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lpanebr
Asked: 2012-05-11 08:20:16 +0800 CST

Is it possible to reorder my workspaces?

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Recently I found that on a macbook it is possible to drag the multiple desktops to change their order.

The ideal solution would be to, while on the compiz Expo mode, be able to just drag and move a whole workspace together with all the windows it contains to another position.

Searching for this I found an ubuntu braistorm idea that describes exactly what I would like to be able to do!

A work around using a command line script could also be used maybe..?

Any ideas?

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2 Answers

  1. I have been looking for an answer to this question for quite a long time but recently I had stumbled upon the answer myself.

    Solution:

    When you hit Windows+S to go to workspace switcher, in that view you can quickly double click on any visible window in any workspace and drag that window to any other workspace.

    This way you can re-order workspaces.

    I am a huge user of workspaces on a daily basis and I find this little trick very helpful to re-order my workspaces.

    Hope it is helpful.

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  2. I think the simple answer is: no

    The long answer is: Do you really need this feature? If so the go to compiz site and beg them to add it. (or ubutus site) You can otherwise use: super w to spread out al the windows and see them. You can also use "clone output" that will transform the Window to a lillte icon that you can move to another work-space. But I think that at this state the work-spaces is static. Hope it helped.

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