Re: KDE 3.2.1: App start in same workspace?

From: david walcroft (david_walcroft_at_yahoo.com.au)
Date: 05/16/04

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    Atul Chitnis wrote:
    > Here is something that has been driving me batty, and I wonder if anyone
    > knows of a fix:
    >
    > I have 4 workspaces defined for my KDE 3.2.1 desktop, running on FC1.
    >
    > Let's say I am on Worspace 2, and start Firefox. The load begins, and I
    > switch to another workspace, say workspace 1, where I was doing something
    > else.
    >
    > Under KDE 3.2, doing this would result in Firefox eventually starting up
    > in the workspace where I was when I hit the icon.
    >
    > Under KDE 3.2.1, it results in Firefox coming up in whatever workspace I
    > am at the moment that the window for Firefox is created - in this case
    > Workspace 1.
    >
    > I prefer the former functionality. Is here any setting for this, something
    > that tells KDE 3.2.1 that the window for the app I start should be created
    > in the workspace where I started the app, and not in the worspace I am in
    > when the window is created?
    >
    > TIA
    >
    > Atul
    >
    Atul,try this: right click in the taskbar - configure panel - taskbar - uncheck
    'show windows from all desktops'
    That should give you what you need.

       david

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