2Qs - 'xfdesktop -menu' and changing desktops

[Ian Beckett]

Hi,

I've recently started using Xfce, and I really love it. It's so
customisable, I can easily get it set up how I want, and it's much
faster than Gnome, which I was using before.

There are just a couple of things which I haven't been able to figure
out, and would appreciate your help.

1) When I try and bind the key combination Super_L+F1 (Start button +
F1) to 'xfdesktop -menu' it doesn't work correctly. More specifically,
nothing happens. If I switch out of xfce to tty1, there is a message
saying it could not find the command xfdesktop -menu. However, xfdesktop
is in my path, and I can get the menu by typing 'xfdesktop -menu' in an
aterm and it works fine.

2) Regarding switching from one desktop to another:
If I switch from desktop four to desktop one (using ^F1, I believe this
is the default keybinding), it takes me to desktop one as I would
expect. If I then press ^F1 again (say I forget I'm on desktop one, and
try to go there despite already being there) I am returned to the
desktop I was at previously (in this example desktop four). Is there any
way to disable this feature, as I find it quite irritating. I tried
searching for an answer, but didn't find anything helpful.

I'm using xfce 4.1.1 according to xfce4-about, it's built from an up to
date CVS about two weeks ago.


Thanks for your time,

Ian Beckett