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Afternoon All

Rather than having multiple desktops, which is a cool feature but can be a pain switching from desktop to desktop, is it possible to extend one desktop from the standard 4 screens to say, 6 or 8 screens?

Would make finding things a whole load easier.

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I didn't understand what you are talking about but modified hildon home accepts at least 8 desktops if I don't remember wrong.
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I believe what is being requested is a desktop that allows horizontal scrolling in the way that the application screen allows vertical scrolling. The desktop would be 640 px high and 800 X n pixels wide. Or, perhaps, the OP is looking for something exactly like the application screen that is 800 pixels wide and 640 X n pixels high. You remain on the same desktop but can tootle around it a bit. But, I am not the OP, so I am guessing
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My guess is that the OP is currently using an add-on like Desktop Activity Manager to switch between several complete sets of desktops, and instead would like the directly accessible (by sideways scrolling) desktops to be increased from 4 to 8.
 
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tzsm98 and pwm are exactly right. Ideally I'd like to see a single desktop with as many horizontal scrolling screens as possible. More screens = more ease of use for frequent apps as well as having more contact shortcuts.

Is it possible to have more than 4 horizontal screens per desktop?
 
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Yes. You may have upto 9 - Clicky

Dont think you can have more than one "desktop" though.
 
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my n900 shows only 3 desktops how can i enable 4th desktop
 
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Originally Posted by Red X View Post
my n900 shows only 3 desktops how can i enable 4th desktop
Tap the desktop and select the tooth wheel.

Tap the desktop menu top toolbar and select manage views.

Check the selected desktops.
 
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I was using 7 desktops. Would switch to 9 if there was a way to automatically jump to the desktop you want like the way you can on HTC Sense. Scrolling through 9 desktops can be a real pain.
 
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There is a way to do it with the command line (or a C, Python, etc. program) - setting the gconf key /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/current. If you want an icon for this, use dcew or queen beecon. If you want a keyboard combination, use keyboard-shortcuts package.
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