Version: 4.2.2 (using KDE 4.2.2) Compiler: gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) 4.3.3 OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages In Compiz with the cube enabled, it is possible to switch between desktops with the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Left and Ctrl+Alt+Right. The first one switches a a desktop to the left and the second switches a desktop to the right. In Kwin, I thought I could enable this by going to System Settings->Keyboard & Mouse->Global Keyboard Shortcuts->Kwin and setting "Switch One Desktop to the Left/Right" to Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right. However, under the default settings, these shortcuts do not work properly. Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right both move me a desktop to the left initially, and then back a desktop to the right. The reason for this is the 2x2 grid in which my 4 desktops are laid out. I can fix this by creating a Pager plasmoid and setting my number of columns to 0, which lays my desktops out in a straight line. However, I don't want a Pager plasmoid, so I remove it. When I restart X, my pager's settings are gone, and so the shortcuts are back to their normal, irritating ways.
could you try the following: add the pager plasmoid, change the layout, logout, login, remove the plasmoid, logout and login. I just want to know if the setting does not get saved or if there is another reason for that behaviour.
Following your instructions, I got the following behavior: After adding the Pager: the Pager had the settings that it had last time I used it--that is, all of my desktops were in a straight line. My shortcuts now worked the way I wanted them to, where they hadn't before during that session. After restarting X: Everything still worked fine. After removing the Pager: Everything still worked fine. After restarting X: The shortcuts no longer worked.
As I thought: the layout is only set when the pager is active.
@Martin: so what does it mean? Does the screen layout depend from the pager plasmoid?
(In reply to comment #4) > @Martin: so what does it mean? Does the screen layout depend from the pager > plasmoid? Yes, that's how it is standardized. The layout is set by a pager, not by the window manager. See http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-latest.html#id2550891 we have somewhere a bug report/feature request to have a pager independent layout, so this could be a duplicate of it.
i'll just mark it - according to the last comment (no idea about credability) it doesn't /have/ to be a pager, kwin could just pretend to be one... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 105779 ***