http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4505
Summary: Allowing multiple wine processes to share a virtual desktop Product: Wine Version: CVS Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P1 Component: wine-misc AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: chris.kcat@gmail.com
Currently, I have Wine set to use unmanaged windows on a 1024x768 virtual desktop (same size as my real desktop). This helps with program compatibility while allowing me to work with normal apps (as unmanaged windows seem to be "always on top" of native X apps without the virtual desktop and thus get in the way). Using KDE, I can then force Wine's virtual desktop window to be borderless and put onto one of KDE's virtual desktop, which cleanly allows me to winkey+tab between my main desktop(s) and a "Windows desktop".
However, a problem comes when I run multiple Wine applications. Each app gets its own Wine-created virtual desktop window, and causes it to only let me see a single app at a time. I can alt+tab between Wine's virtual desktops, but each one blocks the view of others.. which makes having Windows apps set to "always on top" meaningless since switching between Wine's virtual desktops negates that effect, as well as just being aesthetically unpleasant.
Therefor, I propose an option to allow Wine apps to share a single virtual desktop instead of letting each have its own. The first-run Wine process would create it, and the last-closed process would close it.