Dual Displays and Multiple Workspaces *SOLVED*

Jay Ridgley jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
Sun May 17 19:02:17 UTC 2020


On 5/17/20 8:28 AM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> On 5/17/20 8:18 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
>> On Sun, 2020-05-17 at 08:11 -0500, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>> I have 4 workspaces defined, I also have dual displays.
>>> I am not able to define a window on the secondary display and have
>>> it remain in the workspace selected.
>>> How do I make the secondary display a part of the workspace?
>>
>> My experience may be no use as I am a still on 16.04LTS, but I just
>> slide the window onto the desired display and select "Always on visible
>> workspace" if I want it to follow me around, and "only on this
>> workspace" if I want it to stay put. Each workspace includes both
>> displays though, i.e., each workspace is two displays wide.
>>
>> I use seven workspaces. All seems to work pretty well.
>>
>> Regards, K
>>
>>
> Thanks Karl,
> 
> My apologies I failed to mention that I am on 18.04 LTS.
> 
> My set up worked fine in 16.04 LTS, however 18.04 LTS is different.
> 
> If I create a window on the secondary display it appears that it remains 
> there there regardless of the workspace selected.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jay
> 
Solution appears to be in Settings-> Display-> Single Display

Cheers,
Jay

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