Xfce 4 Workspace Settings

Workspaces Menu

If you middle-click on the desktop you will see a windows and workspaces menu. Here you can switch between open windows and see which desktop they are located on.

Workspace Pager Applet

You can use the pager applet inside your top panel to reach many of these settings, or you can use the pager to switch workspaces.

Xfce 4 Workspace Settings Commands

You can find the system settings manager inside the main menu. You cna then launch the workspace settings dialog. You can also launch if manually with the commands seen below.

System Settings

Use the next command to launch the systems settings manager.

xfce4-settings-manager

Workspace Settings

To simply launch the workspac settings dialog directly just use the command below.

$ xfwm4-workspace-settings

Xfce 4 Workspace Settings Dialog

To access your these settings look inside the Xfce-settings manager and click on the workspace settings dialog. The following settings can be found inside the Xfce 4 workspace settings window.

Add Workspaces

With Xfce 4 you can add as many virtual workspaces as you want. The default interface only offers 2 workspaces which is usually not enough.

Workspace Names

Try adding workspace names for each one of your existing workspaces. You can use this feature to help sort different activities.

Workspace Margins

You can also configure margins near workspace edges where no windows will be placed.