Hi Folks,

To set the scene: On the machine I usually work at I have KDE, with several "desktops" (KDE-speak) or "workspaces" (Gnome-speak). Say I have Mozilla or Firefox running in one of these.

Now I ask the browser to access a web page. This seems to be taking its time, so I switch to another desktop and do something else while I'm waiting.

Then the browser times out. So up pops a window with the message that it has timed out.

BUT:-- I find that in so doing it has automatically switched me from the other desktop I was working on while waiting, back to the desktop where the browser is being displayed.

SO:-- some software at least knows how to automatically switch between desktops.

THEREFORE:-- I would like to know too! I can find uses for this phenomenon -- e.g. if I am running a program in one desktop which from time to time draws graphs in a window on another desktop. When it draws a new graph, I would like it to automatically switch to the desktop with the graph.

So what's the secret to auto-switching of desktops? And is it at all specific to the "Desktop Environment" (e.g. KDE)?

With thanks, Ted.

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