Folbo
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Q: How do I display the desktop number in the menu bar?

Any suggestions welcome!

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 4:15 AM

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Q: How do I display the desktop number in the menu bar?

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  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Jul 21, 2011 4:29 AM in response to Folbo
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    Jul 21, 2011 4:29 AM in response to Folbo

    Don't know that if it can be done, but you can activate Keyboard shortcuts to allow you you to switch between the desktops:

     

    Screen Shot 2011-07-21 at 7.28.35 AM.PNG

  • by Folbo,

    Folbo Folbo Jul 21, 2011 4:40 AM in response to Lanny
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    Jul 21, 2011 4:40 AM in response to Lanny

    Thanks for the suggestion but my shortcuts are set ... ^1 etc. but I do not know which desktop I am on, or, more importantly, which one to go to!

     

     

    I want to be able to see the number on the menu bar.

     

    I would also like to use ^up and ^down to move betwen spaces. Having a central desktop with desktops above and below, as well as left and right .... From 2D it seems to have gone backwards to 1D (!!!!). Of all the features in OS X, spaces was the one that windows had no equivalent of and now it feels devalued.

     

     

    The 'Mission Control' does not seem to give much control over appearing in the menubar. Neither does it seem to allow you to put apps into specific spaces upon load (or allow changes to existing settings inheritied from SL).

     

    If it is not in the Mission Control prefences that has anybody found a work around?

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Jul 21, 2011 4:44 AM in response to Folbo
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    Jul 21, 2011 4:44 AM in response to Folbo

    4 finger swipe gesture horizontal, changes spaces.

  • by Folbo,

    Folbo Folbo Jul 21, 2011 5:34 AM in response to Lanny
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    Jul 21, 2011 5:34 AM in response to Lanny

    Yes . great for two spaces, not so great for 9! The ctrl key shortcuts are the most effective ... but only if you know the desktop numbers!

  • by Roosevelt Jones,

    Roosevelt Jones Roosevelt Jones Jul 21, 2011 6:52 AM in response to Folbo
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    Jul 21, 2011 6:52 AM in response to Folbo

    Assigning programs to a specific or all spaces/desktops can be set by CTRL-clicking the icon in the Dock and selecting Options to get the different options.

  • by fsck!,

    fsck! fsck! Jul 21, 2011 6:59 AM in response to Roosevelt Jones
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Jul 21, 2011 6:59 AM in response to Roosevelt Jones

    You guys are missing the point of the question.  He wants to be able to see the space # on the menu bar, he is not asking about spaces shortcuts.  I for one miss this feature too.  I dont want to have to launch mission control all the time.  Why did apple do away with this feature?  it sounds like a no-brainer.

     

    I can only hope that in the next couple of months some of these things are brought back via updates.

  • by bloijs,

    bloijs bloijs Jul 21, 2011 8:51 AM in response to Folbo
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    Jul 21, 2011 8:51 AM in response to Folbo

    You are correct - Spaces are only one-dimensional now. To set application Desktop preferences, right-click on the application in the Dock, go to "Options...", and use "Assign To..." -> "This Desktop". As far as I know, there's no way to indicate what Desktop you're in from the menu bar.

  • by keessie,

    keessie keessie Mar 30, 2012 3:15 PM in response to fsck!
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    Mar 30, 2012 3:15 PM in response to fsck!

    I miss this feature as well. It is an improvement that I can set different backgrounds per desktop, but a number that is always visible is more important to me. Has it been solved yet?

  • by keessie,

    keessie keessie Mar 31, 2012 10:55 AM in response to Folbo
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    Mar 31, 2012 10:55 AM in response to Folbo

    What helps me somewhat is the following. Choose different backgrounds for your desktops and make sure that the pictures are quite distinct in color, especially at the top. Now when you use a transparant menu bar, you can recognize your desktop by the look of the menu bar.

     

    (In Lion you can have a dfferent background picture for each desktop: secondary-click at the background of the desktop and choose.)

     

    So now you know why Apple introduced this funny transparent menu bar after all :-)

     

    Kees

  • by Peter Dutton,

    Peter Dutton Peter Dutton Dec 20, 2014 12:10 PM in response to fsck!
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    Dec 20, 2014 12:10 PM in response to fsck!

    "He wants to be able to see the space # on the menu bar"

     

    Yes, this!

     

    I just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Yosemite and I'm chagrined that there doesn't seem to be a way to do this, over three years and however many OSX releases later!

     

    (Or maybe there is, and I just can't find the answer anywhere?)

  • by brigant,

    brigant brigant Sep 12, 2016 1:39 AM in response to Folbo
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    Sep 12, 2016 1:39 AM in response to Folbo

    Use a small utility WhichSpace (https://github.com/gechr/WhichSpace/releases/tag/v0.1.9). It supports all Mac OS X versions, has light and dark mode, open source.