Re: Multiple monitor behaviour changed in the Activities screen

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Matt Paine <mattzerah gmail com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Following my last post (I have just upgraded my arch installation) ....
>
> * NOTE: I have the gconf setting
> /desktop/gnome/shell/windows/workspaces_only_on_primary UNCHECKED.

gconf was replaced with gsettings in GNOME 3.4. Use that instead.

> For the previous version of gnome, when I scroll workspaces then both
> monitors scrolled so I can have a different set of applications on
> each workspace/monitor combination. When I go into the activities
> screen, on my left hand monitor i see the windows available on the
> workspace i'm current looking at, with a preview of all the
> workspaces. Clicking on the workspace causes the screen to display the
> windows on the new workspace to be displayed. The right hand had just
> a preview of ALL the windows that are on the right hand screen over
> ALL the desktops.
>
> I thought that was weird at first, but I have really come to like that
> 'feature'.
>
> After the update I now find that both sides of the screen behaves the
> same (i.e. only show previews of apps on the current workspace).
> Although this is okay (i prefer the other way now) the only hitch to
> this (which is a show-stopper) is the workspace previews only show the
> left hand display, so I do not get a preview of what is on the other
> workspaces.
>
> So I have a few questsions....
>
> 1) Is there a setting to go back to the other way.
> 2) Is there a setting to display the entire desktop in the previews,
> not just the left hand screen
> 3) Is this the right forum for questions like these.
>
> I have a few more suggestions for developers until I get my head into
> the code, I would like to know if this is the right place to post
> suggestions for new features and issues like the one in this email.
>
> Thank you.
> Matt.
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  Jasper