Autostart program in specific workspace

[bogumil]

I use autstart as outlined in the documentation. All programs start in the first workspace. Is there a way to specify a different workspace on a per program basis? Thank you!

[deeplow]

With KDE it’s possible:

@unman

You can also use Activities - a way of making each desktop a separate
workspace, with its own wallpaper, widgets and launchers.
You can force windows from particular qubes to appear in distinct
activities. This helps to keep qubes separate as you want, and reduces
the risk of transferring data between the wrong qubes.

And also with XFCE (the default desktop environment). But I’m not sure how.

[Sven]

Use devilspie2, which can be installed via sudo qubes-dom0-update devilspie2

Then under ~/.config/devilspie2/ create ws.lua

In it write this:

qube = get_window_property("_QUBES_VMNAME");
ws = 0;

if qube == “personal” then ws = 1;
if qube == “work” then ws = 2;

if ws > 0 then

set_window_workspace(ws);
change_workspace(ws);

end

[deeplow]

Duplicate discussion here:

Open application in specific workspace (xfce)

Hello. What is a terminal command to open an app in a specified workspace. For example, open a Chrome browser in Workspace 2. Also, could you send me a link to the documentation for this topic. Thank you.

[bogumil]

Thank you very much for pointing me to devilspie2! I did not know that such a good thing exists. What I was looking for was for instance placing a “personal” firefox in workspace 1, a “personal” thunderbird in 2 and a “vault” keepassxc in 4. I will look into lua scripts for that.
Thanks again.

[bogumil]

I was searching for “autostart” so I overlooked it. Sorry!

[deeplow]

No worries

[leaningtrees]

You may find this useful:

workspace_associations = {};
workspace_associations["personal-signal"] = 1;
workspace_associations["personal-email"] = 2;
workspace_associations["personal-vault"] = 3;

fullscreen_apps = {"Signal", "Thunderbird", "KeePassXC", "Firefox"}

domain = get_window_property('_QUBES_VMNAME');
if (domain == "") then
	domain = "dom0";
elseif (string.find(string.lower(domain), "disp")) then
	domain = "disp";
end

application = get_application_name();

window = get_window_name();

debug_print("Domain: " .. domain);
debug_print("Application: " .. application);
debug_print("Window: " .. window);

-- If the domain has a workspace association, then move the window to that workspace.
if (workspace_associations[domain] ~= nil and workspace_associations[domain] <= get_workspace_count()) then
	workspace_number = workspace_associations[domain];
	debug_print("Moving " .. application .. " to workspace " .. workspace_number .. "\n");
	set_window_workspace(workspace_number);
end

-- Maximize all fullscreen applications.
for _, fullscreen_app in ipairs(fullscreen_apps) do
	if (string.find(string.lower(window), string.lower(fullscreen_app))) then
		debug_print("Maximizing " .. application  .. "\n");
		maximize();
	end
end

[bogumil]

Thank you very much. I will try it out and report back.