On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 03:15:49PM -0400, dwgallien wrote:
Right-click on the Pager, check out the various new settings. And when you hover over a virtual desktop you should see a pop-up that lists all the windows on that desktop.
This is helpful, but doesn't solve the problem of finding out where you are right now (say, after logging in).
I wonder if under Desktop Effects, one of the Window Management effects might be a solution? Box Switch, Cover Switch, and Flip Switch all use Alt-Tab to scroll through all windows in a pop-up list. Desktop Grid will display all virtual desktops organized in a grid, showing the windows that are in each; essentially a magnified view of the Pager (and you also can drag windows between the desktops here). Present Windows will display all windows on all desktops or just those windows on the current desktop or just those windows that belong to the same "class".
Forgot to add . . . Under Virtual Desktops, there are/can be added keystroke combinations to navigate between the desktops. Personally, I use Desktop Grid; I didn't mention that in the display, the particular desktop you are currently on is highlighted. IMO much easier that using the Pager for determining where you are/want to be.
And fwiw, in KDE 4 like KDE 3 you can define at login whether you want to start with an empty session vs restore the previous session vs restore a manually save (at logout) session.
I don't understand you here. You mean "Multiple Desktops -- System Settings", the tab "Switching"? There is a list of possible shortcuts, for "next desktop" etc.; I use a few of them. However I can't find anything like "Desktop Grid"? Perhaps it is a "desktop effect"? I have disabled them, and actually I can't enable them, since the ATI driver is there, but when I installed it a week ago, then thereafter the machine badly crashed, and I had to re-install Suse (this was with 11.3; with 11.2 the ATI driver worked, however was incompatible with the broadcom wireless driver). The plan is for now to not use the ATI driver, actually starting working with the laptop (yet I'm still just installing), and hoping that there will be better drivers out there later. Of course, since I have populated all the virtual desktops, I have to use "restore previous session". Oliver -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org