3.4. Navigating Your Workspaces

3.4. Navigating Your Workspaces
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A workspace is a discrete area in which you can work. You can have many workspaces on your desktop and you can switch from one workspace to another. Each workspace can contain different windows and processes. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate workspaces.

Keys	Function
Ctrl+Alt + arrow keys	Give focus to the next or previous workspace. This keyboard shortcut displays a popup window with icons that represent the workspaces. Press and hold Ctrl+Alt and continue to press the arrow keys to switch the focus between the workspaces. You can customize this keyboard shortcut.
Shift+Alt + arrow keys	Move the window that has focus to the next or previous workspace. You can customize this keyboard shortcut.

Keys

Function

Ctrl+Alt + arrow keys

Give focus to the next or previous workspace. This keyboard shortcut displays a popup window with icons that represent the workspaces. Press and hold Ctrl+Alt and continue to press the arrow keys to switch the focus between the workspaces.

You can customize this keyboard shortcut.

Shift+Alt + arrow keys

Move the window that has focus to the next or previous workspace.

You can customize this keyboard shortcut.

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