https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389499
Bug ID: 389499
Summary: Ability to set keyboard shortcut to add and remove
virtual desktop
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.11.5
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Pager
Assignee: h...@kde.org
Reporter: codestr...@posteo.org
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
A student of mine asked me how to set a keyboard shortcut to add and remove
virtual desktops.
I found out that in the year 2010 a similar wish was filed:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221115. I don't know if I should add
comments to this bug because its status is WONTFIX.
So, here are my findings after playing around a bit with the virtual desktops
in Plasma:
1) If the user has currently only one virtual desktop, how would he easily add
a second one? Because the Pager Applet is not visible in that case. I would
say, having the ability to add a keyboard shortcut for the "Add virtual
desktop" action could be a way to solve this problem.
2) If the user wants to close the current virtual desktop there is a context
menu action "Remove virtual desktop" in the Pager Applet. For a faster workflow
and consistency with 1), it would be helpful to also have the ability to set a
keyboard shortcut.
The idea of the student didn't came out of the blue but he actually wanted to
know how to set a shortcut in Windows 10 where the virtual desktop concept has
been finally added by default, see
https://www.howtogeek.com/197625/how-to-use-virtual-desktops-in-windows-10/
(with screenshots). I just found out that they also have keyboard shortcuts for
adding and removing virtual desktops, see
https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/windows-10-virtual-desktop-shortcuts:
Meta+Ctrl+D to open a new desktop and Meta+Ctrl+F4 to close the current
desktop.
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