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01-10-2008, 10:21 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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Desktops taskbar doubt
ok I've started using Linux ubuntu since yesterday and I would like to know if there is any way to make each desktop's taskbar independant.....by this I mean that 4 example if Im using firefox in one desktop I dont want it to appear in another desktop's taskbar....is it possible?? 
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01-10-2008, 10:37 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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Hi and welcome to LQ.
As far as I know that feature is not yet available.
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01-10-2008, 12:06 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: North Carolina
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 977
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It must be possible, my system running Gnome 2.20 does this by default, but I can't find an option anywhere to turn it on or off.
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01-10-2008, 12:15 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2006
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 10
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You may try KDE (kubuntu)...and there right click on taskbar ...Configure panel...Taskbar....and unmark "Show windows from all desktop"
Good luck!
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01-10-2008, 01:30 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lupalb
You may try KDE (kubuntu)...and there right click on taskbar ...Configure panel...Taskbar....and unmark "Show windows from all desktop"
Good luck!
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Kubuntu??...thats another type of linux??....sorry 4 the ignorance im new at this...
...there must be some way to change this without changing to kubuntu...
Last edited by ZparK; 01-10-2008 at 01:43 PM.
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01-10-2008, 01:46 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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ok I now know kubuntu but my opinion is that it looks to much like windows vista??...maybe Im wrong but thats the feeling I got after looking at reddazz's kubuntu vs ubuntu pictures...
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01-10-2008, 02:58 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Austria
Distribution: Ubuntu 12.10
Posts: 1,142
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Have you installed Ubuntu 7.10? Could you check the the version of the gnome panel: right click the panel -> 'about panel' It should say 2.20.1
The default behavior of this gnome version should already be like you want it.
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01-10-2008, 03:02 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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yes its 2.20.1 but it seems like I maybe changed something and thats why this happened....but I dont know what I did....but the thing is if I was able to turn it on....Im supposed to be able to turn it off right?
Last edited by ZparK; 01-10-2008 at 03:08 PM.
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01-10-2008, 03:10 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
Distribution: xUbuntu 20.04 currently
Posts: 274
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In Xubuntu the xfce4 panel applets Icon box and task list both offer the choice of showing applications running on all desktops or not.
I can't believe the Gnome task bar doesn't have a similar function.
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01-10-2008, 03:12 PM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: USA
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 102
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There is a way to play with this setting. Are you using the Compiz cube by chance? That is what I was having issues with. I had to play with compiz-config to tell it to show 4 workspaces, instead of one, I believe. I had to do some searching myself to figure it out. If this still isn't solved when I get to my home computer, I'll post more.
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01-10-2008, 03:17 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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Yes Im using the compiz cube...Ive been trying to find where to change this but I couldnt
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01-10-2008, 04:39 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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please help me...  |
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01-10-2008, 05:07 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
Distribution: xUbuntu 20.04 currently
Posts: 274
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Are you using the standard Gnome taskbar or the Avant Windows Navigator dock bar?
I'll load up the Ubuntu live CD I have lying around and see what's possible.
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01-10-2008, 05:09 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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Im using the standard 2.20.1 Gnome taskbar...ok thx
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01-10-2008, 05:21 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
Distribution: xUbuntu 20.04 currently
Posts: 274
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Right. Here's what I get
1: Right click on Windows List handle (two columns of grey dots to the left of the application)
2: Choose Preferences from menu
3: Under "Windows List Content" choose "Show Windows From Current Workspace".
4: Open a window in another workspace, then switch back to first workspace. Does the new window's title show up on the panel in the first workspace? If not then everything's groovy.
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