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[Workspaces] Take into account virtual desktops #34578

Open ArthurAsenheimer opened 1 week ago

ArthurAsenheimer commented 1 week ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Only the active virtual desktop is included in workspaces. Please consider taking into account other virtual desktops as well.

Scenario when this would be used?

I have usually one virtual desktop for (deep) work and another virtual desktop for personal stuff like music, mails etc. This enabled a clear separation (e.g. work vs other things). It would be great if PowerToys Workspaces could support virtual desktops as well.

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gojo119 commented 1 week ago

totally agree on this!

Alaknar commented 1 week ago

I was SO excited for Workspaces because I hoped exactly for this. Windows, by default, does a "good enough" job of remembering where my open applications sat on the screen and FancyZones helps with ironing out the kinks.

But I tend to work from home sometimes, and there I switch from using a large, office monitor, to using just the laptop. And in that case using virtual desktops is a must, which Windows completely fails to handle on its own.

wsveum commented 5 days ago

Totally agree on this one.

At the office i use a widescreen divided into 3 FancyZones. I use 3 Windows desktops on this screen, with several programs in different desktops, and it would be wonderful if i with only one Workspace shortcut could start all programs on all desktops at once. In addition i also often work from home, where i use a standard screen, and with one workspace for this one.

This would be a game changer.