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Colour-differentiated workspaces (pixelfed.ca)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

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 :)