[openbox] desktop switching

Ben Jansens ben at orodu.net
Fri Sep 12 09:14:02 EDT 2003


On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 06:55:58AM -0600, Dale K Dicks wrote:
> ok.  i know i already mentioned this but it is still bugging me.
> 
> if i use the DesktopLeft and DesktopRight actions, i can now scroll
> between my virtual desktops but they are still out of order.
> 
> the order now goes: 1 3 5 2 4
> 
> i assume this is because Openbox sees them as a 2 dimensional grid like
> this ?
> 
> +-----------+
> | 1 | 3 | 5 |
> +-----------+
> | 2 | 4 |   |
> +-----------+
> 
> is there a way to make it see the desktops as a single row?  i have seen
> other WMs with settings for the number of rows/columns for the virtual
> desktops.
> 
> +--------------------
> | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 +
> +-----------+--------
> 
> the way it works now, is extremely confusing and annoying and it did not
> behave like this until recently.

Your pager tells openbox how to set up the desktops. So if they are set up
like this, put it back in your pager.

Ben
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