Pretty basic, but so far this has been impossible in gnome. It’ll load it on virtual desktop number 2 and set the window to maximize.
Paste in the following config to your new file:īasically what this is doing is watching for anything launched using the application_name “Firefox”, and give it the following features and options. Use the following:Īfter this is created we’ll create our custom configuration for the regular applications we launch. Now that we’ve got the package installed we need to set the configuration of what we’d like it to do.Ĭreate a new directory to store your new devilspie-related configuration file (yes, once you start using this you’ll create more and more–you want them organized). A have a nice organization of applications between my desktops, but all done manually. This has been something that I wish I had for a while and never really looked into. In english? You can basically set rules for your favorite applications and make sure they load on the appropriate virtual desktop, at the certain sizes, etc. This tool will find windows as they are created and perform actions on them, such as resizing, moving to another workspace, or pinning them to all workspaces. What exactly does this package actually do? From the package description:
Ubuntu change workspace install#
Use the following command, or install the package using your favorite package manager: It’s pretty small and should just take a minute or two to download and install.
To get the features of this tutorial we will need to install a quick package. There are a few steps to this full tutorial so get comfortable and follow along.
If you do please post a comment with a link. Unfortunately, outside of these, there is very limited documentation on the web for this tool, so you wont find much more than what you see here. There is also a lot more examples and extensions on the wiki, seen here. Among the many cool things that I’ve learned this week at Ubuntu Live there is one that I’m definitely going to keep using! Quickly, before I get started, I need to link back to the Ubuntu Forums post that started this whole thing.
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