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Bug 646912 - Enable monitor-linking
Enable monitor-linking
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-tweak-tool
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Tweak Tool maintainer(s)
GNOME Tweak Tool maintainer(s)
Depends on: 609258 645581 652580
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-06 13:07 UTC by Fabian Deutsch
Modified: 2017-06-07 00:02 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
a new gconfswitch widget. (1.24 KB, patch)
2011-04-06 13:07 UTC, Fabian Deutsch 		none Details | Review
a tweak for the key. (2.18 KB, patch)
2011-04-06 13:07 UTC, Fabian Deutsch 		none Details | Review

Description Fabian Deutsch 2011-04-06 13:07:15 UTC 
Created attachment 185304 [details] [review]
a new gconfswitch widget.

The attached patches allow to change the gconf key /desktop/gnome/shell/windows/workspaces_only_on_primary.

See #645581
Comment 1 Fabian Deutsch 2011-04-06 13:07:35 UTC 
Created attachment 185305 [details] [review]
a tweak for the key.
Comment 2 Fabian Deutsch 2011-05-27 08:56:27 UTC 
As discussed on IRC at some time ago - should this be closed as invalid until a decision is made upstream?
Comment 3 John Stowers 2011-05-27 11:59:09 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> As discussed on IRC at some time ago - should this be closed as invalid until a
> decision is made upstream?

I dont know what this key does and no-one has told me. I dont have two monitors to test.

If someone who know more about this (alexl for example) would tell me what to do here, or perhaps you could summarize the IRC conversation, then I will close this bug appropriately.
Comment 4 Fabian Deutsch 2011-09-20 07:46:41 UTC 
When this key is true, the workspace is just on the primatry display. So windows placed on any other monitor are not mapped to worskspaces and stick to that monitor all the time.
Somehow described here: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/DesignerPlayground/MultipleMonitors#Monitors_are_a_single_big_screen
Comment 5 John Stowers 2011-09-20 07:50:30 UTC 
AIUI alexl said this feature is not complete not working.

Can you (Fabian) please confirm it works for you

Can you also please ask alexl for clarification?
Comment 6 Fabian Deutsch 2011-09-20 08:29:17 UTC 
This works partially. If enabled (and doing a login-logout-cycle) all monitors
behave like a single workspace. A problem is related to the thumbnails in the
workspace list: they are just previewing the primary monitor.
Comment 7 John Stowers 2011-09-20 08:38:28 UTC 
(In reply to comment #6)
> This works partially. If enabled (and doing a login-logout-cycle) all monitors
> behave like a single workspace. A problem is related to the thumbnails in the
> workspace list: they are just previewing the primary monitor.

Please file a bug about this.

I will enable advanced tweaks. I don't like enabling broken features.
Comment 8 Fabian Deutsch 2011-09-20 09:05:29 UTC 
There is already a bug for this: bug #609258 .
Also others requesting this feature e.g. bug #652580 and bug #645581
Comment 9 John Stowers 2011-09-20 09:57:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #8)
> There is already a bug for this: bug #609258 .
> Also others requesting this feature e.g. bug #652580 and bug #645581

Thanks. I added these as blockers. I will enable the switch when it works.
Comment 10 Jeremy Bicha 2017-06-07 00:02:11 UTC 
This feature was enabled 5 years ago:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-tweak-tool/commit/?id=cba8a659