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Compiz Cube-like animation for workspace switching

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Desktop Cube

Compiz Cube-like animation for workspace switching

Switching the current workspace using any of the below described methods will show a rotating cube animation with the workspaces on the cube faces.

It should work well under all versions of Mint21+ without having to set the CLUTTER_PAINT environment variable.

Requirements

Version 2 requires Cinnamon 5.4 (Mint 21) or better

The older Desktop Cube version (with limited features) will be used on older Cinnamon versions.

Tested on: Mint 21 / 21.1 / 21.3 / 22 and Fedora Cinnamon-Spin 40.

When is the Cube effect used?

There are a number of ways to switch the current workspace, all of following will be handled by Desktop Cube starting with version 2:

The "Switch to left/right workspace" hotkeys (under Keyboard settings, Shortcuts tab, Workspace category) Default hotkey: Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right_Arrow_Keys
The "Switch to workspace 1-12" hotkeys (under Keyboard settings, Shortcuts tab, Workspace/Direct Navigation category) Default hotkey: unassigned
Using the "Move window to the left/right workspace" hotkeys (under Keyboard settings, Shortcuts tab, Windows/Inter-workspace category) Default hotkey: Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right_Arrow_Keys
Clicking on a workspace button in the "Workspace Switcher" applet (can be disabled in the configuration)
When changing the focus to a window on another workspace by using the Window-List or Alt-Tab when they are configured to show windows from other workspaces. (can be disabled in the configuration)
When using the "Smart Panel" Applet features that change the workspace (Also plan to change "Desktop Scroller" to use Flipper as well in the near future)

When switching the current workspace using Expo ("workspace selection screen" Default hotkey: Ctrl + Alt + Up_Arrow_Key) by clicking on a different workspace, the Desktop Cube effect will not be used. Since the Expo is not really a "face" on the cube it would break the Cube concept a bit, therefore I left it as is since I felt it was more logical that way.

If you know of other methods of switching the workspace where the Desktop Cube effect is not currently used, please let me know so I can see if I can find a way to enable the Desktop Cube for that path as well.

Known Issues

When using Desktop Cube with two or more Monitors attached, the Cube will be placed in the middle of the overall desktop which will likely appear spit between the monitors, kind of ruining the effect.

At some point I plan on adding options to control how the Cube is displayed on multi-monitor setups, but it might be a while before I find the time to work on that.
If you enable the "Include Panels" option in the Desktop Cube configuration, the panels will disappear while the cube is turning and then reappear when it is done. This is far from ideal, so I recommend that you leave this option disabled so that the panels remain hidden, only reappearing after returning to the normal desktop.

Installation

Right click on the cinnamon panel and click "System Settings"
Click on the "Extensions" icon under the "Preferences" category
Click the "Download" tab and then click the "Desktop Cube" entry
Click the "Install" button on the right and then return to the "Manage" tab
Select the new "Desktop Cube" entry and then click the "+" button at the bottom of the window
Use the "gears" icon next to the "Desktop Cube" entry to open the setting window and setup the preferred behavior

Feedback

Please leave a comment here on cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com

To report a bug or submit a feature request, open an issue here: GitHub Spices Repo

CHANGELOG

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Changelog

2.0.5

2nd attempt to fix a bug that occurs when a windows workspace can't be determined
Make windows that are 'visible on all workspaces' also visible on all cube faces
Release the key press/release event listeners when the cube is destroyed

2.0.4

Fix a bug that occurs when a windows workspace can't be determined
Use panel APIs to show/hide panels rather than using Clutter APIs against the panels actor (for better compatibility with the Blur Cinnamon extension)

2.0.3

Fix issues when running under Cinnamon 6.4

2.0.2

Added APIs used by the "Smart Panel" applet so it can use Desktop Cube in more cases
Fixed a case where the Cube was used under the Expo (using the Left/Right arrow keys when the Expo was open). Using the Cube in this case was visually awkward and unnecessary so I disabled using Cube for this scenario
Fixes issues when attempting to move a window to an adjacent workspace (Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right) for a window that is visible on all workspaces

2.0.1

Allow Desktop Cube to work with the "Smart Panel" applet

2.0.0

Added ability to use Cube effect when changing the workspace via the "Workspace Switcher" applet
Added ability to use Cube effect when changing the workspace by activating a window on a different workspace
Added ability to use Cube effect when using the workspace "Direct Navigation" hotkeys
Enabled showing the desktop icons during the Cube effect
Allow the Cube to queue up hotkey press actions rather than ignoring hotkey presses during the Cube animation
Changed the "Animation duration" option to be a number of seconds (0.1 to 4 seconds)
Changed the Pullaway setting to be a "Cube size" as a percentage of the screen size
Added button to the Cube config which will launch the keyboard setting dialog as a convenient access to setting workspace related hotkeys
The Cube rotation and the scale down to the target Cube size effects will now run in parallel, this saves animation time and makes the animation look smoother. As a side effect, the easing for the scale down action is now hard-coded to "easeNone" and the user defined "Scale effect" is used only for the "Unscale" action. This is assuming there is a need to scale at all, ie. the Cube size is not 100%, in the "Cube size is 100%" case the easing will still apply.
The "Rotate easing" effect is now only applied to the ending of the rotate when there is no 2nd rotation that is need and there is no immediate unscaling needed. Likewise, easing is only applied at the start of the rotate when there is no scaling needed (i.e only when hot-keys are used a 2nd time while holding the modifier keys). This makes the whole animation smoother particularly when Bounce/Back/Elastic easing is used.
Added a button to the Desktop Cube setting dialog under the "Effect Easing" section which will open the easing information website

1.1.0

Fixed the "not animating" issue under Mint 21+
Fixed the under cube background not dimming issue
Removed some xsession_errors debugging messages

1.0.2

Added an option to remove the panels from the animation effect
Fix the Effect Setting options that were broken when the "tween" option widget was removed starting with cinnamon 5.4
Allow Cinnamon to play the workspace switch sound if it is enabled
Note: All changed from here on will only be for the Cinnamon 5.4+ version
Change info.json author to me, since there is currently no maintainer

1.0.1

Updated for Cinnamon 5.4+ (tested on latest as well 6.2.9)
Added README and CHANGELOG files

1.0.0

Versions prior to 1.0.1 had no version numbering

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107 Comments

koujilio-2 weeks ago

love it, tho. has compabtibility issue with wine\proton\lustrius graphical windows, and leaves a dead window (80%) in middle of the screen which either mirrors the rest of the screen unresponsively or it is straightout pitch black. steps to reproduce : simply move a wine\proton window to another workspace.

Kevin Langman-2 weeks ago

Thanks for reporting the problem.. I try and recreate the issue and see if there is anything I can do to fix it.

MarcoB0049-6 months ago

Hi Kevin, I really have to and want to thank you! All of your gadgets here for Cinnamon are really great! I love these cute little toys! They make the desktop even more enjoyable. Especially when you work with it every day like I do. You give us Linux nerds more joy in the daily monotony! Thank you so much for that!

Kevin Langman-6 months ago

Thanks for the comment MarcoB0049!

Juan-Lutz-8 months ago

Thank you Kevin to revive this extension.

Kevin Langman-8 months ago

Glad you're enjoying it. My mission to get compiz effects back in Cinnamon is just about complete with this extension and the "Flipper" extension working again along with BurnMyWindows and MagicLamp (and of course Hermes83's already perfect Compiz window effects). I still have some minor enhancements I am hoping to do in the coming months for DesktopCube so keep checking for updates.

angelotux-10 months ago

I can't get it to rotate

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Can you confirm that you have version 1.1.0 installed (Click the [(i) About] at the button of the Extensions app when the Desktop Cube is selected). If you do have 1.1.0, can you take a video of what you see using SimpleScreenRecoder or something like that and upload it in a place where I can access it?

angelotux-10 months ago

it works but it doesn't rotate like the gnome extension cube

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Just making sure that your expectations are in line with what the extension is meant to do. It does NOT allow you to use the mouse to rotate the Cube as you see in this example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7pdnkv7v1A ... The applet will only rotate a cube to new Workspaces cube faces. It keeps the Cube in view while you hold the <Ctrl><Alt> keys and you can then use the arrow keys to rotate between the cube faces until you release all the keys. If you don't see an Cube rotation when you press the <Ctrl><Alt>+left/right arrow keys then yes, that would be a problem, if you were expecting to use the mouse to freely rotate the cube then that's something this extension is not designed to do.

angelotux-10 months ago

extension works I thought it was like gnome extension

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Maybe one day I will attempt to port https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube when I find some time.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

With version 1.1.0 I fixed the poor animation issue so there is no need to use CLUTTER_PAINT environment variable anymore. Let me know if you see any other issues, but at this point I believe it's working 100% now! Enjoy!!

Janne-d-Arc-10 months ago

I can't even remember the last time I saw this extension working properly, thank you very much for fixing it! Although if I enable the option to include the panel it still shows a weird effect, so I just left it disabled. I'm using Linux Mint 21.3.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Ya, maybe I jumped the gun a bit saying it's working 100%. I actually added the panels option because it was behaving oddly for me as well. Personally I like it better without the panels anyhow. Maybe one day I will try again to improve the panels when the option is enabled.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

To get this extension to animate correctly in newer versions of Mint you need to: 1. Open "/etc/environment" in an editor (vim or whatever) 2. Add a new line "CLUTTER_PAINT=continuous-redraw" to the end of the file 3. Save and reboot! I am not sure what other side effects this setting might have but I have not noticed any as of yet. Enjoy!

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

There is a small but constant CPU load by cinnamon when using this option.

Lani2882-10 months ago

I love this desktop cube. But didnt worked on my Intel i5-8650u integrated graphics like you said. Tried on AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics, still didnt worked. I am using Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Please see the post I just added above. Let me know if it works for you.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Ya.. This extension is very 'hit or miss' with newer versions of Mint. Not sure why. I have had more success with the "Flipper" extension. Flipper's Cube option has a tendency to "flash" a bit, but it's mostly OK. Personally I like Flipper's "Stack" effect the best and it works 100% for me on both an AMD GPU and a integrated Intel GPU. It's odd because the code in Flipper and DesktopCube are very similar, but one works better than the other. I'll be working on it again soon to see if I can find some way to improve things. Crossing my fingers! The other thing I was thinking was to attempt a port of another Gnome Cube extension and see how that go, but that's a bit of a shot in the dark for me.

angelotux-10 months ago

I have a Ryzen 7 5700G GPU integrated

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Please see the post I just added above. Let me know if it works for you.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

It doesn't seem to animate every well on my work laptop using Intel integrated GPU. I'll play around with it to see if I can find a way to improve it, but graphics is not my thing so it's a bit outside my wheel house.

angelotux-10 months ago

on linux mint 22 it doesn't work it doesn't rotate

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

If you go to the DesktopCube settings and change "Pullaway proportion from screen" to 0.3 or higher, does that allow the cube to rotate? It does for me, just wondering if it's the same for you?

angelotux-10 months ago

I changed the cube setting but I don't see the animation

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

I tested on a Mint22 virtual machine and it did not animate well there. I thought it was just because of the virtual machine's virtual GPU. Maybe it's more then just a slow GPU after all? It animates well on my Fedora (AMD GPU, Cinnamon 6.0.4) setup but I do see some artifacts during the animation. What is your GPU setup?

angelotux-10 months ago

Is it possible to have compiz effects like magic lamp?

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

I have a Magic Lamp extension that I am testing now. I'll push it to Cinnamon Spices soon (within the week). If you want to test it you can find it here: https://github.com/klangman/CinnamonMagicLamp

angelotux-10 months ago

I installed magic lamp it works thanks for reporting compiz

JorgeAT227-10 months ago

16 ago 2024 LMDE 6 I have the effect working, the view is a little odd maybe for double screen configuration or can change the background but go in the rigth track , thanks

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

My work config is a dual-monitor config, I'll try it there and see if I can recreate what you reported. I really don't know the code that well but I will see if I can figure out how to allow changing the background as well. No promises.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Yep... It tries to show across two displays. Very odd. I'll see if I can figure out how to fix that when I have some time. Again, no promises.

JorgeAT227-11 months ago

Jul 24, 2024 Dont work LMDE 6, Cinnamon 6.2.7 :-( May someone cant make it work, thanks ctrl+alt+arrow (Lo R) suppose to activate

drewsus-1 year ago

The thing is, I simply have no idea how to use this. There are no instructions what so ever. How is this activated?

emx518-1 year ago

It does not work on LM 21.3 X86_64

JorgeAT227-10 months ago

maybe the latest version can work for you

wick422-1 year ago

Yeah, completely broken in LM 21.3 and Cinnamon 6.0.4 Same with Transparent Panels, both vanilla and reloaded. What's the point of extensions if none of them work. Wobbly Windows does but nothing else? Compiz was the main reason I even tried Linux in the first place. It's not only about function over form. Linux is good enough to have both. You'd be surprised how forgiving users can be over the little things as long as they can justify through style. People using Windows do it all the time. They overlook heaps of shortcomings on that OS simply because it looks good. Linux is capable of so much more. Get a team to maintain these experiences and you'll see Linux market share in not just mere double digits but competitive with the other two big names.

JorgeAT227-10 months ago

try the latest

angelotux-1 year ago

you are definitely right

Karl Pearson-1 year ago

I finally completed the upgrade to Virginia, or Linux Mint 21.3. I'd not heard of this extension before now, and have to admit, was excited to again have a cube to check my other desktops because without it, I completely forget I have windows open on any but my primary desktop. But, am I a disappointed IT person today. If an extension is available, it better work, or the entire Cinnamon Spices environment seems suspect. I'm relieved to learn, thanks to another comment, that this extension isn't dangerous... That's small consolation for the disappointment I'm feeling. I'll just be happy to have wobbly windows for now, and hopefully the developer hasn't become unable to work for any reason. If that's not the case, PLEASE FIX THIS ONE Thank you

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

angelotux-1 year ago

the team seems not to be interested in these extensions. in this period linux distributions are coming back into fashion compiz as a magic lamp, closing windows with cube effects.. linux mint is not interested. I switched to Linux also thanks to compiz.

Man with No Name-1 year ago

doesnt work at all!

Juan-Lutz-1 year ago

Please remove this broken Cube extension or repair it. ¡¡¡¡This should also apply to other addons!!!!. Thank you all.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

angelotux-2 years ago

delete the old and broken extensions on cinnamon spices and quesa del cubo is not the only one

Butterfliege99-2 years ago

Doesnt Work with LM 21.1, Cinnamon 5.6.8, Kernel: 5.15.0-73-generic It would be great if it you could make it work again - or delete it from the addons

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

Andrew Oakley-2 years ago

Does not work with Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon. Not actively dangerous, desktop remains working, but CTRL-ALT-LEFT and CTRL-ALT-RIGHT do nothing. You have to disable the extension to return to normal workspace switching. System: Kernel: 5.15.0-70-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Desktop System: RM plc product: RM EXPERT 3040 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 13 v: RM ONE HDA serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Intel model: DQ45CB v: AAE51804-201 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Intel v: CBQ4510H.86A.0073.2009.0122.1353 date: 01/22/2009 CPU: Info: quad core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core Yorkfield rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 12 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2402 high: 2833 min/max: 1998/2830 cores: 1: 2833 2: 2777 3: 2000 4: 2000 bogomips: 22662 Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2e12 Device-2: ARC Camera type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5.2:12 chip-ID: 05a3:9331 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 Monitor-1: HDMI-1 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: LG (GoldStar) IPS224 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 diag: 547mm (21.5") OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Q45/Q43 (ELK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3a6e Device-2: ARC Camera type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5.2:12 chip-ID: 05a3:9331 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-70-generic running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f100 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10de IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 9.51 GiB (4.1%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1 size: 232.89 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> Partition: ID-1: / size: 21.83 GiB used: 9.08 GiB (41.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 486 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 ID-3: /home size: 195.86 GiB used: 433.3 MiB (0.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 10 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda4 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: Packages: apt: 2193 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-grant-prg-utils-jammy.list 1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/m-grant-prg-utils-jammy.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/m-grant-prg/utils/ubuntu jammy main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb https: //mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/linuxmint.com/packages vera main upstream import backport 2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse Info: Processes: 269 Uptime: 1d 11h 2m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (30.2%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 inxi: 3.3.13

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

angelotux-2 years ago

cinnamon is allergic to compiz. there is only wobbly windows but the rest is not received. I team mint doesn't know that many users have switched to linux also thanks to compiz in that way you could see the absolute superiority and lightness of windows.

Juan-Lutz-2 years ago

It is broken also in LM 21.1

Remco Boerma-2 years ago

Broken when upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

angelotux-2 years ago

https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube unfortunately only on gnome

angelotux-2 years ago

it would take these https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4679/burn-my-windows/?c=135346

KAMI-2 years ago

It is broken in Linux Mint 21.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

Hezhexi2002-2 years ago

same to me,it didn't work after I enable it

keremispirli-2 years ago

Broken when upgrading to Mint 21 from 20.3, bringing down whole desktop switching functionality along with it - had to disable the extension to be able to switch desktops.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

namesakeradio-2 years ago

Mint 21, no longer working. Any direction? Thank you.

Kevin Langman-10 months ago

Try it now.. I attempted to fix it for Mint 21+

Solor Vox-3 years ago

Does not work well with fullscreen apps, bugs out and causes problems forcing restart of cinnamon session.

Sambiase-3 years ago

How to have a black backgrond when switching desktops as the pic above?

jorgebadad-3 years ago

How to use the desktop extension: Hold Ctrl+Alt and press Right-arrow to change from workspace 1 to 4. Hold Ctrl+Alt and press Left-arrow to change from workspace 4 to 1.

Mario P. Cardenas-4 years ago

Oh does this bring back memories. T'was one of the first mods I did after trying Linux for the first time. I loved to flip that cube around, felt so unique compared to boring ol' Windows.

Juan-Lutz-4 years ago

Here the link of the last discussion in a Linux Mint Forum ... https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=336948&p=1933762#p1933762

claudiux-4 years ago

How to use the Desktop Cube extension: System Settings --> Extensions --> Download tab --> download Desktop Cube. Then: System Settings --> Extensions --> Manage tab --> Click on Desktop Cube, then on the [+] button. This extension is now installed; you can open its settings. Try it using [ctrl][right-arrow] and [ctrl][left-arrow].

historyb1-4 years ago

How do you use this? I downloaded this and would love to use it

Marc Calder-5 years ago

Maybe a dumb question but... where is the user guide for this? I have installed and would like to use it, but I don't know how.

4E71-NOP-5 years ago

@ivanaponi : I never been so productive than with Compiz. It's not about the effect. On a side note. The background (behind the cube) could be darkened. So we wouldn't have a repetition which can trick the eye. And I dearly hope we will have the same type of control (with the mouse) to manipulate the cube. One day... One day Many thx.

ivanaponi-5 years ago

Seriously, people want Amiga demo type effects on their desktop?

mfreeman72-5 years ago

As said before, is there a way to change the background so it's not the same as the desktop image?

Assio-5 years ago

Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon 4.4.8 работает прекрасно, Спасибо за шедевр!

Robert-5 years ago

Works great in Mint 19.3, cinnamon 4.4.8 Need to enable it in preferences->extensions-> manage, click the + to enable. Don't work when you use shortcut, need to use ctrl-alt-arrows to see animation.

VobiObiVobi-5 years ago

Great! Working fine for me. Is it possible, to blend out the orginal desktop, by rotating?

claudiux-5 years ago

This applet is compatible with Cinnamon 4.4 (Mint 19.3).

Dragoş-5 years ago

Linux Mint 19.2 is now in beta and it features Cinnamon 4.2.2. Unfortunately this extension is not compatible with it. Could you please update it for compatibility with Cinnamon 4.0+? I tried to add "4.2" or "4.2**" to the list in metadata.json but it doesn't seem to work even after reloading Cinnamon (maybe needs a system reboot?)

Sean Lynch-5 years ago

Dragoş, looks like the 'bottomMonitor' code was already fixed. In your metadata.json file try putting the exact version of cinnamon you are running. for example: "cinnamon-version": [ "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "2.4", "2.6", "2.8", "3.0", "3.2", "3.4", "3.8", "4.0", "4.2", "4.2.4" ], If you are running 4.2.4 Then do a Ctrl-Alt-Esc to restart cinnamon. See if that works

Valery Kravtsov-6 years ago

Doesn't work on LM 19. Cinnamon 4.0.10 And this > Replace all occurrences of the bottomMonitor word by the primaryMonitor one. from the comment below doesn't help because there is no "bottomMonitor" at all.

JanuszSpiewa-6 years ago

how install this plugin?

Blake Miner-6 years ago

Thanks for the plugin! As other users have mentioned, it would be nice to disable the desktop background (or customize the image) while switching workspaces.

claudiux-6 years ago

Now, in the settings of this extension, a button allows you to directly access Workspaces settings.

xzj8b3-6 years ago

The Best... And finally a developer persists in updating!!!!

claudiux-6 years ago

Yes ! It would be a pity if this fabulous extension can not be used anymore. That's why I proposed this modification of the code, rather simple finally.

claudiux-6 years ago

To make this extension compatible with Cinnamon 4.0 (Linux Mint 19.1): * Edit the ~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions/DesktopCube@yare/extension.js * Replace all occurrences of the bottomMonitor word by the primaryMonitor one. (Lines 236 and 237.) * Reload this extension, or restart Cinnamon (Ctrl-Alt-Esc). * Enjoy!

claudiux-6 years ago

Modified code is now in repositories! You just have to update.

SantaFe88-6 years ago

Seems like this won't work after the update to Linux Mint 19.1 and Cinnamon 4.0.8. If you use it, the screen freezes and have to press the Power Button to restart. When you remove it, Ctrl-Alt & left/right arrow works like default. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted, using the Expo applet now and see all work-spaces at once. ;)

Robert-6 years ago

Work well on mint 18.3, cinnamon 3.6.6 on single screen. When in dual screen, the effect is not as a cube, but it does flip. Effect is amazing when finding right parameters. Thanks a lot :) Robert Graphics is Radeon Sapphyre 280x on intel 12 cores.

mfreeman72-6 years ago

Looks nice, except that my desktop background is also the background behind the cube, which doesn't look good at all. If this could either be black, or a user-defined background instead, it would be much better.

Ventsislav Nikolov-7 years ago

Hello, Can't get it to work on Fedora 28 with Cinnamon 3.8.2, kernel 4.16.11-300.fc28.x86_64, CPU: Intel© Core™ i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz × 4, RAM: 16GB, graphic card 1: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller, graphic card 2: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 540M]. I did all the suggestions below but no luck. Do you guys have a clue why it is not working? Much appreciated.

Nacker-7 years ago

I use LMDE 2 Cinnamon 64-bit version 3.4.6 and It's working right for me! Remember: Ctrl+Alt+Right (arrow) to go to the next workspace or Ctrl+Alt+Left (arrow) to go to the previous workspace :-)

claudiux-7 years ago

To make this extension working on Cinnamon 3.6 (Mint 18.3): * open ~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions/DesktopCube@yare/metadata.json * change "3.4" by "3.4", "3.6" * save this file and reload Cinnamon (Ctrl-Alt-Esc)

claudiux-7 years ago

To make this extension working on Cinnamon 3.6 (Mint 18.3): * open ~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions/DesktopCube@yare/metadata.json * change "3.4" by "3.4"**, "3.6"** * save this file and reload Cinnamon (Ctrl-Alt-Esc)

gaining-7 years ago

It's broken in mint 18.3 fyi

claudiux-7 years ago

It's working well on Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya. Remember to create two workspaces or more to get the cube display.

David Burnett-7 years ago

It's working good for me on Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya. Question: Is there a way to get rid of the background wallpaper when the cube is rotating, like you have in your sample picture above? In mine, the wallpaper background is still showing when the cube rotates. Thanks! :)

Fedora Tux-7 years ago

When will it be updated????

Fedora Tux-7 years ago

To update with constancy or gives problems to every update of the desktop!!! Beautiful extension!!!!

Jerry Frazee-7 years ago

Extension is working. There is a bug of double panels while switching workspaces. It would be nice to be able to have more options on the cube backgrounds, front and behind cube.

Marc Scattolin-7 years ago

I tried it and it does work in cinnamon 18.2. However, a glitched applet bar appears at the top of the cube while switching so it may still need more work. But great job nonetheless!

Enas Agnwstos-7 years ago

Hi! I saw your comment about the cube working in 18.2 so i downloaded & installed too , but i haven't yet figured how to trigger it ! Furthermore , can it be triggered with the mouse as in compiz? And, is there some kind of guide available for the damn thing at all ? thx in advance!

Craig Lillie-7 years ago

You use Ctrl+Alt+Right (arrow) to go to the next workspace or Ctrl+Alt+Left (arrow) to go to the previous workspace. It would be nice if it looked more like the Compiz cube though.

Shinglywingly-8 years ago

Sadly it no longer works on the newest versions of Cinnamon. I would really love to get this working again!

ACinnamonUserInUK-8 years ago

My system says this extension isn't compatible with the latest version of Cinnamon. A shame! (I could have tried out the extension anyway, but I didn't.)