Bug 728975

Could this be: 

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6961

(In reply to comment #1)
> Could this be: 
> 
> https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6961

Yes, that's it.
Thanks, Kevin, for looking into this.

It's not quite clear though whether there gonna be any actions taken to fix this.
It works fine with the workspase switcher in gnome2. I was going to switch to xfce in f15 and was kind of upset to find the number of rows feature not working, as I'm used to having 8 workspaces in 2 rows.

Is the https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635341 going to be
reopened?
Or is it possible to fix it the other way around?

Thanks,
Val.

More info:
Restarting the panel after changing the settings seems to workaround the issue.

I've tried the following steps:
1. Killed the panel from the console:
[vaxon@localhost ~]$ xfce4-panel -q

2. Started the panel from the console:
[vaxon@localhost ~]$ xfce4-panel &
[1] 2838
[vaxon@localhost ~]$ (xfce4-mixer-plugin:2839): xfce4-mixer-plugin-DEBUG: mixer_plugin->track_label = 'Master'

3. Tried to set 2 rows in the properties, which didn't affect the number of rows displayed and produced the following console output:

libpager-Message: Failed to set the number of pager rows. You probably have more than 1 pager in your panel setup.

4. Closed the properties window and killed the panel from the console:
[vaxon@localhost ~]$ xfce4-panel -q
[1]   Done                    xfce4-panel

5. Restarted the panel from the console again:
[vaxon@localhost ~]$ xfce4-panel &
[2] 2859
libpager-Message: Setting the pager rows returned false. Maybe the setting is not applied.
(xfce4-mixer-plugin:2860): xfce4-mixer-plugin-DEBUG: mixer_plugin->track_label = 'Master'

The workspace switcher shows 2 rows now.

So after setting the number of rows you'd need to re-login (or restart the panel any other way) to see the change.

Thanks,
Val.

I'm not sure of the status. Looks like the gnome bug is closed. 

I guess I would suggest explaining what you see to the upstream Xfce bug and ask them if it can be fixed, or if it's not possible due to the gnome bug? 

Or if you like I can try and do so, but you may be able better to explain the issue than I just passing it on. ;)

(In reply to comment #4)
> I'm not sure of the status. Looks like the gnome bug is closed. 
> 
> I guess I would suggest explaining what you see to the upstream Xfce bug and
> ask them if it can be fixed, or if it's not possible due to the gnome bug? 
> 
> Or if you like I can try and do so, but you may be able better to explain the
> issue than I just passing it on. ;)

OK, thanks, I'll probably post to the Xfce upstream bug later.

Thanks,
Val.

*** Bug 756563 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

I hope this is helpful; though it may be a stretch.

I'm on Debian 6 using Xfce 4.8 from backports.  I rebooted this system for the first time today.  Afterwards, I was unable to use keyboard shortcuts for shifting up/down in my two-row workspace layout.

DID fix it:  changing to Miniature view and back.
Did NOT fix it:
 - changing the shortcut in Window Manager settings
 - changing to 1 row and then back to 2
 - changing settings on Window Manager Tweaks > workspaces

I didn't think to try toggling to miniature view and back, until I found this bug report; so to me, this seems like another case of rows being ignored and linking it to the applet view type.

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still valid for F16

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Still valid for F17, latest and greatest updates as of today

Also for F18: xfce4-panel-4.10.0-2.fc18.x86_64

I have dual-head setup, and a separate panel near the bottom of each screen, each panel with its own pager (this is for convenience only, each pager shows both heads). Pagers are set up as 3x3 virtual desktops.

When I log in, one of the pager is displayed as expected, and the other one has only one row of virtual desktops (i.e. 1x9 instead of 3x3). Right-clicking on the pager and selecting Properties make it immediately switch to 3x3 layout - I don't need to toggle miniature view off and back on, as described in comment #7.

(In reply to comment #12)
> Right-clicking on the pager and selecting Properties make it immediately
> switch to 3x3 layout - I don't need to toggle miniature view off and back
> on, as described in comment #7.

This is a different bug then. Can anybody please confirm they please have to restart the panel after changing the number of rows? If so, what versions are you using?

I am running a dual screen setup, too (although only mirrored) and I am not able to reproduce the problem anywhere.

I have tried to change the number of rows (my setup is described in comment #12). For the pager on the primary head, it immediately changed the number of rows (I have tried 3->2 and 3->4 rows, I have 9 workspaces). The pager on the secondary head does nothing and still has the 3x3 virtual desktops layout.

I have not tried to restart the panel, though.

I use [right click on the pager] -> Properties -> Number of rows: [3]
to change the number of rows.

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