{"id":8503,"date":"2019-01-07T16:45:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8503"},"modified":"2019-12-11T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:21:31","slug":"get-2x2-grid-workspaces-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/get-2x2-grid-workspaces-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get &#8216;2&#215;2&#8217; Grid Workspaces in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-red\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-exclamation-triangle'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">Workspace Grid is not maintained anymore. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/enable-workspace-grid-ubuntu-18-04-19-10\/\">Workspace Matrix<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to get the previous &#8216;2&#215;2&#8217;, &#8216;3&#215;3&#8217; style rectangular grid workspaces in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.<\/p>\n<p>The default Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome shell lists all workspaces in a column, and navigates via <code>Ctrl<\/code> + <code>Alt<\/code> + <code>Up\/Down<\/code> keyboard shortcuts. To arranges workspaces in a configurable grid, there&#8217;s an extension called Workspace Grid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/grid-workspace1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/grid-workspace1-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/grid-workspace1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/grid-workspace1-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/grid-workspace1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/grid-workspace1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Install the extension by searching for and installing <b>Workspace Grid<\/b> in Ubuntu Software:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-600x363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-600x363.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-450x272.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid.jpg 881w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Then launch its settings either via the install page, or using <b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> -> Extension.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-settings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-settings-600x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-settings-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-settings-450x302.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-settings-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/workspace-grid-settings.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There set the number of rows and columns of workspaces, other settings, and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to get the previous &#8216;2&#215;2&#8217;, &#8216;3&#215;3&#8217; style rectangular grid workspaces in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The default Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome shell lists all workspaces in a column, and navigates via Ctrl + Alt + Up\/Down keyboard shortcuts. To arranges workspaces in a configurable grid, there&#8217;s an extension [&hellip;]<\/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":[1624],"class_list":["post-8503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-grid-workspaces"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8503","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=8503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}