pidginwindow-managerworkspaces
I use pidgin as my chat client on ubuntu lucid. Whenever I have a chat window open, I like to mark it as "Always on visible workspace" as it's just more convenient.
Is there a way that I can force chat windows to already be marked as that when they open up? So, if someone started a conversation with me on gtalk (for instance) the window would automatically be on all workspaces, and I wouldn't have to mark it manually.
You could try this, if you haven't installed compiz settings manager, then do so by running:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Once it's installed, click System > Preferences > Compiz Settings Manager
Then go to Focus & Raise Behaviour > General and set Focus Prevention Level to Off
Tested on Ubuntu 16.04.
You can resolve this issue by using dconf-editor. It's available by first enabling the universe repository and then issuing the command sudo apt install dconf-editor After which you can launch it from the applications menu. See below for the relevant section:
Navigate in the left hand column down to wm, click the arrow that points to the right to expose and then select keybindings. Scroll down the right window to expose "move-to-workspace-down", select it and click the Set to Default button. This should set this binding to ['<Shift><Control><Alt>Down'] Repeat this process for the next 3 entries which correspond to left, right, and up. The changes should take effect immediately. If not, reboot.
kudos to @doug for this comment which pointed out the right place to look.
Best Answer
On systems without Compiz, you can also accomplish this using Devil's Pie and the following configuration in
~/.devilspie/pidgin.ds: