How can I force terminal to always open in a specific desktop, regardless of which one I'm in when I press the shortcut

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Basically the title. Using Lubuntu 14.04.

Use case: I have two desktops, I'm in #1, I press Ctl Alt T , it opens in Desktop 2. I'm in #2, press Ctl Alt T it opens in Desktop 2.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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I used compizconfig-settings-manager to open specific programs in a specific workspace. You can refer to the answer here.

However this just opens the terminal and i have to move to that work space to get to the terminal, it doesn’t do that automatically.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Aug 21 '15 at 17:20

Subhasis Bose

That's what the OP asked. Just to place it there. Not move to thet desktop automatically... – Fabby Aug 21 '15 at 19:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '15 at 17:52

You may edit ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml to do what you want.

Back up the file for safety
Open it in a plain text editor (such as nano or leafpad)
Scroll down to the end of the file. Notice that the second last line is </applications>

Just above the second last line, paste the following:

<application name="lxterminal">  
  <desktop>2</desktop>  
</application>

Save the file and run openbox --reconfigure to make the change take effect immediately.

Now, whenever you access lxterminal via CtrlAlt+T, lxterminal will open on Desktop 2 irrespective of which desktop you're currently on.

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