gnome-keybinding-properties 'Toggle whether window is on all workspaces or just one' does not work. at all.

[Benjamin P. Cawrse]

same as summary:
gnome-keybinding-properties 'Toggle whether window is on all workspaces or just one' does not work. at all.

I use ctrl+alt+a for my keybinding. Tried a few different bindings just to see if it was in use prior and causing the issue.

Love this feature when using chat clients and talking to people while working on different workspaces.

If I can do anything to help pls contact me. <email address hidden>

hopefully this is an easy fix.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 17 14:20:01 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meta-gnome2

[Eric Lathrop (eric-ericlathrop)]

This used to work in 9.10.

[Eric Lathrop (eric-ericlathrop)]

After seeing bug #150690, I can kinda get it to work by disabling desktop effects:
 System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual effects -> None

[Benjamin P. Cawrse (bcawrse)]

I use desktop effects to show off Ubuntu to friends and also just for
fun : ).

My current way to handle the bug is to use alt+space for the window
menu, then press a ( I think it's a ). A little longer but at least I
can still do it entirely from the keyboard.

A side note concerning my new approach, shouldn't it toggle like the
minimize maximize? You can't have show on one desktop and show on all
desktops both activated. Here, both have there own hotkeys : /.

Thank you for the response!!

- Ben

On May 22, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Eric Lathrop <email address hidden> wrote:

> After seeing bug #150690, I can kinda get it to work by disabling
> desktop effects:
> System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual effects -> None
>
> --
> gnome-keybinding-properties 'Toggle whether window is on all
> workspaces or just one' does not work. at all.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581879
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in “meta-gnome2” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> same as summary:
> gnome-keybinding-properties 'Toggle whether window is on all
> workspaces or just one' does not work. at all.
>
>
> I use ctrl+alt+a for my keybinding. Tried a few different bindings
> just to see if it was in use prior and causing the issue.
>
> Love this feature when using chat clients and talking to people
> while working on different workspaces.
>
> If I can do anything to help pls contact me. <email address hidden>
>
> hopefully this is an easy fix.
>
> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: gnome (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon May 17 14:20:01 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386
> (20100429)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meta-gnome2/+bug/581879/+subscribe

[Lee Willis (junk-talpa)]

I can confirm this is a problem. The setting works if desktop effects are turned off (metacity?), but not if desktop effects are on (compiz?).

There doesn't seem to be a compiz gconf key for this setting under the compiz settings, while for metacity /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/toggle_on_all_workspaces - although compiz does support the functionality (Right click on window menu bar and choose "Always On Visible Workspace"

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[JB5 (sir-bunt)]

Doesn't appear to work in Precise either.

re #3 BCawrse: Useful workaround. Thanks.

[jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount)]

Even though this bug is older, there is more up-to-date activity on a fresher bug report with more useful information at this time; therefore, I am marking this as a duplicate of bug 723056. Thanks for reporting this issue and please report any others that may occur.