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Not sure how common this is, but I’ve set certain apps to automatically open on certain workspaces so all my terminals live in workspace 1, text editors in 2, web browsers in 3. That way I can navigate to each of them with a single keystroke.

I also really enjoy being able to open a new terminal with a single keystroke.

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> Not sure how common this is, but I’ve set certain apps to automatically open on certain workspaces [...]

I suspect many of us use a variation of the theme. I do something similar, only it is task oriented rather than program oriented. (I also extend the theme by having separate virtual consoles logged into my personal account and my work account.)

Separate virtual consoles for work and personal? I didn't realize this was possible! I think because prior desktops of mine would always put my X session on F7 so I assumed I could only run one of them. Anyway I just tried it and it totally works just as you'd expect with the X session staying on the appropriate function key. Thanks for mentioning it, learned something new and very useful

Even though I currently use this setup with Wayland, I originally came across it with X. I am fairly certain this is how switching between accounts works, via more user-friendly means, but I find that directly switching between virtual consoles is more efficient for two reasons: it is far easier to guarantee a particular session is on a particular virtual console, so switching between sessions is more predictable (e.g. my personal session is always on console 1, and work session is always on console 2); on top of that, I don't have to concern myself with re-logging into a session. At worse, I simply enter the password. In practice, I usually have screen locking disable on my personal session (since I don't have to worry about confidential information) and only have to enter a password on my work session (since I am concerned about potentially confidential information of others).

That's interesting. I tend to use each workspace for a different project, with a browser on one workspace. Not very clever. What are you swapping workspaces with? My KB has 8 dedicated mappable keys and I have some of those set to Super+1 through 5, because Super+1 is an awkward combo.

I've mapped Super to Caps Lock so that helps keep it ergonomic, and so I continue to use Super 1-10. Super+1 would not be fun to type otherwise, agreed!

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