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Is there a way to have Ubuntu boot up focused on a particular workspace, e.g., workspace_2?

Note, this is not how to always open an application on a particular workspace, but to have, e.g., the second workspace the first one focused on when starting up Ubuntu.

Thank you for any help!

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  • Just curious, why are you trying to do this? – Robobenklein Apr 21 '15 at 22:49
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    Just how I use workspaces. I have 5 in a row, and work in the center one. Things I want to refer to but don't want cluttering my alt-tab list (like reference table), I'll put to one side. Things I want open but don't use much (like Clash of Clans opened in a VM), I put all the way to one side. So, I'd like to default open to the middle workspace. – wes Apr 21 '15 at 22:59
  • Ok, do know how cron works? – Robobenklein Apr 21 '15 at 23:02
  • Yeah, fairly well. I can use that to focus on a given workspace at a given time, e.g., when I also schedule a reboot? – wes Apr 21 '15 at 23:14

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It's actually simpler than I had imagined, you'll just need to add a command to your Startup Applications to find out which command that is, see this question.

If you choose to go with the accepted answer, you'll need to install the package wmctrl. If the first solution doesn't work for you, you can use xdotool

For example, you might add the command "wmctrl -s 3" to go to your third workspace using wmctrl. But of course you should experiment with the command to see which method works for you, then add that command to the startup apps.

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  • Fantastic! That works perfectly. – wes Apr 21 '15 at 23:41
  • In case it helps others, I use compiz, so I had to use the "trick" noted in that question, using wmctrl -o 3840,0 as the command I added to startup app for my particular arrangement (3rd "Viewport" on a 9600 x 1000 "workspace"). Thanks so much, robobobklein! – wes Apr 22 '15 at 00:00