24
2006
Brightside - switch virtual desktops by moving your mouse
Brightside has been around for a little while, but I’ve just discovered it and it’s a great tool for switching virtual desktops.
I’ve configured it so that when I move my mouse to the far right or left side of my monitor(s) it switches to the next virtal desktop, wrapping around so that if I move right 4 times, I end up back on my first desktop. I’m also using Xinerama to enable two monitors, and Brightside with Xinerama ignores the sides that ‘join’ my two seperate monitors, so I can still easily move between physical monitors. Now I can easily move through virtual monitors as well!
In Ubuntu, simply do the following to install it.
sudo apt-get install brightside
Get it running by typing:
brightside
Once it’s installed, you can configure it by typing:
brightside-properties
You can have it start when you boot by going to System-> Preferences-> Sessions and then the Startup Programs tab. Add a new startup program and type ‘brightside’.
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Brightside - switch virtual desktops by moving your mouse
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