Workspace switcher icon in the launcher does not show which the active workspace is

[makilakixki]

The current workspace switcher in the Unity launcher does not give any information about the current workspace and therefore I you have to click on it (or Super+S) to open the spread feature in order to know which workspace I were in.

Workspace switcher panel applet in Gnome 2.x used to show which workspace you were working in.

In order to implement it, a simple four square icon with four different states (active square with white background, for the sake of simplicity), each corresponding to each of the four workspaces. For any other number of workspaces different icons would be necessary.

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

unity:
  Installed: 5.16.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 5.16.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.10.0-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I can confirm the issue, its in the compiz patch in Ubuntu, no matter which workspace is the active, workspace #1 always stays lightened up.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

seems I misunderstood the bug report. its actually about the workspace launcher icon, I'll mark the bug incomplete as we await design feedback. though my last comment also described a bug which i'll report.

[MC Return (mc-return)]

As a workaround on Quantal you can activate the plugin Workspace Naming (aka workspacenames) - it won't show workspace changes in the launcher icon, but you can display the name of the workspace on screen for a short moment once your workspace has changed.

For more information see here: http://www.iloveubuntu.net/compiz-098-landed-ubuntu-1210-workspace-naming-and-numerous-fixes

Another workaround (indicator) here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/77160/how-can-i-tell-what-workspace-i-am-in-with-unity