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I have 2 monitors and would like to have my setup like this:

  1. Monitor = fixed desktop (only 1)
  2. Monitor = dynamic, spinning desktop (1+)

It was working like this at the beginning but somehow I changed that behavior. Now when I'm spinning both of them have multiple desktops which is a no no for me.

Is there any way to set it up like it was before? I'm using latest GNOME.

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  • Probably you want to mention the DE here and version here, I'm guessing it is a recent GNOME. The solution might be to set windows in the fixed desktop as "sticky" or "on all desktops".
    – goldilocks
    Commented Nov 5, 2014 at 15:59
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    What is a spinning desktop?
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 23:24
  • Spinning - when you can have multiple desktops on one monitor and can navigate through them using keyboard shortcuts.
    – Reeebuuk
    Commented Nov 7, 2014 at 9:19

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Reset to default
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With gnome-tweaks. See screenshot (Workspaces):

gnome-tweaks/Workspaces

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  • Could you explain how this answers the question? How is one supposed to configure workspaces using this tool, to achieve the effect the OP is after?
    – Stephen Kitt
    Commented Mar 9, 2020 at 13:37
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Centos 7 - specifically CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1511.iso with a full development install added gnome-tweak-tool (gnome-tweak-tool.noarch but perhaps it was already there) then

Applications -> Utilities -> Tweek Tool Select workspaces on the left hand side Set off “workspaces only on primary display” and the dual monitors will spin together. I also recommend, still on workspaces, setting Workspace Creation to Dynamic

The above should allow you to toggle how the dual monitors behave

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