changing workspaces on two outputs at once?

asked May 18 '14

Anonymous

updated May 18 '14

I'd like to replicate gnome's functionality of being able to change the workspace on both screens in a dual monitor setup at once (e.g.: control+alt + left/right)

i've concocted the below two bindsym's but they don't seem to work:

bindsym $mod+$alt+Left focus output $monitorleft; workspace prev; focus output $monitorright; workspace prev

bindsym $mod+$alt+Right focus output $monitorleft; workspace next; focus output $monitorright; workspace next

it just seems that each workspace numerically is iterated through as opposed to changing both on each input.

any ideas what i'm missing here?