Ubuntu

Desktop switcher applet does not switch desktops on mousewheel scroll

Bug #573521 reported by Rovanion
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Bug Description

The Gnome-Panel applet fetured in the default installation of Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Switcher does not switch desktops on mousewheel scroll as it has in previous releases. This seriously hampers the functionality of the desktop switcher and reduces it's functionality to a tiny point and click game, rather than the functionality of a larger area wherein a scroll would move you either to the left or to the right.

I could not find the specific package that the panel applet is distributed with, put I suspect it to be gnome-applets.

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T L R (tlr) wrote :

Hello Rovanion,

This is a feature that has been turned off by default since Karmic. I can't live without my scroll wheel switching either.

To enable it again, please install the compiz-config package using this command:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then after that is installed, click on system -> preferences -> Compiz config settings manager

then click on "viewport switcher" under the desktop heading...

click on the "Desktop-based Viewport Switching tab

change the settings there to mirror these below...

http://bit.ly/bqfOlY

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status: New → Invalid
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Rovanion (rovanion-luckey) wrote :

I am sorry that my bugreport was vauge. But I am not describing the compiz feture that you are describing.
What I mean is the little desktop switcher applet on the right corner of your lower gnome panel.

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T L R (tlr) wrote :

I'm sorry Rovanion,

I must have missed the word "applet". That is my fault.

Can you tell me, when you right click on the applet and click preferences, do you see an option to "show only the current workspace"

Try enabling that and tell me if the mouse wheel works.

I am trying my best to duplicate your problem.

Thank You

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Rovanion (rovanion-luckey) wrote :

You are correct, this is a duplicate of bug #150443.
Thanks for taking the time!

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