How to assign a name to a workspace?

Question

I already tried to right click on workspace switcher, but it doesn't show anything.

Mitch · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20T11:14:33.057

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You can do that with Compiz. To install, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins

Once installed, run the program, and navigate to Window Management --> Workspace Naming, and change the names to whatever you want.

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Edit

I just installed using the command above on 14.04, and 16.04, and it works.

edited May 20 '16 at 11:14

answered Mar 07 '15 at 18:09

Mitch

Does not work in 14.04 LTS: https://ibin.co/2hnS9jImQN0n.png – blueFast May 20 '16 at 11:05
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Did you install using the whole command mentioned in the answer? I just installed on 14.04 & 16.04, and it works on both. Let me know. – Mitch May 20 '16 at 11:15
Not sure, it was already installed (I guess I did this long ago?) – blueFast May 20 '16 at 12:30
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`compiz-plugins` was missing. Now it works! Thanks! – blueFast May 20 '16 at 12:31
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In order to get this to work in 17.04, I had to [restart X Window server](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1220/how-to-restart-x-window-server-from-command-line) after changing the names. – ijoseph Jul 20 '17 at 15:22
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Is there a way to display the workspace name when using workspace switcher? (So I can see easily which is which, before switching) – JS Lavertu Jul 24 '18 at 15:22
Confirmed to work in 16.04 – Mr Squid Mar 09 '20 at 23:02

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