Re: [opensuse] Annoying Desktop behaviour of Programmes

On Wednesday 23 July 2008 11:35, LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,

what is beginning to be quite annoying is working with different
Desktops. I have different working groups organised on a desktop
each. I often have OpenOffice Writer, Calc and Firefox open on
various desktops. When I open up a link on Desktop 1 in Thunderbird,
a window opens on the latest FireFox I used prevously; the one on the
other desktop I used last. I have to hunt down in which desktop it
opened by going to each desktop and activate it. This also happens
when I open an OpenOffice document or calc file with konqueror.
Closing all apps on the desktops before going to another desktop
defeats the purpose of having different desktops - or have I missed
the rational behind different desktops. Is it a bug or a feature?

We think alike. I have eight virtual desktops and each has a specific
purpose.

Assuming you're using KDE:

Two things are available to help you realize this kind of organization:

1) You can move individual windows or all of a given application's
windows to a different desktop either via the window's menu
(right-click the window titlebar) or via a taskbar icon.

2) You can impose pervasive preferences such as resident desktop, size,
maximized state, exclusion from the ALT+Tab switcher, or taskbar.

The interface for (2) is arcane (Right-click on titlebar -> Advanced ->
Special Window Settings) to activate a dialog where you can define what
is in effect a rule for constraining or modifying the window's
behavior.

The first two tabs in the resulting dialog, "Window" and "Window Extra"
are used to determine to which windows the rule will apply. The other
three tabs, "Geometry," "Preferences" and "Workarounds" are the special
behaviors that will be imposed when a window meets the criteria in the
first two windows.

You'll have to experiment with these to get the selectivity and behavior
you want, but it's a very powerful scheme once you get the hang of it.


You can also find a centralized editor for these rules in the KDE
Control Center: Desktop -> Window-Specific Settings.


:-(

All


Randall Schulz
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