https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465036
Bug ID: 465036
Summary: Unlimited number of virtual desktops
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: kcm_workspace
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: realsircole...@tutanota.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
As of KDE Plasma 5.26, there is a limitation where I can't maintain more than
20 virtual desktops at any given time point. If I try to create an additional
twenty first, it's as though nothing happened. The virtual desktop grid still
shows me twenty virtual desktops. Changing the number of rows even doesn't have
an effect. It's literally as though after adding a twenty first, nothing
happens or gets accepted.
To me, this means that internally there is a limit that you can't have more
than 20 virtual desktops at the same time. This is very limiting. Comparing
this to Cinnamon, I didn't encounter any limit on how many virtual desktops
there may be (though of course, the virtual desktops would look rather small in
a desktop grid, but that's to be expected with a high number of virtual
desktops).
I'd prefer that Plasma wouldn't be limited to a particular number of virtual
desktops, and that I may have as many of them as I need. Additionally, it may
make sense to maintain a global variable for the number of virtual desktops,
and each activity may either use that value, or override it. That is, each
activity either has as many virtual desktops as the global variable, or it may
have a particular number of them, independent of how many other activities
have.
OBSERVED RESULT
Despite the system settings app indicating that there are more than 20 virtual
desktops, in practice, when using the virtual desktop grid, there is never more
than 20 virtual desktops.
EXPECTED RESULT
The possibility of having as many virtual desktops as the user needs, instead
of being limited to a particular number.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This was what prompted bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464449 in the
first place. I had to create additional, related activities to achieve a higher
number of virtual desktops. It seems that activities is the only way to
maintain more than 20 virtual desktops.
But as I said, each activity maintains as many virtual desktops as all others.
I'd prefer it if each activity would have its own number of virtual desktops
unique to it.
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