Questions tagged [virtual-desktop]
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How to stop an app from Requesting Attention/Alerting/Appearing in the Task Manager of multiple virtual desktops in KDE?
I commonly have this issue with both Unity and KakaoTalk - the apps constantly do this "alert" or "Request Attention" state where they appear orange and become visible on the task ...
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Shortcut to show a window on all virtual desktops in KDE Plasma
I am using KDE Plasma 5, and I want to define a shortcut to toggle showing the active window on all virtual desktops (a.k.a. pinning the window). I cannot find such a shortcut in the shortcuts list ...
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Make firefox open url in currently selected virtual desktop
Recently, i tried to organize my computer using KDE's virtual desktops, so windows that i open on my gaming desktop do not disturb me when i'm on my working desktop.
But there is a problem with ...
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How to move GIMP to another virtual desktop?
When I need GIMP to open in another virtual desktop, I must switch the desktop just after opening GIMP, before it loads. Otherwise I am not able to move all its dialogs, only the main window. Is there ...
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Which window managers support "detached" desktops?
What do I mean by "detached"?
In the herbstluftwm windows manager (and others, notably xmonad), the concept of a "virtual desktop" is removed from the physical monitors themselves. That means that ...
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How to disable fullscreen mouse scrolling?
On programs that run in "fullscreen" mode, when I change the "fullscreen" resolution to something that is lower than what my desktop resolution is, I can scroll past the edges of the program by moving ...
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KDE no longer automatically switches desktops
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I have been using Linux Mint KDE v17.3 (Plasma v4.13.2) for a number of years. I keep Firefox open in one virtual desktop and Thunderbird open in another. If I receive an email in ...
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How to show desktop pager in KDE for one virtual desktop
I have KDE5 Plasma with one virtual desktop. I tried to show a desktop pager in panel for one virtual desktop, but without success — by default, the pager will only display when there is more than one ...
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Add VIRTUAL output to Xorg
I want to create a dummy, virtual output on my Xorg server on current Intel iGPU (on Ubuntu 16.04.2 HWE, with Xorg server version 1.18.4). It is the similiar to Linux Mint 18.2, which one of the ...
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How to xrandr screen minimum and maxium resolution for Exceed-on-Demand (EoD)
I am using a VDI called Exceed-on-Demand (EoD) This thin client is able to resize the X desktop depending on the size of the monitor at the time you start the client. However, you cannot resize the ...
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Dual monitor, two different desktops?
If have two different monitors, both connected to the same integrated graphics
card, one using VGA and the other using DVI connection.
It looks like this in my room:
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kubuntu 14.04 - do not show window in start panel when on another desktop
I use kubuntu 14.04 and I have configured 4 virtual desktop.
When I go from a virtual desktop to another, I'd like to not see the programs opened on the first desktop on the start bar.
Is it possible ?...
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Mame and xfce4 virtual desktop,some interfences
Sometimes i like to play old coinops with MAME
on mame the default keys for play are
Directional keys
UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
for movement
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ctrl and left alt for fire button1 and 2
I like this and i ...
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Show two desktop pagers with different settings in KDE
I'm trying to set up a CentOS 6 system with KDE. I have an older system that use gnome that I'm happy with, and I'm trying to make the KDE system behave as much like the gnome one as possible.
The ...
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Can I expand one window over two virtual desktops on KDE?
My laptop's resolution is low, and some programs cannot display their content normally in a small window. Is possible to expand one window over two or multiple virtual desktops?
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