GNOME desktops and areas
GNOME supports the use of multiple desktop areas, and for the advanced user, multiple desktops. The control over these areas and desktop is actually done by the window manager. The Enlightenment Configuration tool permits modification of areas and desktops you have use of in your work environment.
The Desktops Section of E-conf has two main tools that allow one to change the areas and desktops you work with. The first tool is the Size of the Virtual Screen. This will control the number of desktop areas. Desktop areas are really just one big screen broken into many “virtual areas”. This advantage to using virtual areas over multiple desktops is that drag and drop on the desktop will work across areas as will work being done in applications such as the GNOME File Manager. To use this tool slide the two sliders until you have the number of virtual areas, across and down, that you wish to use.
The second tool is the Separate Desktops, which permits one to set the number of desktops you wish to use. Unlike desktops areas these are completely separate desktops. To use this tool move the slider up or down until you have the number of desktops you wish to use.
One good way to visualize your multiple areas or desktops situation is to ascertain you have the GNOME Pager running. The GNOME Pager will display the number of areas and desktops you have and the location of those apps are within those spaces. The GNOME Pager may also be used to navigate from area to area and desktop to desktop.