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ZmJmZGE2YWIzNWEwZTgxNDI2Y

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[SOLVED] Keyboard Shortcuts Issue For More Than 12 Workspaces

Hi,

I recently decided to bump up my workspaces from 6 to 18.  I am having an issue with keyboard shortcuts.  It seems keyboard shortcuts don't work at for workspaces starting with 13 and all the workspaces after (14-18).  Workspaces 1-12 all work fine with whatever keyboard shortcut I assign to them.  Basically I use two keyboard shortcuts.  One to go to the workspace.  The other to move a window to the workspace.

Is Xfce limited up to 12 workspaces when it comes to using keyboard shortcuts.  By the way I had to assign the keyboard shortcuts through the .conf file as the GUI does not allow past a certain number of workspaces.  Any assistance would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Last edited by ZmJmZGE2YWIzNWEwZTgxNDI2Y (2026-01-06 14:13:27)

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Re: [SOLVED] Keyboard Shortcuts Issue For More Than 12 Workspaces

You can use wmctrl to automate this and assign any shortcut key to it that you want. For example:

wmctrl -s 1

...moves to the second workspace.

The other to move a window to the workspace.

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -t 1

...moves the active window to the second workspace.

Note: wmctrl starts workspace numbering at 0.

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ZmJmZGE2YWIzNWEwZTgxNDI2Y

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Registered: 2024-10-24

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED] Keyboard Shortcuts Issue For More Than 12 Workspaces

You can use wmctrl to automate this and assign any shortcut key to it that you want. For example:

wmctrl -s 1

...moves to the second workspace.

The other to move a window to the workspace.

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -t 1

...moves the active window to the second workspace.

Note: wmctrl starts workspace numbering at 0.

That worked.  Also to move to the specific workspace I used:

wmctrl -s workspace_number

I used the GUI keyboard shortcuts to add both these shortcuts for workspaces 13-18.  Thanks for your help.

From:
https://commandmasters.com/commands/wmc … -workspace