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Switch spaces via gestures on newer laptops
Authored by: masslingur on Mon, Jul 14 2008 at 3:59PM PDT
I cannot switch between spaces if a space is empty. When I switch to a empty space it get´s stuck in the space that has no app running. Any idea on that?

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Switch spaces via gestures on newer laptops
Authored by: sebastianlewis on Mon, Jul 14 2008 at 4:13PM PDT
Probably because when you switch to an "empty" space, you're switched to the Finder. See the warning about the Finder in the hint.

Sebastian

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Switch spaces via gestures on newer laptops
Authored by: masslingur on Mon, Jul 14 2008 at 5:13PM PDT
So basically if there is a space with no app you have to manually choose an app to get back to Multiclutch. Kinda downs the purpose of being able to switch between spaces using the touchpad :)

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Switch spaces via gestures on newer laptops
Authored by: bpartridge on Wed, Jul 16 2008 at 7:40AM PDT
I'm not sure how it works, but a few hours after setting up multiclutch, the desktop issue fixes itself. It stops working again on reboot, but again, work for a while and it will fix itself. This could just be a quirk with my configuration, and as MultiClutch isn't open-source (hint hint, Will Henderson) I have no idea what's going on.

At any rate, another workaround is to put an empty TextEdit window (or any non-Finder window) on any blank desktops.

HTH

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Switch spaces via gestures on newer laptops
Authored by: bpartridge on Sat, Jan 3 2009 at 10:26PM PST
sry to gravedig, but just do Quick Look on a file on the desktop and the Finder will respond to all gestures

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