This sounds like an intentional design decision to me. But before we go declaring this bug as "Won't Fix", please report it to the Gnome developers to see what they say:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues Then tell us the new bug ID. ** Summary changed: - Activities show applications from the primary display only + Activities overview window spread keeps windows on their original monitors instead of bringing them together onto one ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829124 Title: Activities overview window spread keeps windows on their original monitors instead of bringing them together onto one To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1829124/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs