KDE: How do I switch between desktop spaces? Am I stupid :|

Xel'naga666 · 02-01-2007, 10:08 AM

Ive been using Gnome for a very long time and thought id give kde another stab to see if I can enjoy it again.

Ive gotten quite attached to being able to switch desktops in Gnome via "CTRL+ALT+RIGHT/LEFT".

Any ideas how to do this in KDE, i have tried every key shortcut i can think of, and yet nothing seems to move, the only way i can switch desktops is to use my mouse :| which takes too long.

Please help if you know...... this is painful asking such a silly question....

Xel'naga666 · 02-01-2007, 11:19 AM

Hmm, ive discovered how to change desktops via scrolling the mouse up or down "on" the desktop.

But this is still unpractical.

Please if anyone knows how, or even if its not a feature, is there a config file for it somewhere?

alienux · 02-01-2007, 11:26 AM

This is not exactly a direct answer to your question, but what I do is use the 3dDesktop app and then bind CTL-D to that application so that I can switch using the keyboard.

Inchcape · 02-01-2007, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xel'naga666

Ive gotten quite attached to being able to switch desktops in Gnome via "CTRL+ALT+RIGHT/LEFT".

Any ideas how to do this in KDE, i have tried every key shortcut i can think of, and yet nothing seems to move, the only way i can switch desktops is to use my mouse :| which takes too long.

Please help if you know...... this is painful asking such a silly question....

Go to personal setting (configure desktop, main desktop menu) then go to regional and accessibility - then choose keyboard shortcuts.Once there,you can either see which key combination is set by default, or use your own custom combination.

Xel'naga666 · 02-01-2007, 12:29 PM

Well this laptop is going to lack open-gl 3d acceration, so thats prolly not gonna work for me.

Inchcape - Your idea worked perfectly, I now have that feel of gnome again

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Many many thanks both of you for the help. I can finally use kde the way I want (for now that is).

Thanks again

Xel'naga666 · 02-01-2007, 12:46 PM

Sorry, double posted......

BackwardsDown · 02-01-2007, 03:45 PM

Tried:
ctrl-F1
ctrl-F2
ctrl-F3
ctrl-F4
yet?

Xaphoid · 02-01-2007, 04:35 PM

press {ALT]+[F2] run 'kcontrol' select 'Regional & Accessibility' then select 'Keyboard Shortcuts'. You can then set it to whatever you wish

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-01-2007, 06:39 PM

Using [CTRL] + [TAB] will allow you to switch desktop spaces.

roboconnell · 05-03-2010, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Using [CTRL] + [TAB] will allow you to switch desktop spaces.

ctrl-tab doesn't work for me (switches tabs in chrome for me if the browser has focus)

I can't find how to setup ctrl-left/right to switch desktops. Using ctrl-f[1-4] works, but it is very clumsy and I don't like it one bit. I thought I could configure my linux desktop the way I want it ;-) this is no walled-garden!

so, a few years later - does anyone have an answer for KDE4.4 (I figured I would re-open the thread since a search for 'kde "switch desktop"' had this thread as one of the top results).

thanks,
rob

catkin · 05-04-2010, 01:29 AM

Try Ctrl+Alt+<left or right arrow>. It works in Xfce and may be conventional across DEs.