Spaces has "mind of its own" and switches screens by itself

[jasimon9]

I have Spaces enabled to provide 4 virtual screens. My problem is that I am in a Pages document, and I press Command-F to do a search. Spaces switches to a different virtual screen because for some reason it thinks the Find window belongs in another screen.

What am I doing wrong? IMHO, this seems like a bug, and not a feature.

The workaround is to move the document into the screen where the Find dialog opens.

I suppose the cause is because Pages was originally opened in another screen, and moved, but the Find window thinks it belongs in the original window. Again, to me this is not a feature, but a bug.

 

[spinnerlys]

Have you assigned Pages to a specific Space via System Preferences?

 

[jasimon9]

Have you assigned Pages to a specific Space via System Preferences?

I have made no assignments of apps to specific pages, except Adium to every space.

 

[spinnerlys]

So try if assigning Pages to a specific Space might resolve your issue.

 

[danny_w]

Yep, that kind of behavior is exactly why I quit using Spaces long ago.

 

[jasimon9]

So try if assigning Pages to a specific Space might resolve your issue.

While that might "resolve the issue", it then creates a new issue -- namely, putting Pages only in that one screen. Not sure the cure is better than the disease.