{"id":3217,"date":"2014-04-22T14:42:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2014-04-22T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T14:42:16","slug":"ubuntu-14-04-set-different-wallpaper-for-each-workspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/04\/ubuntu-14-04-set-different-wallpaper-for-each-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 14.04: Set Different Wallpaper for Each Workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"enable<\/a><\/p>\n

This simple tutorial is going to show you how to set a different desktop wallpaper for each workspace in Ubuntu 14.04 Unity.<\/p>\n

Only have one desktop? Well, you may first enable workspaces by going to System Settings -> Appearance -> Behavior<\/b> and check the box as the below picture shows.<\/p>\n

\"Enable<\/a><\/p>\n

Now click the new icon on Unity Launcher and you’re able to switch between workspaces.<\/p>\n

To set different wallpapers:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Open Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install both the Compizconfig Settings Manager<\/b> and compiz-plugins-extra<\/b><\/p>\n

\"install<\/a><\/p>\n

The package “compiz-plugins-extra” contains the plugin Wallpaper<\/b> which allows you to assign multiple wallpapers to your workspaces, with the added bonuses of proper transparency handling and desktop icons (with patches to Nautilus, etc).<\/p>\n

2. Open CCSM (CompizConfig Settings Manager) from Unity Dash. Enable Wallpaper<\/b> plugin and click to go into its settings page.<\/p>\n

3. Click the New<\/b> button and add some wallpapers. Enable Images<\/b> plugin when it prompts.<\/p>\n

\"enable<\/a><\/p>\n

Result:<\/p>\n

\"different-workspaces-wallpapers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To revert back, just disable the plugin or read how to reset Unity and Compiz Settings<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This simple tutorial is going to show you how to set a different desktop wallpaper for each workspace in Ubuntu 14.04 Unity. Only have one desktop? Well, you may first enable workspaces by going to System Settings -> Appearance -> Behavior and check the box as the below picture shows. Now click the new icon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[855,536,334],"class_list":["post-3217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-ubuntu-14-04","tag-wallpapers","tag-workspace"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}