I have a dual monitor setup with an internal laptop monitor and an external VGA monitor (extended, not mirrored). When I now switch workspaces, this only happens on the internal monitor; windows on the external monitor are always "sticky"!
What I would want is the workspace stretching over both the internal monitor as well as the extended external monitor, and switching workspaces should have the same effect on both monitors.
I do not want to establish separated workspaces on each monitor which are switchable individually. This is a feature for which I found several questions here on the platform, but for my specific problem I was not able to find a solution or even a matching question...
My system is an Ubuntu 13.10 (currently with Gnome Shell) with kernel 3.12. The laptop has an nVidia Optimus graphics adapter; I basically always rely on the precessor's internal graphics adapter.
Thanks in advance!
/edit:
I resolved the issue now. It turned out that it is actually a Gnome problem, this is why I did not find anything with my Ubuntu related search attempts.
You find the solution here:
The desired behavior is activated by executing
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides workspaces-only-on-primary falsein a shell.
/edit (2017-10-26):
The sketched solution does not work anymore for me in Ubuntu 17.10. A working solution is given in this answer: How can I make gnome-shell treat both monitors in the same way?:
2open gnome-tweak-tool and, under "Workspaces", change the "Workspaces only on primary display" setting.
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--copied the answer from an edit the OP made to their question --
You find the solution here:
The desired behavior is activated by executing
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides workspaces-only-on-primary false
in a shell.
