HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!

**jr.gotti** · February 5th, 2006

if your like me, you'd hate the default green of the digits. you can change that by editing the 3ddesktop.conf file.

Code:

sudo vim /etc/3ddesktop/3ddesktop.conf

and scroll down until you see the default configuration

Code:

view         default    ## this is the default if no --view specified
zoom         on
show_digit   on
digit_size   100
digit_color  green
use_breathing false

change these to fit your personal preferences...

i personally turn off the digits, (change show_digit to off, duh...) and turn breathing on...it pulsates the light on the desktops.

if you have a faster processor you can turn on "fastest"...this makes the animation smoother...

instead of throwing everything in default, you can follow this same format and make your own views at the end of the file...

have fun!!

heres mine.

Code:

view         default    ## this is the default if no --view specified
zoom         on
show_digit   off
digit_size   100
digit_color  green
use_breathing true
fastest        on

-jason

**PandabeaR** · February 5th, 2006

L33T! it works PERFECT

**vbmaster** · February 27th, 2006

I'm loving this one:

view default ## this is the default if no --view specified
mode cylinder
dontexit on
zoom nozoom
show_digit off
digit_size 100
digit_color green
use_breathing false

**abyssspecter** · March 5th, 2006

Omg, this is the coolest thing ive seen in a while.

it works perfectly for me, thanks!

but, one question, how do you add more windows? I see that on the screen shot you have more than 4, and id like to do that.

**anil_robo** · March 6th, 2006

Originally Posted by abyssspecter

Omg, this is the coolest thing ive seen in a while.

it works perfectly for me, thanks!

but, one question, how do you add more windows? I see that on the screen shot you have more than 4, and id like to do that.

3ddesktop will show all the desktops you have. So if you have 10 desktops, 3ddesktop will show you 10 of them. If you have 5, it will show 5.

To change the number of desktops, you can right click on any desktop ("workspace") icon in the panel, choose preferences and then set how many do you want.

**anil_robo** · March 6th, 2006

Originally Posted by happyponcho42

How did you take a screenshot while in the 3d desktop mode? The printscreen which works when a desktop is selected doesn't seem to work while in the 3d desktop mode -- I'm trying to take a screenshot of what it looks like on my computer.

EDIT - ksnapshot (sudo apt-get install ksnapshot) did the trick

Yes that is an option. For GNOME users, they can use:

Code:

 gnome-screenshot --delay=5

Of course, you need to have it installed (installed by default - or use sudo apt-get install gnome-screenshot) and then use the command:

Code:

gnome-screenshot --delay=5

You can set the delay to any number of seconds you want (I have set it to 5 seconds in the above command)

**bluevoodoo1** · March 9th, 2006

This is great! Finally got a video card that can handle this sort of stuff and I love it!

**ronmarley1** · March 10th, 2006

Man, how did I live this long without this? Woo Hoo!

**_simon_** · March 10th, 2006

is there a way to map this program to a key?

Ideally i'd like to press the windows key and get this to work...

**jr.gotti** · March 10th, 2006

From my earlier post

Go to System Tools > Configuration Editor.

Open apps > metacity > keybinding commands.

Double click on command_1, and in the value field, enter '3ddesk' (no quotes).

Now, go to apps > metacity > global keybindings and double click on "run command_1."

In the value enter your keyboard shortcut. I used <Control><Alt>P, but use whatever suits you...

Hope I helped,

-Jason