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Asked: 2020-06-12 05:15:59 +0800 CST

Keyboard Shortcut: How to switch to previously active windows in another workspace

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I have google-chrome (and other software) in Workspace 2 and thunderbird (and other software) in Workspace 3.

How can I switch to previously active windows in another workspace, using keybpard shortcuts? For example, if google-chrome was active before I switched to thunderbird, how can I switch back to google-chrome?

NOTE

Alt + Tab: Cycles through windows in the same workspace

shortcut-keys workspaces window application-switcher 20.04

1 Answers

  1. There is a setting that allows the Window Switcher cycle through windows on all workspaces. You can set it as following: 

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.window-switcher current-workspace-only false

    To set so only windows of the current workspace are shown:

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.window-switcher current-workspace-only true

    The application by default switches across workspaces.

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