How do I set a different wallpaper for each workspace

mustbeit · 2024-08-05 07:15:21

Hello,

I want to visually see, that I changed workspace; one clear way to do it is to change the background colour/image.

I'm running Manjaro XFCE latest.

Now, in an old post(11 years ago):
https://askubuntu.com/questions/334201/ … untu-13-04

it is claimed that there is in Workspace Settings per wall paper.
However, if I change workspace and go into desktop settings, modify for one workspace, modifies for all.

I tried running xfce4-settings-editor, then under xfce4-desktop changed under workspace the "last-image" and "image-style" but to no avail.

How to?

Thanks

P.S. very 1st post, not possible to attach an image?

Last edited by mustbeit (2024-08-05 07:16:08)

ToZ · 2024-08-05 09:18:21

Hello on welcome.

On the desktop settings page, there is an option to "Apply to all workspaces". Is this unselected? Once unselected, open this dialog from the workspace for which you want to change the background and change it.

If that doesn't work, then can we see:

ps -ef | grep -i desktop
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv

...as well as (after you attempt to change the background):

journalctl --user -b -0 --no-pager

P.S. very 1st post, not possible to attach an image?

Upload the image to an image-sharing website and post the link back or https://forum.xfce.org/help.php#bbcode.

mustbeit · 2024-08-06 05:57:51

>On the desktop settings page
What do you mean by "page"?
If it is the desktop setting, here's a screenshot https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XoBSHN … drive_link
As you see there is no workspace number as shown on Figure 1 in the post https://askubuntu.com/questions/334201/ … untu-13-04

xfce4-settings-editor: screenshot
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bulySA … drive_link

Terminal code execution:

[x245@x245 ~]$ ps -ef | grep -i desktop
x245         899     782  0 aoû04 ?       00:01:18 xfdesktop
x245        1126     759  0 aoû04 ?       00:00:01 /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal
x245        1151     759  0 aoû04 ?       00:00:26 /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
x245       37154   37101  0 06:59 ?        00:00:03 xfdesktop-settings --socket-id=102761203
x245       39688   37258  0 07:40 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --colour=auto -i desktop
[x245@x245 ~]$ xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path                                   /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/illyria-default.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-style                                  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/last-image                                   /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/illyria-default.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/last-single-image                            /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/illyria-default.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/backdrop-cycle-enable        true
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/backdrop-cycle-random-order  true
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/backdrop-cycle-timer         12
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/color-style                  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/image-style                  1
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/last-image                   /run/media/x245/DOCS/Hopper/Marines - peintre Pierre Joubert_files/image(10).jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace0/rgba1                        <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace1/color-style                  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace1/image-style                  1
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace1/last-image                   /run/media/x245/DOCS/Hopper/Edward Hopper - Ground Swell.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace2/color-style                  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace2/image-style                  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitorHDMI-1/workspace2/last-image                   /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/illyria-default.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/color-style                  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/image-style                  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/last-image                   /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/illyria-default.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/color-style                  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/image-style                  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/last-image                   /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/illyria-default.jpg
/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-removable                                false
/desktop-icons/icon-size                                                94
/desktop-icons/style                                                    2
/desktop-icons/tooltip-size                                             128,000000
/last/window-height                                                     999
/last/window-width                                                      1372
[x245@x245 ~]$

Thanks

ToZ · 2024-08-06 10:23:07

mustbeit wrote:

If it is the desktop setting, here's a screenshot https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XoBSHN … drive_link

On the bottom right of this dialog, there is a checkbox (Appliquer a tous les espaces des travail). You need to uncheck this so that you can set a wallpaper for each workspace.When unselected, open or move this dialog to another workspace and set another wallpaper.

mustbeit · 2024-08-06 10:48:01

Oh God.
[SOLVED]

Thanks

Skaperen · 2024-08-08 01:37:02

you created the thread, so you can edit the title. that's where "[SOLVED]" needs to be so people can easily see where solutions are.

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How do I set a different wallpaper for each workspace

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