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Dang Khoa
Asked: 2012-02-08 20:37:45 +0800 CST

Separate panels for separate workspaces in tint2

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I am running Ubuntu 11.10 x64. I have tint2 installed in an attempt to get a GNOME2-like bottom-panel.

Suppose I have windows A, B, and C open on Desktop 1, and windows D and E on Desktop 2. Right now, panel buttons for all 5 windows are on the tint2 panels when I am on any desktop.

Is there a way to get tint2 to act like GNOME2 in this regard? (I.e., bottom panel should only show windows A,B,C on Desktop 1; D,E on Desktop2; no windows on Desktop 3 or Desktop 4).

11.10 virtualdesktop

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Sorry, tint2 does not support this. See: http://code.google.com/p/tint2/issues/detail?id=94 . You can, however, install a modified version of gnome 2 supporting this feature called GNOME-shell.

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  2. That's innacurate. You can have tint2 show only buttons for the windows on the current desktop.

    At your tintrc file (usually ~/.config/tint2/tintrc), edit this option accordingly, adding if there's none:

    taskbar_mode = single_desktop

    From tint2 0.7's manual:

    3.2 Taskbar, multi-desktop, multi-monitor • taskbar_mode = single_desktop, multi_desktop or single_monitor

    taskbar_mode = single_desktop : tint show one taskbar with task of current desktop

    taskbar_mode = multi_desktop : tint show one taskbar per virtual desktop you can drag-and-drop task between desktop and clic on an empty taskbar to switch desktop

    taskbar_mode = single_monitor : tint show one taskbar with task of current monitor

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  3. I have tested the option "taskbar_mode = single_monitor" in tintrc (Ubuntu 16.04) and it works as described by "the dsc" with each display/desktop showing local items only which is the behaviour desired by the original poster.

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