Turn off workspace switcher animation in cinnamon

[WJB]

I am a Linux novice and recent convert to Manjaro. I had been using Mint for many years. Is there a way to turn off the workspace switcher animation in Manjaro cinnamon? I did check the setting and installed tweaks but neither offer an option to turn off the animation.

Thank you
WJB

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @WJB, and welcome!

I suspect this is your best bet:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=405478

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[soundofthunder]

Hi @WJB and welcome to the Manjaro community.

@WJB

Is there a way to turn off the workspace switcher animation in Manjaro cinnamon?

This link concerns Cinnamon on Linux Mint, though it should nonetheless be applicable to recent Cinnamon versions with Manjaro:

• Disable animations: Cinnamon Desktop (itsfoss.com)

A comment here from the Linux Mint Forums suggests:

Disable workspace-switching transition

Post by thrashrokz33 » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:56 pm

Hi, I’d like to disable the little sliding animation while switching workspaces.

‘Settings → Effects → Customize Effects’ doesn’t seem to list the workspace switcher. The only way I can disable it is if I uncheck “Enable Desktop Effects”, which is undesirable, as it removes all effects.

Being that this post is from 2014 I’m uncertain how relevant it might be today.

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[Nachlese]

I have pristine standard Cinnamon Installation from the minimal ISO.
Nothing customized by me.

No extra extensions.
No tweaks.

You mean the little indicator that is briefly shown when switching workspaces?
This can be annoying indeed.
For me there is a sound effect associated with it as well.

But it is easy to disable that little indicator:

System Settings → Preferences section → Workspaces → Enable Workspaces OSD (was active by default for me)

HTH

[WJB]

soundofthunder your link did the trick! I was looking for “animations” and should have been looking for “effects.” No option in Manjaro to only turn off the workplace switcher effect. But turning off all the effects accomplished what I needed. Thank you very much!