[Ubuntu 18.04] How to keep windows local to each virtual desktop?

[Maxim Blinov]

I see, fair enough. In any case I should have spent another half hour
digging about in google results, because I've actually found[1] what I
was looking for (atleast, as far as alt-tab goes):

To alt-tab only between apps on the current desktop, you need the
alternate-tab extension
[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Extensions/alternate-tab].

Then, to prevent grouping by application (which is apparently no
longer needed[2] since GNOME 3.30) install the Alt-tab workspace
extension [https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/310/alt-tab-workspace/]

To install the extensions follow [3], and to enable follow [4].

The taskbar still shows all the apps of the given type across all
desktops, where I would prefer it to only show those in the current
desktop - I guess I could hack together a gnome extension if it isn't
too difficult.

Maxim

[1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/54994/force-alttab-show-only-active-desktop-apps-in-gnome-shell
[2] https://blogs.gnome.org/fmuellner/2018/10/11/the-future-of-alternatetab-and-why-you-need-not-worry/
[3] https://itsfoss.com/gnome-shell-extensions/
[4] https://askubuntu.com/a/591764

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 12:28, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 13:09, Maxim Blinov <maxim.a.blinov at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is really useful behaviour, because it means I can essentially
> > have multiple logical tasks running in parallel and isolated from one
> > another.
>
> Aha! You mean that the alt-tab window switcher ignores windows on
> other virtual desktops, and only switches between windows on the
> current virtual desktop?
>
> I *HATE* that feature and I always turn if off it at all possible.
> It's all my computer. If I want to switch programs, I want to switch
> between all of them and I do not want the barrier of virtual desktops
> or anything getting in the way.
>
> :-D I guess all I am saying here is that what you consider "really
> useful behaviour" is my hated productivity-destroying waste of bytes,
> so be careful in assuming that your preferences are everyone's.
>
> I do not use GNOME, so I don't know how to enable/disable this. When
> you say "the Ubuntu DE" I presume you mean GNOME.
>
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