How can I increase the maximum number of workspaces on Deepin 15.11?

Question

I already tried both com.deepin.wrap.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences.num-workspaces and org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences.num-workspaces to 16 on dconf-editor and then rebooting my computer, but still I can create more than 4 workspaces. Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Well, I don't know if this is an 'answer' to your question, but after digging around a bit I have found a few points that may be of interest. The Deepin Wiki states that the max workspaces supported is 7.

I had the same issue with only being able to use max 4 workspaces, no matter what I configured using dconf-editor, until I read this post that suggested kwin may be the issue, and by defaulting back to deepin-wm you should see an improvement.

So, I sudo apt purge dde-kwin, rebooted, and defaulted to deepin-wm. If you are not sure whether deepin-wm is still there, execute

sudo apt install deepin-wm

I reset the configs in your post to default, as by stating more than 7 workspaces, the system seems to break and reboot is required, and am now able to use 7 workspaces and view with the Super+s key combo.

I have not tried to revert to the kwin so have no idea if it will initiate correctly or not, but for me, I have a 7-window workspace switcher so I'll be sticking with it until kwin becomes an option again hopefully in the near future.

My deepin version is 15.11 Desktop.