• boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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    6 months ago

    True. KDEs virtual desktops are also basically unusable for me, idk I just dont see them so they are not used.

    There are pros and cons. Its simply a tie, I stay with KDE because the lack of some things (like close buttons with the hitbox in the very edge) would annoy me.

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      6 months ago

      This is my issue with KDE. Virtual Desktops are too unnecessarily convoluted to use. Even Alt-Tabbing is a pain if you have anything over 1 single workspace. I decided to daily drive KDE for a few months to give it a good chance, because before I would usually just go back to Gnome after a few days. It’s been 2 months now, and I don’t think I can take much more of it.

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        6 months ago

        Their Plasma 6 overview is great, just needs the panel displayed or even an app menu and it could be similar to GNOME.

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          6 months ago

          I actually tweaked it to be more “gnome-like”, but the desktops are a hot mess. At the end of the day, it’s a matter of taste, and I’m a huge fan of Gnome’s simplicity.

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            6 months ago

            I don’t really get this but I’m going to assume it’s that my workflow is just different than yours.

            I have keyboard shortcuts I’m happy with that let me navigate my virtual desktops as desired and place widows on them. If I wasn’t happy with those shortcuts I could change them. I can see having different preferences, or etc, but what makes it a hot mess exactly?

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              6 months ago

              When I Alt-tab it always goes to the apps open on the next desktop, and never shows the apps on the current desktop. So, say I have Vivaldi and KWrite on desktop 1, and Brave and LibreOffice Calc on desktop 2.

              If I’m on desktop 1 on Vivaldi and Alt-tab, it’ll move to Desktop 2 and move between Brave and Calc, and but will never show anything from Desktop 1, until I release the Alt key and Alt-tab again.

              Now, for me it’s even worse since I have 3 Desktops instead of 2.

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                6 months ago

                Have you dug into the options at all? If I’m visualizing what you are describing correctly, I think spending some time here should solve your issues.

                edit - specifically the options in the lower right