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    11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    I don't want to use more than one workspace. On previous versions of Ubuntu, I was able to reduce the number of workspaces to 1 and and remove the workspace switcher from the panel. I want to do this in Unity and can't find a way to. Right clicking doesn't let me remove from the launcher and I can find no way to reduce the workspaces.

    It's a little thing but it annoys me.

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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    I agree with you as well. I was hoping to find a way to get rid of this too.....
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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    Install compiz:

    sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

    Open Unity-Launcher (the ubuntu icon in top left of screen) and search for compizconfig settings manager.

    Click on General Options, then the Desktop Size tab (last one on the right), and set all of the sliders to 1.

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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    I want to have the 4 desktops, I just don't want to have the icon on the left....
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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    I too would like to get rid of this button. I'm using the cube and switch desktops via the viewport switcher plugin, so the button on the launcher is just wasted space.

    I haven't found a way to do it yet... still searching...

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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    same problem here, icon just takes up space

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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    nnard1616's procedure did let me reduce the number of workspaces to one but I still can't get rid of the annoying button.

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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    I've been trying to figure this out for a few days. I've now resorted to checking out the unity source code to see if it's hard-coded there
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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    ...and indeed it is hard-coded

    There doesn't seem to be a way around this with .desktop files either (I've tried) and trying to force an error by removing the associated icon file doesn't work either.

    From my perusal of the code - it would be fairly trivial to introduce some form of conditional checking, but since I'm not authorised to update the branch, then we'll just have to wait for it to be fixed in an update.
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    Re: 11.04 Unity - Can't get rid of Workspace Switcher

    I have found a way to get the Workspace Switcher icon to no longer appear in the Unity launcher.

    First, open up a terminal and open gnome-panel by typing:
    Code:
    gnome-panel
    This launches the old gnome panel. Your gnome panel should have a Workspace Switcher on it, probably in a 2 X 2 grid pattern. (If you don't have a Workspace Switcher on the gnome-panel, right-click on the panel and add it.) Now right-click on the Workspace Switcher on the gnome-panel and select Preferences. Change the columns to 1 and the rows to 4. Now log out of Unity...then log back in. The switcher on the launcher will be gone.

    Now your desktop wall will be in a 1 X 4 grid, up to down...rather than side to side. But this all I've found to work. Changing to a 4 X 1 grid side to side will not remove the launcher switcher.

    NOTE: To get the Unity launcher switcher back, simply open the gnome-panel in terminal again, and go back to a 2 X 2 grid. Logout and log back in.
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