Question regarding toggling between workspaces

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Teresa,

Thank you for your reply.

> I would be interested if you can find a native solution for that as
> well. One workaround you can try is creating a shortcut for a shell
> script that saves the current desktop - the output of `xdotool
> get_desktop` to a file, and switches to the desired desktop with
> `xdotool set_desktop`.

I'm wondering if xfce exports in some way the information regarding
previous desktop/workspace?

Please forgive me my ignorance, but how shall I 'bind' the xfce4
pressed CTRL+F3 with having it available in shell script, which use
xdotool ? 

I do have the keybinding defined already in xfce4 for "switch to
workspace 3"

In short -> pressing CTRL+F3 shall feed the script and create
some /tmp/file_foo [1] with info about current and desired
display/workspace to switch. How this can be exported/done in xfce?

Then pressing Super+ESC shall run script which reads [1] and then
switch display/workspace to previous workspace. (this I do know how to
do).

> 
> Em qui, 11 de jul de 2019 às 14:10, Lukasz Majewski
> <l.majewski at majess.pl> escreveu:
> >
> > Dear Xfce community,
> >
> > I do have the following use case:
> >
> > I do use terminal on workspace 1, then I want to check something on
> > workspace 3 (firefox) and then I would like to come back to my
> > previous workspace (workspace 1).
> >
> > The described above use case requires toggling between current and
> > previous workspace(s) - workspace 1 and 3.
> >
> > By "previous" workspace I mean the on on which I was previously
> > working, not the adjacent one.
> >
> > I've found some discussion on the web [1], but I cannot find the
> > setting called "remember previous desktop" nor any example of
> > setting this toggling.
> >
> > And of course I would like to assign the key shortcut for it - for
> > example Super+ESC.
> >
> > The xfwm4-tweaks-settings → workspaces allows me to set to remember
> > the last used workspace
> >
> > When it is checked I can toggle between workspaces with pressing the
> > same key by which I got to the workspace.
> >
> > I also assume that the key shortcut for "previous workspace" shall
> > do exactly that?
> >
> > Unfortunately on my setup I cannot do this as key shortcut to
> > "previous workspace" moves me to adjacent one.
> >
> > Any hints on solving this issue?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Note:
> > [1] -
> > https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/5gnkd9/shortcut_to_switch_to_previous_workspace/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Łukasz Majewski
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-- 
Best regards,

Łukasz Majewski
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