I recently switched over to Mint from Debian and first tried Mint 14 with Cinnamon. I found that both Mint in general and Cinnamon in particular ran extraordinarily smoothly and well, but I did run into one annoying issue I couldn't solve. Cinnamon seems to have no way to set the number of workspaces available. That being the case, every once in a while I'd be using some desktop application (often VLC in full-screen mode) and the app would suddenly shift to the other workspace. I disabled the "Hot Corner" feature, thinking maybe that was the problem, but that didn't help. Under other DEs I'm familiar with, normally the user can stipulate how many workspaces he/she wants. I always go for a single one, but didn't seem to have that option in this case.
It was annoying enough that I ended up going with Mint 13 (I like LTS editions) with Mate for now, but although Mate's a fine DE too, I'd readily switch back to Cinnamon but for that one issue.
Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
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Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
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Re: Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
This is not an issue at all There are at least 3 ways to do this: by using the hot corner and adding/deleting workspaces from there, by using dconf-editor in Cinnamon menu (find "number of workspaces") or directly on the CLI: (for example):robert3242 wrote:I recently switched over to Mint from Debian and first tried Mint 14 with Cinnamon. I found that both Mint in general and Cinnamon in particular ran extraordinarily smoothly and well, but I did run into one annoying issue I couldn't solve. Cinnamon seems to have no way to set the number of workspaces available.
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gsettings set org.cinnamon number-workspaces 6
looks like you enabled the "edge flip" function in Cinnamon Windows settingsand the app would suddenly shift to the other workspace
Re: Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
Good info and I'll probably go back to Cinnamon for my next install. I liked it a lot. Never occurred to me to try to use the Hot Corner before disabling it. Using the gconf editor did occur to me, but while I knew something about Gnome2, I know nothing of Gnome3 or Cinnamon in that regard. I didn't even notice the "edge flip" function, but no doubt I simply missed it. Your info was all good and much appreciated.
Re: Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
Double Thanks! Worked for me. Any chance of this making it into the FAQ?
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Re: Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
I'm looking to set this permanently but there is no package dconf-editor and that command line is accepted but does nothing.eanfrid wrote:This is not an issue at all There are at least 3 ways to do this: by using the hot corner and adding/deleting workspaces from there, by using dconf-editor in Cinnamon menu (find "number of workspaces") or directly on the CLI: (for example):Code: Select all
gsettings set org.cinnamon number-workspaces 6
looks like you enabled the "edge flip" function in Cinnamon Windows settingsand the app would suddenly shift to the other workspace
Running Cinnamon on Ubuntu 12.04.
Re: Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
You need to install dconf-tools package.deep64blue wrote:I'm looking to set this permanently but there is no package dconf-editor ...
When installed, open dconf-editor from Menu > System Tools -
Click down arrow next to org, click on cinnamon, in right pane scroll down to number-workspaces
Click on the line to right of number-workspaces (twice), enter number required, press enter
Restart cinnamon
Again, you have to restart cinnamon to see the change.and that command line is accepted but does nothing.
Re: Set number of workspaces in Cinnamon
Thank you very much, this information was of great help,