Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1279183
Window from panel opens into new workspace even if number workspaces is set to 1
Last modified: 2015-11-10 06:02:44 EST
Description of problem: Sometimes when a minimized window is clicked in panel (windows list), it is opened into a new (second) workspace, even if the number of workspaces is explicitly set to 1. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mate-panel-1.10.1-1.fc23.i686 compiz-0.8.8-30.fc23.i686 How reproducible: Once every 10-20 times, probably when there are few windows already visible on the primary workspace. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set the number of workspaces to 1 using dconf. Reboot to make sure seting is in effect. 2. Open 5 or more windows. 3. Minimise 1-2 of them, keep the rest visible. 4. Click a minimised window in panel (window list) to show it. Actual results: Sometimes, the window is opened in a new workspace. Expected results: Since the number of workspaces is set to be 1, the window should always be brought up in the current (one and only) workspace. Additional info: I find multiple workspaces inconvenient and never use them. Since F23, however, bringing up a window from the window list sometimes opens the windows an a new workspace. When this happens, I need to press Ctls + Alt + Left_Arrow to get back to my original workspace. At the same time, the workspace switcher is shown having 4 workspaces (even though I have set the number of workspaces to be 1). Window manager is compiz-mate-gtk. This has never happened in previous versions of Fedora + MATE (and I have run MATE on Fedora at least since F18 - always with "Desktop effects" enabled, i.e. with compiz-mate-gtk running). Trying to fix this behavior, I have explicitly set the number of workspaces to 1, but this still happens, hence it is bug: [assen@archimed ~]$ dconf read /org/mate/marco/general/num-workspaces 1
Hi Assen, if you use compiz you need to set up the workspaces with ccsm. It's all in general plugin. Compiz don't use dconf/gsettings, so setting something in marco settings doesn't have any effect. In ccsm use virtual-desktops to set the workspaces.
Thanks, Wolfgang, Haven't realised that before - just for the record, the setting is General Options -> Desktop Size -> Horizontal Virtual Size. This can be now closed.
Good, reporters can also close reports ;)