Re: Grouping of application instances on different workspaces

[Julien Olivier <julo42 gmail com>]

Le vendredi 23 septembre 2011 à 14:22 +0200, Tomasz Sterna a écrit :
> Hi.
> 

Hello Tomasz,

> As I understand workspaces are to be used to group windows related to
> single or similar task/s. (At least this is how I use them. :-)
> 
> I have an issue that the application window grouping interfere with
> this.
> 
> Let's say I have two tasks in progress - first on Workspace 1 and second
> task on Workspace 2. Both tasks use one terminal window to do some misc
> stuff. One terminal window resides on Workspace 1 and second window
> resides on Workspace 2.
> 
> Currently the Alt-Tab window switcher merges both terminal windows in
> one icon, assigned to the workspace space of the workspace I used the
> terminal emulator last.
> Then if I want to switch from say a Browser window to the terminal
> window on the same workspace, but I last used the terminal window on the
> other workspace, selecting the terminal icon with Alt-Tab changes to the
> Workspace 2, and then I can be back to the terminal I want with Alt-`
> 
> Wouldn't it be more useful to group windows of only one Workspace? I
> separated them on different Workspaces for a reason.
> 

Indeed, I agree with you and have reported two bug reports that may, at least partially cover your suggestion:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650289
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650030