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libwnck package

compiz can't drag window thumbnails to other "workspaces"

Bug #111040 reported by danek
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

When enabling "Workspaces on a Cube" in the "Desktop Effects" preferences panel, it appears to change the configuration of workspaces to a single workspace with four cube "sides". Behavior is similar to having four real workspaces (without "Workspaces on a Cube" enabled); however, attempting to drag the window thumbnails from one "workspace" to another does not work, since it's actually still the same workspace. This appears to be a bug with compiz itself and not with the desktop-effects setting panel, because it appears regardless of whether the cube workspaces have been configured using desktop-effects or gnome-compiz-manager (I installed gnome-compiz-manager because desktop-effects does not provide any way to change the number of workspaces.)

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote :

Actually this sounds like a bug in the workspace switcher in gnome-panel. It doesn't support viewports.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Might be a duplicate of bug #63208

Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Nikolaus Filus (nfilus) wrote :

with desktop effects enabled by default in gutsy, the behaviour of workspace-switcher from gnome-applets has changed.
Bug #141397 redirects here.

- With metacity it was possible to switch workspaces with mouse scroll over the
   workspace-switcher - this no longer works with compiz.

- It is no longer possible to drag-and-drop windows from workspace to workspace.

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Øyvind Grønnesby (oyving) wrote :

I see the same behavior when I enabled visual effects. Not using "workspaces on a cube", just enabled "normal" visual effects. Had a configuration with 4 virtual desktops in one row in the workspace switcher and I can no longer drag and drop applications betweens the desktops. There is no problem in switching between desktops and opening new windows on it, though.

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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

I've experienced this problem in Feisty but I didn't reproduce this problem on any of the 10+ computers that I tested under Gutsy, can someone reproduce that problem in Gutsy? If not, I would say that this problem only exist in Feisty.

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mlho (ong-mark) wrote :

Running Gutsy. Toshiba Portege R500. Kernel 2.6.22-14.

4 workspaces in a row. No fancy 3D effects selected.

Unable to drag applications across desktops. Mouse wheel also doesn't work - used to be able to hover mouse over workspace and scrolling moved you through the various workspaces.

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PaulReiber (paulreiber) wrote :

ws switcher v 2.20.1 under gutsy gibbon exhibits same lack of proper handling of (1)mouse-wheel and (2) mouse-up events

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