Request: Multiple Hot Corners and Multi-row Expo

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

I would like to be able to set expo as the bottom right and scale at the bottom left currently it only allows 1 hot corner

By any chance could expo be mad to use multiple rows if 3 desktops two on row one and one on row two if 4 desktops a 2x2 layout if 5 desktops 3 on row 1 and 2 on row 2 if 6 desktop 3 on each row

maybe you could apply scale's arrangement system to expo desktops but as long as i can have a 2 row 3 column on my 1080p screen i will be happy

[paquai13]

It would be a great productivity booster for me too. I used to have this with gnome 2 and compiz... and I lack it so much !

[Squishier]

My thoughts exactly. Two hot corners (one for Scale, one for Expo) and multi-row dynamic grid layout for Expo.

Having both scale and expo hot corners would improve my workflow a great deal.

[autarkper]

I have an outstanding pull request (#790) which implements grid layout for Expo.

[mtwebster]

fyi - There are now applets for both scale and expo, that can be added to the panels to supplement the hot corner.

[AlbertJP]

Muffin allows setting the number of columns and rows for workspaces. Right now we only use columns in Cinnamon. I have never touched the Expo code yet, so I don't know how much work it will take to adapt that code to use muffin's rows too (apart from expo, we'd have to change the workspace applet and perhaps a few other minor edits).

[autarkper]

What would using muffin's rows and columns give us that we can't emulate by splitting the row of workspaces into many rows in Expo, just like my pull request does? For me, the grid view is just a way to use the screen in an optimal way.

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

@autarkper i don't see how it matters how you do it, if you do it different than expo it does not matter as long as it works properly and does not lag I just figured it would be easer to borrow some code from compiz expo, namely the mathematical placement formulas

[autarkper]

@GM-Script-Writer-62850: I'm afraid you will be disappointed with my Expo-grid. It uses no mathematical formulas at all! But you can have a look at the screen shots in #790 see for yourself.

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

how does 6 - 8 look? with no formulas i expect it to end up in a square and properly use both 4:3 ration and 16:9 ration screens

[autarkper]

@GM-Script-Writer-62850: I have uploaded more screen shots.

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

Looks good (wondering how 10 looks but how needs over 9 workspaces)

[mtwebster]

Closing, as it seems everything has been implemented.

See the instructions here to try a newer version.

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

i see the multi row expo but where is the second hot corner? i found applets that can do something similar but that is not the same