wine users - Dec 2011 - How to switch workspaces from WoW? Tried virtual desktop.

Wine 1.2.2
Xubuntu 11.04 (xfce)
HD Radeon 4650

I have just installed a new video card and I am unable to switch between my
virtual workspaces while World of Warcraft is running.

With my old card Nvidia 7300 LE I was able to do this if I wanted to check
something on the internet and then go straight back into the game etc.

I have emulated a virtual desktop of size 1280x1024 and I also have tried with
WoW's internal options 'run in windowed mode' and
'maximize'.

The game appears to flicker for a split second and then jump with me to the
different workspace.

Is there a workaround?

If I keep Windowed mode checked, but uncheck maximize I can play it and navigate
workspaces but I'm stuck with my xfce top panel visible, and a border too.

Please see screenshot:

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dusf wrote:
> When you say grab my mouse do you mean grab it so it would follow me to
another workspace, or are you just talking about when I try to alt+tab+cursor
out, fail, and can no longer click back in the wine window?
I mean pointer won't leave the game window. Or will jump right back into it.


dusf wrote:
> Is it better for me to have 'Allow DirectX Apps to stop the mouse
leaving the window' on or off?
Update Wine, this option is gone and replaced with another one.

jjmckenzie wrote:
> 
> Still way too old.  Wine is up to 1.3.34, which is 19 updates past
> what you have.
> 
> Where are you locating your Wine updates?


dimesio wrote:
> 
> That version is also old; the current development release is 1.3.34.

I had been getting my Wine updates from Ubuntu repos but I just added the WINE
one and am now using version 1.3.34.

The problem is still ongoing.

I must stress again at this point I was able to navigate workspaces perfectly
with my old Geforce 7300 LE - and that was six months or more ago.