How to stop circular switching of workspaces in Xubuntu?

Question

I started using Xubuntu. There is one thing that is annoying me a bit.

I use a 2 X 2 layout for workspaces.

1  |  2
-------
3  |  4

When I was using Gnome, hitting Ctrl+Alt+Up on workspace 1 did not do anyhting, but on Xfce, the default is that it switches to workspace 3. I searched, but could not find a way to stop this.

PS: What is this feature called?

Solution 1

In settings manager - window manager tweaks - workspaces you can control what happens when workspaces wrap. Unticking the option shown in the image stops this "cycling" effect.

Solution 2

You probably want to disable this option in Settings > Settings Manager

Solution 3

If you're a command-line nerd like me, you can type this into a terminal:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/wrap_layout -t bool -s false

Comments

[Kevin]

~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml

[vishal]

this worked for me