I have ThinkPad X230 hooked up to external monitor. I would like to use both of them to their full potential. Unfortunately I noticed that if I change workspace on external monitor then the same happens on laptop screen.
Is it possible to change workspaces independently on both screens?
System:
Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 LTS
MATE Desktop Environment 1.12.1
Hi draco, welcome to our forums.
Is this what you want?
http://xmonad.org/tour.html#workspace
This one is build into the window manager so I wonder if compiz has a plugin. Maybe a compiz guru (@tiox) would know.
I never done something like that but a I can give some more links…
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/63509/dual-monitor-workspaces/
You know if compiz has a plugin available? Or if it's being developed?
Hi, I'm OP. So I don't have the answer for you but since I'm still on the same installation I did in 2016 when I asked this question (of course I upgraded it since then at least half a dozen times by now), clearly I somehow work with non independent workspaces.
Since I couldn't find reliable way of doing independent workspaces I just got use to it and honestly today I love it. If I need for some window to "stay with me" when I'm switching to another workspace, I simply mark it as "Show on all workspaces" and I never loose it. I think there's even shortcut for that but I simply just mark it manually.