yes I am running 7.10 so it isn't in the repositories from what I have found)

-Kevin