5.9. Occupy Workspace, Occupy Page and Occupy Monitor
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### 5.9. Occupy Workspace, Occupy Page and Occupy Monitor

This tool dialog is called from the left titlebar button 1 Window Operations Menu as "Occupy Workspace", "Occupy Page" or "Occupy Monitor". Or from Meta+Space key for Workspace, Alt+Space for Page, and Meta+Alt+Space key combinations from the window context. Occupy tool is the extended (for FVWM pages and multiple monitors) version of the same CDE dialog and it sends selected window to a workspace, page or XRandR monitor selected from the list, or it can make it sticky across workspaces and/or pages with All Workspaces or All Pages checkbox pressed in. One addition here is the checkbox Go With the Window; when checked, makes NsCDE to change a current workspace, page and/or monitor and go with the window, or where window was sent. Radio buttons Workspaces:, Pages: and Monitors: are changing the current context of operation between workspaces, pages and monitors, which is visually also manifested in the main list as the names of either workspaces, pages or RandR names of the monitors. If called as "Occupy Workspace", pages or monitors can also be selected and changed by switching this context with this buttons or with the Space key shortcut in focused Occupy window. Radio button for monitors and "Occupy Monitor" functionality is only shown and available if multiple physical (or virtual) monitors are detected by FVWM and NsCDE. OK performs an action, Dismiss quits Occupy tool without taking action.

Figure 39. Occupy Workspace, Page or Monitor

On the upper left part of the window there are three buttons with labels Workspaces, Pages and Monitors:. When either one or another selection is changed from the current state, that is, state of the workspace and page on which window context was when Occupy is called, there will appear an ASCII asterisk (*) symbol at the end of the label. This means selection is changed, and this is visible for workspaces or monitors even when pages are on the selection list and/or vice versa. If selection is changed back again to state of page, workspace and/or monitor, which was initial, asterisk will disappear, but will again appear when this selection is changed to some other choice again. That way, orientation of what was touched can be known.

Key Bindings:

- Escape: Quits Occupy Tool without performing an action.

- H, Sun Help and F1: Displays this help text, like Help was pressed.

- A: Checks All Workspaces or if context is pages, All Pages checkbox.

- Return: Performs move action like OK button was pressed, without going to the selected workspace and/or page.

- Ctrl+Return: Performs move action like OK button was pressed, and changes active workspace and/or page to the same destination where window has been sent.

- Up/Down: Selects workspace, page or monitor in the up or down direction on the list.

- Space: Changes between workspaces, pages and monitors mode of operation. Actions on workspaces, pages and monitors can be combined while switching modes of operation, no matter if it was initially called as "Occupy Workspace", "Occupy Page" or "Occupy Monitor".

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