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Colour-differentiated workspaces

New to Lemmy.

And new to workspaces. I'd get confused at first which workspace I was on.

Different backgrounds helped a bit, but I'm almost always in maximized windows.

I wanted to have different colours for windows, panel etc but couldn't.

So I adjusted panel opacity to 95% on Enter, 75% on Leave. That allows the background colour to bleed through.

A user on the Linux Mint forums suggested adjusting workspace margins to let the background show even when windows are maximized.

So now I have an 8-pixel strip of desktop showing just above the panel. Combined with the lowered panel opacity, I never have to wondr anymore what workspace I'm on.

https://pixelfed.ca/i/web/post/803729306382291972

  • Workspace [1/2/3] with windows minimized.
  • Workspace [1/2/3] with window maximized, panel at "Leave" opacity of 95%.
  • Workspace [1/2/3] with window maximized, panel at "Enter" opacity of 75%.

(I read somewhere that it's better to host images for Lemmy on Pixelfed. So I made my first post there with all the screenshots, and linked to it. Hope that works.)

PS: Anyone have any other ideas to help distinguish workspaces at a glance?

Colour-differentiated workspaceshttps://pixelfed.ca/p/klu9/803729306382291972Open linkView original on lemmy.ca

Based on the thumbnail, for a second I thought someone was posting about Yes' classic prog rock album, Close to the Edge.

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I only started listening to Yes a few years ago, and on streaming. So I only think of it with the big yellow borders.

But I see it now :)

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lemmy.world

Hi. Thanks for sharing your tip. However, I'm not seeing the links to your screenshots.

Could you check your link formatting?

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