[xubuntu-users] Unwanted switching of workspaces

Esteban Vernieri estebanvernieri at gmail.com
Fri May 21 14:34:06 UTC 2010


Lee:

sorry about my english.

Look for the Windows Administration.

Inside there.s a ticked box with something like  "Mouse Jumps between
Workareas".

Just put the tick off !!

Esteban, from Patagonia

2010/5/20 Tim Henderson <bizdev at pwnspeak.com>

> Have you tried going to Window Manager Tweaks from the XFCE4 Settings
> Manager?  From the Workspaces tab you can disable mouse wheel scrolling.
>
> Also, from the XFCE4 Settings Manager you can click Workspaces to drop
> the number from 2 (default?) to 1.
>
> Tim H.
>
> On 05/20/10 15:57, Lee Gold wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Uisng 10.04 on a laptop. Works OK so far but one thing started happening
> after I updated to 10.04. I have it set to two workspace (or desktops).
> Somehow a standard generic using the laptop's touchpad is causing unwanted
> switching between workspaces. So I'll just be working, moving the mouse
> (actually it's usually a touchpad on the laptop) and for some reason I get
> transported to the other workspace.  I've played with it and gestures I
> wouldn't expect to do anything switch the workspace.
> >
> > Is there a way (other than having just one workspace) to fix this?
> >
> > If I could set it to only switch when clicking on the icons on the
> taskbar that would be OK too.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lee G.
> >
>
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