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codedmart

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Registered: 2016-11-07

Posts: 25

Bspwm, multi monitor, single set of desktops

I have:

bspc monitor eDP-1 -d I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
bspc monitor HDMI-3 -d I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

which has 10 separate desktops per monitor. I haven't figured out how to send an app from a desktop on 1 monitor to a desktop on another monitor.

But what I would really like is a setup similar to i3/xmonad where I just have one set of 10 desktops shared between the 2. So if I have monitor 1 on desktop 1 and monitor 2 on desktop 2. Open an app on desktop 1. Then navigate from monitor 1 to desktop 3. I could have monitor 2 navigate to desktop 1 (like xmonad). Or at least like i3 where there are 10 desktops but they aren't really assigned to a monitor until a monitor goes to that desktop and opens an app.

markring40

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Registered: 2020-09-12

Posts: 3

Re: Bspwm, multi monitor, single set of desktops

bspc monitor eDP-1 -d I III V VII IX
bspc monitor HDMI-3 -d II IV VI VIII X

in sxhkdrc you can create the following:

# focus or send to the given desktop
super + {_,shift + }{1-9,0}
    bspc {desktop -f,node -d} '^{1-9,10}'