unity-2d

Is it possible to change the number of workspaces/desktops? If not, is it planned? Thanks!

Asked by Ricky Brent

Hello;

I was trying out Unity 2d because my laptop was getting bad performance with Unity 3d, but I like having more workspaces. Unity 2d only shows 4, the same default as 3d, but while you can increase that via CCSM in 3d, I wasn't able to find the option in 2d.

I was curious if adding support for more workspaces exists (and I wasn't looking in the right places), or, if not, was planned later on or not.

Thanks!

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Best Ugo Riboni (uriboni) said : 		#1

You can change the number of workspaces for now only by using gconf-editor and changing the value of the key /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces

This will work but please notice that the unity-2d spread is not optimized yet for supporting more than 4 workspaces so there may be cases when they are not optimally displayed in the workspaces switcher. They will still work but perhaps not look as good as they should.

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Ricky Brent (rickybrent) said : 		#2

Thanks Ugo Riboni, that solved my question.

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Phil-ganchev (phil-ganchev) said : 		#3

Unfortunately, that does not work for me. When I change the value to 2, and change the focus to another widget in the Gnome Configuration Editor, it reverts back to 4.

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Gerry Boland (gerboland) said : 		#4

@Phil,
the editor is a bit buggy, but it does work. Alternatively can do

gconftool-2 -s -t int /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces 4

from command line, changing 4 to suit.

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Phil-ganchev (phil-ganchev) said : 		#5

Thanks, I found that answer too, and it does work. Should I post a bug report for the editor?

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Gerry Boland (gerboland) said : 		#6

Start here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=gconf-editor&content=

I could not find a bug specifically detailing your symptoms, but please look yourself first. If nothing, please log the bug at hte Gnome bugzilla. Ubuntu doesn't deal with bugs for that project.