Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

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SteveDee
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Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

Post by SteveDee »

I'm using Lubuntu 14.04.1 and have just noticed this problem.

It seems repeatable if I follow this sequence.
-Start a desktop session
-deliberately switch to desktop 4 (of 4)
-start an app (e.g. Galculator)
-a little rectangle appears on pager 1 in task bar

I can move the app window around on desktop 4, and see it move on pager 1
Rex Bouwense
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Re: Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

Post by Rex Bouwense »

Welcome to the LXDE forum. I split your post off from the thread to make its own thread since the thread was quite old and it appeared to be resolved. I attempted to replicate your problem and was only successful when I opened galculator. Other applications do not show the rectangle. I did notice that I can only see galculator on desktop #4 even though the rectangle appears on desktop #1. Is that what you are experiencing?
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SteveDee
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Re: Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

Post by SteveDee »

Yes, but it's not only calculator. I chose this because it opens a small window.
I actually spotted the problem using remmina.
It's even worse on raspian where the pages get mixed up, but that may be just an old version of lxde.
SteveDee
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Re: Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

Post by SteveDee »

Actually, looking at the pager icons on Lubuntu 14.04 again, it looks like there are more issues. These icons should indicate which desktop is currently selected/active, and which contain application windows. In the attached illustration I have 4 desktops, and I've selected number 4 (as shown by the tooltip "desktop 4") and by the dark blue colour of pager icon 4.
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Pager icon 1 shows a white background due to Firefox running a window at full size. Within this icon is a dark box caused by an open terminal window. Unfortunately the terminal window is on desktop 4, not desktop 1.

I originally added my comments to the previous thread because the last post said that the desktop pager was now fixed on Lubuntu 14.04, which I don't think is the case.

On a fresh install of Raspbian (on a RaspberryPi) the default is 2 desktops. Loading an app on desktop 1 shows up on pager icon 2. And apps on 2 appear on pager 1.

I don't really care about these issues. I love lxde for its light-weight simplicity. And if the pager icons just indicated which desktop was active, that would be more than enough functionality....keep it light!
drooly
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Re: Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

Post by drooly »

lxpanel has a wnck pager plugin, have you tried using that instead of the default pager plugin?
LStranger
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Re: Desktop Pager shows small white rectangle

Post by LStranger »

Sure thing, pager in latest LXPanel was changed but until you upgrade your LXPanel, you will get no changes. Using Lubuntu I would recommend you to go at https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-dev/+arc ... ntu-daily/ and follow instructions to use that PPA to upgrade your panel.
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