dankrusi
[Feature Request]: Add hot keys to switch to next or previous desktop, with roll over
What feature?
Currently the Windows default behaviour is that Win+Ctrl+right/left arrow switches to the previous/next desktop, and when the last/first desktop is reached the hot key does nothing. WindowsVirtualDesktopHelper mimics this with the < and > in the icon tray. This behaviour seems appropriate in the icon tray, so nothing to change there. However it is annoying when using the keyboard combination above.
My request is that there be a WindowsVirtualDesktopHelper hot key combination that does not get 'stuck' and the end/beginning of the list, but rolls over to the beginning/end of the list of desktops. For convenience the WindowsVirtualDesktopHelper could use the same modifiers it already uses, ie Alt, Ctrl, Ctrl+Alt (my favourite), or Alt+shift with (in addition to the existing option of #) a new option of left/right arrow.
The Windows default Win+Ctrl+right/left arrow hot key combination could also be modified by WindowsVirtualDesktopHelper to roll over like this, but I don't think it is necessary if the above request is actioned.
Windows Version
Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26100.6584
Apologies, I see that the left/right arrow configuration option already exists. I could make these work:
hotkeys.myCustomHotkey1: "Ctrl + Alt + Left = DesktopBackward"
hotkeys.myCustomHotkey2: "Ctrl + Alt + Right = DesktopForward"
...but this template option available to be uncommented in the
feature.useHotKeyToSwitchDesktopBackward.hotkey: "Ctrl + Alt + Left"
feature.useHotKeyToSwitchDesktopForward.hotkey: "Ctrl + Alt + Right"
So the first option above gives me most of what I was looking for. The only part of my above feature request that may be outstanding is an option to allow the backward/forward actions to roll-over or cycle through the list of desktops once the last/first desktop is reached.
...and I see this is likely a duplicate of #156 and #167. I just made it into a very long winded request :) Feel free to close...