Trouble window list on dual monitor

[Liam Proven]

On 17 May 2011 23:21, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a netbook with a tiny screen and a nice big external display.  They
> are successfully running gnome in a dual monitor configuration on an up to
> date Maverick install.
> I have a Window List applet running in a panel at the top of the netbook
> screen.  If I open a new window on the netbook, it appear in the window it
> appears in the window list applet as expected.  But if I drag the window to
> the big screen.  It disappears from the window list.  And if I minimize a
> window on the big screen, then it's lost forever, and I have not been able
> to recover it.  If I reboot.  Sometimes I briefly see the lost window as the
> system is shutting down.

Right-click the switcher and pick Properties. Tick the box that says
"show windows from all workspaces" (or words to that effect; I'm on
Unity these days so no longer have it.)

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