GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 590379
Unclear which workspace is currently active when using viewport
Last modified: 2018-01-24 13:47:35 UTC
[reported in launchpad bugtracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407292] "Hi, I have been presenting two desktops in Ubuntu to my friend and he constantly asked me which desktop is currently displayed. I think current desktop is not marked enough. I think there should be some kind of square around currently displayed desktop. Please see attached window. Regards"
I don't see an issue here. The desktop that has a background color is the active one. In Ubuntu it's brown, in Fedora it's blue. For future reference please attach screenshots in GNOME Bugzilla.
I cannot see any problem either as the window background color also changes. In case it's too hard to see I think it's a theme (or ubuntu-only-uses-two-workspaces) problem.
Created attachment 142007 [details] Human theme with 3 workspaces
Created attachment 142008 [details] Clearlooks theme with 3 workspaces
I don't find it at all easy in the screenshots attached to tell which workspace is selected. And don't you think this should be considered a bug even if I choose to use only two workspaces? I'd like to be able to tell at a glance which workspace is selected and I'm sure there are small changes which would make it far more obvious. Would you please mark this as confirmed? I would feel much encouraged about working to solve this. Thanks :)
Created attachment 142018 [details] [review] Small patch to add a border around the active workspace Try this patch and see if it's better than before. Screenshot in a second.
Created attachment 142019 [details] Screenshot before and after applying the patch
Hmm. This bug is in the wrong product, it should be libwnck. I just mention this so the patch is applied to the correct source.
Thanks for the patch. But I think it's actually more confusing since it looks like there's another window this way. I guess the real issue is that you're using compiz. So it's not workspaces, but a viewport.
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