Idea #8019: Compiz should fully support mutiple workspaces

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Written by hunt.topher the 3 May 08 at 17:35. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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Currently, Compiz works well with the workspace switcher and so forth. However, there are two features missing that would increase Compiz's integration with multiple workspaces. (If I'm missing something big, feel free to add it in comments!)

1) Compiz supports multiple wallpapers (one per workspace) but Nautilus doesn't, meaning that multiple backgrounds is only possible if you disable Nautilus from drawing the desktop. There are patches to this online... couldn't this feature be added to make Nautilus and Compiz work together more nicely?

2) Gnome-panel only refreshes the buttons for minimized windows after Compiz's animations have finished. This may seem like a minor glitch, but if you are used to switching workspaces frequently, it would be very useful to have each workspace's window button panel reflect the windows on that screen, not the screen you are coming from - especially for users of the desktop cube.

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bogdan_5844 wrote on the 3 May 08 at 19:08

the updating problem occurs in AWN too,so i don't think it's a gnome-panel related problem.

+1 tough

macros wrote on the 4 May 08 at 10:27

Same Problem here with KDE.
KDE allows multiple Wallpapers, but with Compiz I get the first Wallpaper on al Virtual Desktops

hunt.topher wrote on the 6 May 08 at 20:37

Macros:
I haven't tried Compiz with KDE. What happens if you turn on KDE's multiple wallpapers option and Compiz's multiple wallpapers option at the same time?

Warlon wrote on the 21 May 08 at 10:04

Also, make it possible to drag windows from one workspace to another in the workspace switcher with compiz running. The tooltip on the switcher suggests this, but it is no possible.

macros wrote on the 23 May 08 at 17:04

@ hunt.topher

KDE simply changes the Workspaces back to one.
(the settings for the other ones aren't lost)

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