Toggle workspace path

[Erik Harrison]

Actually, what I'd like is a key that always returns to the previous
workspace. I think that generalizes the feature nicely.

Either a single keyboard shortcut, or alternatively, have Ctrl+Fx
return you to the previous workspace if already on workspace x. I
would use something like this.

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 22:31:31 +0200, Olivier <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The previous workspace being declared static is incompatible with
> multiscreen, but that's not very hard to fix.
> 
> The main problem is that I'm not that much convinced that such a patch
> is of general use.
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 21:20, Vebjorn Ljosa wrote:
> > I have implemented a tiny, new feature in xfwm4.  First a little
> > background:
> >
> > I always keep my web browser in workspace 3, and my keyboard has some
> > extra keys, one of which is labelled with a symbol for the web.  I
> > would like the web key to always switch to workspace 3---except if I'm
> > already there, in which case I want it to switch back to the previous
> > workspace.  This is useful, for example, when I'm working in a
> > different workspace and want to take a quick look at the page that is
> > open in the web browser.  I press the web key to take me to the
> > browser, and then press it again to take me back.
> >
> > I could of course instead have pressed C-F3 to take me to the browser,
> > but in order to switch back, I would have had to remember which
> > workspace I was working in.  Normally I don't, and I end up going
> > through all the workspaces looking for whatever window I was working
> > in.
> >
> > I have attached a diff against the current CVS version.  I would
> > appreciate if one of the xfce developers could commit it.
> >
> > The patch updates the default keythemerc file, but if you have your
> > own, you will need to add a few lines.  I have the following:
> >
> > toggle_workspace_1_key=F17
> > toggle_workspace_2_key=none
> > toggle_workspace_3_key=F18
> > toggle_workspace_4_key=none
> > toggle_workspace_5_key=none
> > toggle_workspace_6_key=none
> > toggle_workspace_7_key=none
> > toggle_workspace_8_key=none
> > toggle_workspace_9_key=none
> >
> > Vebjorn
> > 
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