Missing Shortcuts for switching to workspace n, n>2

[Andreas Simon]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

There are only keyboard shortcuts for
* switch to workspace 1
* switch to workspace 2

I have 4 workspaces and thus cannot assign keyboard bindings for the other 2 workspaces.

Distribution:
Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)

Packages:
gnome-control-center 1:2.25.92-0ubuntu3
compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu2

How to reproduce:
0. Have desktop effects on, i.e. run compiz instead of metacity
1. right-click on the workspace switcher applet
2. choose "Preferences"
3. choose 4 columns and 1 row
4. close the preferences dialog
5. From the gnome menubar choose "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Keyboard Shortcuts"

What to expect:
The ability to define keyboard shortcuts to switch to every single workspace

What actually happens:
There is only the possibility to configure shortcuts for switching to workspaces 1 and 2.
No "switch to workspace 3", no "switch to workspace 4".

The same is true for "move window to workspace n" shortcuts.

[Andreas Simon (andreas-w-simon)]

I should mention that the configs are there and accessible through gconf-editor:
The key names are /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/switch_to_workspace_n for 0 < n < 13.

gnome-keybinding-properties seems just to be hardcoded to show only bindings for 2 workspaces, which is the default on Ubuntu.

If it's too much work to read the number of current workspaces and show all respective options, I think it would be better to show the keybindings for all 12 possible workspaces then only 2.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, that's a known issue and it's a compiz one, you're searching for the wrong gconf component though , metacity is the window manager that you run when you set the desktop effects to "None" that's why it doesn't work setting those that way either since you're running compiz. marking this as dup of bug 150918, thanks.

[Andreas Simon (andreas-w-simon)]

Thanks, I did not find that bug when I did my search.

Regarding the gconf component, it's the right one. Changing them has effect under compiz too.