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Workspaces

Workspaces are separate desktops, each with its own windows. You never have to make one: there’s always an empty workspace after the last one in use, and workspaces you empty disappear, up to ten in all.

Keyboard Super+1 to 9 and Super+0 for workspaces 1 to 10, or Ctrl+Alt+Left and Right for the one next to it
Touchpad Swipe sideways with three fingers. The workspaces follow your fingers, and a quick flick can cross several
Mouse Hold Super and scroll, or scroll over the taskbar
All windows Super+Tab shows every workspace along the bottom; click one

Past the first and last workspace, the desktop resists and springs back.

  • Drag a window onto a workspace in All windows.
  • Super+Shift+Page Up and Page Down move the window you’re using to the workspace before or after.
  • The window menu (Alt+Space) has Move to Workspace and Always on Visible Workspace.

By default the taskbar lists windows from every workspace. To list only the current workspace’s windows, turn on Only list windows on the current workspace in the taskbar’s options.

Only the main display switches workspaces. Windows on other displays stay put whichever workspace you’re on.