On 9/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nikolaus Filus</b> <<a href="mailto:nfilus@gmx.net">nfilus@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
- In KDE I can use the mouse scroll wheel on the desktop to switch between workspaces. Is it also possible in gnome?</blockquote><div><br></div>You can mouse over the workspace switcher and use your mouse wheel.<br><div><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">- how to switch between workspaces when mouse hits the screen edge?</blockquote></div><br><div>
You can use "Brightside" to move your mouse over the edge of the screen to switch workspace (edge flipping).<br><br>Brightside also have configurable actions when you mouse over the corners of the screen.<br><br>
Another great tool is Devilspie<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">- how to force the icon labels on desktop to be cut and shown only as hint with
<br>mouse over? additionaly how to prevent "stupid" in-word wrapping?</blockquote><div><br>run gconf-editor, there's alot of configurable behaviours in Metacity and Nautilus.<br><br>see /apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_use_tighter_layout
<br>/apps/nautilus/icon_view/labels_beside_icons<br></div></div>