{"id":9627,"date":"2019-12-11T16:18:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9627"},"modified":"2019-12-11T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:18:58","slug":"enable-workspace-grid-ubuntu-18-04-19-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/enable-workspace-grid-ubuntu-18-04-19-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable &#8216;2&#215;2&#8217;, &#8216;3&#215;3&#8217; Workspace Grid in Ubuntu 18.04\/19.10"},"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<p>This is another tutorial about how to arrange workspaces in a two dimensional grid (2&#215;2, 2&#215;3, 3&#215;3, etc.) in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Workspace Grid<\/b> gnome shell extension does the job, it is however seems to be not maintained anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Workspace Matrix<\/b> extension takes up the job and so far supports for Gnome Shell up to version 3.34.<\/p>\n<p>With the extension, you can bring up the workspace grid via <b>Super+W<\/b> (press again to hide) key, and use arrow keys to navigate between workspaces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-grid-600x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-grid-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-grid-450x275.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-grid-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-grid.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First open <b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> (install it via Ubuntu Software), and enable &#8220;Static Workspaces&#8221; under Workspaces tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/static-workspaces-600x323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/static-workspaces-600x323.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/static-workspaces-450x242.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/static-workspaces-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/static-workspaces.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then install the <b>Workspace Matrix<\/b> extension in Ubuntu Software.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-600x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-600x224.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-450x168.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-768x287.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Launch the extension settings page either in Ubuntu Software (package installing page) or via <b>Gnome Tweaks -> Extensions<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally set the number of rows, columns, and scale of workspace thumbnails.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-grid-600x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-grid-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-grid-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/workspace-matrix-grid.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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