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Matcon1234

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Registered: 2021-08-23

Posts: 3

Desktop Switcher: Mini or 'stacked'

Hello,

Looking to get a direction on changing my desktop changer from the 3 large blocks to the 3 stacked small blocks?

I'm running LinuxMint 17.3(XFCE 4.12 from Xubuntu) and due to Mint adopting Redhat's 'systemd' init **, I am not willing to upgrade to new version...

However, in Mint 19, 20...etc the Desktop changer can be configured to a tiny 3 vertical stack for the changer & prefer that to the 3 large horizontal blocks.

Was this unique, coded by Mint or could I update Xfce to get this feature?

Also, what would prevent me from upgrading to 4.16 Xfce to get additional features?

** systemd is 2 million lines of code that has never been audited,
** recently found to have a gaping root level security hole  https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-lin … g-revealed
** and is a memory hog worse than Windoze XP...

Last edited by Matcon1234 (2021-08-23 23:29:38)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Desktop Switcher: Mini or 'stacked'

Hello and welcome.

Looking to get a direction on changing my desktop changer from the 3 large blocks to the 3 stacked small blocks?

Right-click the workspace changer and select Properties. In there, you can change the number of rows. If you set it to 3 (if panel is horizontal) or 1 (if panel is vertical/deskbar), it should be stacked.This should work for Xfce version 4.12 and above.

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Matcon1234

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Registered: 2021-08-23

Posts: 3

Re: Desktop Switcher: Mini or 'stacked'

** DOH !!! **

Man, I'm going in wayyyyyyyyy too many directions to have missed this??

Last edited by Matcon1234 (2021-08-23 22:23:19)