How to use extra monitors as workspaces in Ubuntu mate 17.10

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I just purchased a second monitor, and I want to be able to use it. The only issue is that the current system I have treats the new monitor as an extension of my laptop monitor. What I want is a way to have each monitor act as a workspace. I'll try to describe it. Say [x] is my laptop monitor, and y is my external monitor. I have 4 workspaces, 1,2,3,4. when I start out, it would look like [1],2,3,4. When I do the keyboard shortcut to go right, it would change to 1,[2],3,4, moving along the line. Is there any way to do what I've described? I'm on Ubuntu Mate 17.10. Cheers!







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    There are several references to Workspaces and monitors in the frame on the right of this page. One of them includes this: Two different workspaces for two monitors
    – L. D. James
    May 17 at 3:08










  • I already saw that one, and my issue is that Displays no longer has that option in 17.10.
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    May 17 at 17:11














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I just purchased a second monitor, and I want to be able to use it. The only issue is that the current system I have treats the new monitor as an extension of my laptop monitor. What I want is a way to have each monitor act as a workspace. I'll try to describe it. Say [x] is my laptop monitor, and y is my external monitor. I have 4 workspaces, 1,2,3,4. when I start out, it would look like [1],2,3,4. When I do the keyboard shortcut to go right, it would change to 1,[2],3,4, moving along the line. Is there any way to do what I've described? I'm on Ubuntu Mate 17.10. Cheers!







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    There are several references to Workspaces and monitors in the frame on the right of this page. One of them includes this: Two different workspaces for two monitors
    – L. D. James
    May 17 at 3:08










  • I already saw that one, and my issue is that Displays no longer has that option in 17.10.
    – M. Loewenthal
    May 17 at 17:11












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I just purchased a second monitor, and I want to be able to use it. The only issue is that the current system I have treats the new monitor as an extension of my laptop monitor. What I want is a way to have each monitor act as a workspace. I'll try to describe it. Say [x] is my laptop monitor, and y is my external monitor. I have 4 workspaces, 1,2,3,4. when I start out, it would look like [1],2,3,4. When I do the keyboard shortcut to go right, it would change to 1,[2],3,4, moving along the line. Is there any way to do what I've described? I'm on Ubuntu Mate 17.10. Cheers!







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I just purchased a second monitor, and I want to be able to use it. The only issue is that the current system I have treats the new monitor as an extension of my laptop monitor. What I want is a way to have each monitor act as a workspace. I'll try to describe it. Say [x] is my laptop monitor, and y is my external monitor. I have 4 workspaces, 1,2,3,4. when I start out, it would look like [1],2,3,4. When I do the keyboard shortcut to go right, it would change to 1,[2],3,4, moving along the line. Is there any way to do what I've described? I'm on Ubuntu Mate 17.10. Cheers!









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    There are several references to Workspaces and monitors in the frame on the right of this page. One of them includes this: Two different workspaces for two monitors
    – L. D. James
    May 17 at 3:08










  • I already saw that one, and my issue is that Displays no longer has that option in 17.10.
    – M. Loewenthal
    May 17 at 17:11












  • 1




    There are several references to Workspaces and monitors in the frame on the right of this page. One of them includes this: Two different workspaces for two monitors
    – L. D. James
    May 17 at 3:08










  • I already saw that one, and my issue is that Displays no longer has that option in 17.10.
    – M. Loewenthal
    May 17 at 17:11







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There are several references to Workspaces and monitors in the frame on the right of this page. One of them includes this: Two different workspaces for two monitors
– L. D. James
May 17 at 3:08




There are several references to Workspaces and monitors in the frame on the right of this page. One of them includes this: Two different workspaces for two monitors
– L. D. James
May 17 at 3:08












I already saw that one, and my issue is that Displays no longer has that option in 17.10.
– M. Loewenthal
May 17 at 17:11




I already saw that one, and my issue is that Displays no longer has that option in 17.10.
– M. Loewenthal
May 17 at 17:11















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