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ahmeteid

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Registered: 2022-08-15

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there are any updates in workspaces in xfce?

can i make a set of launchers specific for each workspace in desktop and panel in the new version of xfce?

Last edited by ahmeteid (2023-04-05 14:26:32)

ToZ

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Re: there are any updates in workspaces in xfce?

Out of the box, no. But you could script something to mimic this behaviour. For example (this works best if you use separate panels just for launchers):

1. Create a number of launcher panels equal to the number of workspaces (ie. for 4 workspaces you would create 4 panels)

2. Add the launchers to the panels as you would like them to appear on each workspace

3. Set all the panels to auto-hide

4. Write a script that loops forever on a 1 second cycle and uses wmctrl or xdotool to return the current workspace. If the new workspace value is different from the current workspace value (workspace has changed), set to 'automatically hide' all launcher panels (using xfconf-query) and set to 'always on' the panel corresponding to the current workspace.

So basically, as you move from workspace to workspace, launcher panels are hiding and un-hiding as required.

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