unity 2d workspaces switcher

[andrea000]

I'M running Ubuntu 11.04 with unity 2-d and compiz I was wondering if there is a way to replace the workplace switcher with the expo in compiz or maybe make a launcher icon to use it.
Thanks

[stinkeye]

Firstly, how come your using unity 2d with compiz?

You will need to change your expo key in ccsm to ctrl+shift+e and install
xdotool for this to work.

sudo apt-get install xdotool

To use compiz expo as the switcher you can save this file as
compiz_expo.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=/usr/share/icons/unity-icon-theme/apps/48/workspace-switcher.png
Name[en_US]=compiz_expo
Exec=xdotool key ctrl+shift+e
Name=compiz_expo
Icon=/usr/share/icons/unity-icon-theme/apps/48/workspace-switcher.png

Just drag it to the unity launcher.

You can disable the old switcher from showing with...

gksudo gedit /usr/share/unity-2d/launcher/Launcher.qml

and changing line #106

items.appendModel(workspaces);

to read

//items.appendModel(workspaces);

May have to log out/in.

[andrea000]

Thank you works great