PowerToys Workspaces: a shortcut per workspace.

[Stelios-Mav]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

It would be useful to be able to have a specified shortcut for each Workspace.
For example, by pressing Windows+Ctrl+1 my 1st workspace launches directly, by pressing Windows+Ctrl+2 my 2nd workspace launches directly (by first closing all apps opened by any previous workspace?), etc.

Scenario when this would be used?

This is very practical since I can go directly from powering on my system to launching my workspace with the press of a single shortcut. Now that I think of it, along with the above, why not have the option of launching a specific Workspace on startup?

Supporting information

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[Elaws]

Excellent feature request.

I would add the following :

• If pressing the shortcut of a given workspace again, minimize all the windows included in that workspace.
• If pressing again after having minimized them, recall the workspace.
• Possible to switch between workspaces by simply pressing each workspace's shortcut (e.g. : Workspace 1 is Firefox maximized on monitor 2, Workspace 2 is 2 apps side by side on monitor 2 and Firefox maximized on monitor 1).

AHK Workspaces by Maestrith is a AHK script from 2016 which does that and is very powerful and flexible, it could be an excellent model for Powertoys' Workspaces.

[JavierReyes945]

Shortcuts to launch a specific workspace is for me a MUST HAVE feature for the tool to make sense.

If not with keyboard shortcuts, at least integrate with PowerToys Runner as a plugin(?), so that with some prefix it would list only stored workspaces, and selecting would launch the given workspace. Having to launch the workspace editor seems counter intuitive.

[donlaci]

@Stelios-Mav
You have the possibility to create a desktop shortcut when creating a workspace, or even later. Then you can specify a "shortcut key" to your shortcut on the desktop. You can of course move it to any desired location.

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[Stelios-Mav]

Thank you for the suggestion @donlaci. I've tried that before and for some reason shortcut keys didn't work. For the time being, I pinned the created shortcut on my taskbar for easy access (and a clean desktop).
Regardless, the feature would be a nice addition to Workspaces. Plus, it's a way to utilize the windows key as a shortcut key since, by what I can tell, a user cannot assign it for a user-generated shortcut (to reserve it for Windows' shortcuts, I guess?).