Workspaces and virtual desktops

[Sarthak-Malhotra]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I just downloaded the latest version of power toys as of today v0.84.1 Im in love with the workspaces feature it adds so much depth to my daily activities. One thing I would really love to marry is that there should be an option for desktops, as we can have multiple desktops.

Scenario when this would be used?

I was trying to make different workspaces for my programming and daily needs Generally I manually make sure that everything is segregated within different desktops(i.e. the desktops you get by pressing Win + Tab).

With respect to workspaces. I would love to have an option for multiple desktops such as there could be an option that whichever Workspace is launched will launch in a separate or in a specific desktop, for example desktop 2 for python and desktop 3 for javascript, whichever we would like to choose. Search that whenever I press on launch, it will redirect my screen to the designated desktop and then open the apps.

I have attached an example picture of the same concept. the circled part is a supposed button where u select the desktop and then whenever you launch the workspace it will automatically open the desktop 2 and launch the programs there. in case the desktop does not exist then it might open the programs on the same desktop itself.

Supporting information

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[donlaci]

@Sarthak-Malhotra
We are happy you like Workspaces.
With the current implementation you can launch a workspace from a different desktop. You have to switch to your target desktop, launch the workspace (via shortcut or from the editor). I know it requires more steps. I am curious of your opinion: would it be much better with the settings? I mean that way you loose the freedom to launch any project on any desktop. Thanks for your feedback.

[Sarthak-Malhotra]

Its true that we would lose the freedom to launch any project on any desktop to tackle that we could just include an option like
desktop 1, desktop 2, . . . , NONE. here when the user selects the NONE option the workspace will be launched normally like it does in the current desktop. this way people can include designated desktops and custom desktops as well. I hope you understand what i mean to say.

[crutkas]

/dup #34578

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!