--- xfce4-panel-4.14.0-orig/plugins/pager/pager.c	2019-09-05 17:11:16.690993341 +0200
+++ xfce4-panel-4.14.0/plugins/pager/pager.c	2019-09-05 17:09:02.205850264 +0200
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 static void     pager_plugin_configure_workspace_settings (GtkWidget         *button);
 static void     pager_plugin_configure_plugin             (XfcePanelPlugin   *panel_plugin);
 static void     pager_plugin_screen_layout_changed        (PagerPlugin       *plugin);
+static void     pager_plugin_get_ratio                    (PagerPlugin       *plugin);
 static void     pager_plugin_get_preferred_width          (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                                            gint                *minimum_width,
                                                            gint                *natural_width);
@@ -527,9 +528,6 @@
         g_message ("Setting the pager rows returned false. Maybe the setting is not applied.");
 
       wnck_pager_set_orientation (WNCK_PAGER (plugin->pager), orientation);
-G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
-      plugin->ratio = (gfloat) gdk_screen_width () / (gfloat) gdk_screen_height ();
-G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
       g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (plugin->pager), "drag-begin",
                               G_CALLBACK (pager_plugin_drag_begin_event), plugin);
       g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (plugin->pager), "drag-end",
@@ -825,6 +823,26 @@
 
 
 static void
+pager_plugin_get_ratio (PagerPlugin *plugin)
+{
+  WnckWorkspace *active_ws;
+
+  panel_return_if_fail (XFCE_IS_PAGER_PLUGIN (plugin));
+  panel_return_if_fail (WNCK_IS_SCREEN (plugin->wnck_screen));
+
+  active_ws = wnck_screen_get_active_workspace (plugin->wnck_screen);
+  if (wnck_workspace_is_virtual (active_ws))
+    {
+      plugin->ratio = (gfloat) wnck_workspace_get_width (active_ws) / (gfloat) wnck_workspace_get_height (active_ws);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      plugin->ratio = (gfloat) gdk_screen_width () / (gfloat) gdk_screen_height ();
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void
 pager_plugin_get_preferred_width (GtkWidget *widget,
                                   gint      *minimum_width,
                                   gint      *natural_width)
@@ -846,6 +864,9 @@
     {
       n_workspaces = wnck_screen_get_workspace_count (plugin->wnck_screen);
       n_cols = MAX (1, (n_workspaces + plugin->rows - 1) / plugin->rows);
+
+      pager_plugin_get_ratio(plugin);
+
       min_width = nat_width = (gint) (xfce_panel_plugin_get_size (XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN (plugin)) / plugin->rows * plugin->ratio * n_cols);
     }
 
@@ -877,6 +898,9 @@
     {
       n_workspaces = wnck_screen_get_workspace_count (plugin->wnck_screen);
       n_cols = MAX (1, (n_workspaces + plugin->rows - 1) / plugin->rows);
+
+      pager_plugin_get_ratio(plugin);
+
       if (mode == XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_MODE_VERTICAL)
         min_height = nat_height = (gint) (xfce_panel_plugin_get_size (XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN (plugin)) / plugin->rows / plugin->ratio * n_cols);
       else /* (mode == XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_MODE_DESKBAR) */