[Ubuntu 18.04] How to keep windows local to each virtual desktop?

[MR ZenWiz]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 4:28 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 13:09, Maxim Blinov <maxim.a.blinov at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is really useful behaviour, because it means I can essentially
> > have multiple logical tasks running in parallel and isolated from one
> > another.
>
> Aha! You mean that the alt-tab window switcher ignores windows on
> other virtual desktops, and only switches between windows on the
> current virtual desktop?
>
This is the behavior I have always seen and, unlike Liam, I like it.

I use Xubuntu 20.04.3 and I have never seen this cross-desktop alt-tab
switching.

I have noticed that if I have a file open in LibreOffice Writer on one
desktop and I try to open the same file on another desktop, the panel
flashes the LOW item at me, and if I select that panel item, I get
thrown to the correct desktop where the file is already open.  I don't
mind it.

I agree with the OP - while the whole computer is mine to play with, I
organize the desktops for specific purposes and prefer to keep them
isolated in that way.

It kind of bugs me that, when I'm in a Zoom meeting and someone posts
a URL in the chat and I click on it, my browser gets yanked onto the
desktop I'm using for zoom.  It took me a while to get used to this.
I have keyboard shortcuts set up to switch desktops or switch windows'
desktops with ease, so it's simple enough to get around these
distractions.

It's all a matter of preference and making things easy using all the
settings available.  This is one of the many reasons I've stuck with
Xubuntu for the last 9 years (since Unity came out in Ubuntu and
discarded many of the GNOME 2 tweaks) and I'll stick with it as long
as I can and all the many config settings are accessible.

Just MNSHO.

Mark