Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that most people don't know?

Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by fortran77 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:03AM (#24099698)

I can toggle between virtual desktops with a keystroke in Windows, too! I have mine set to CTRL-WINDOWS-arrow. Let me know what you're having trouble with and I can help you get Windows 10 set up the way you want.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by tomlu on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:56AM (#24100422)

You need to be able to switch directly from workspace #1 to #8 (eg.), not hitting ctrl-windows-arrow 7 times. I use AutoHotKey for this purpose.

I agree with the grandparent poster that the Windows situation is very bad compared to something like i3.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by MperorM on Sunday August 09, 2020 @12:41PM (#24100792)

For those on macOS this can be set in system preferences -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> mission control.

I highly recommend using multiple desktops with dedicated hotkeys over alt+tab to switch between applications. Much much faster to press fn+cmd+<h, j , k, l> and immediately bring up the application you want than to tab until you find the application you are looking for.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by _Microft on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:43AM (#24099926)

This either works out of the box or it is something that PowerToys added (which I have installed, so I do not know for sure).

Also very useful: the windows-key shortcut overview that the PowerToys added (keep the windows-keypressed for a second or two to bring it up).

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by smoe on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:56AM (#24100000)

Could you give me some pointers how to setup virtual desktops and tiled windows that are completely keyboard controllable?

I only use W10 as a secondary OS and never used windows as main since XP/2000. So far never got to dig deeper into this. It seems to me that out of the box a lot of the functionality is there, but there are also a lot of related third party (often paid) tools.

What are some good combination of tools (third party, paid or not) and settings for a more keyboard centric i guess you could call it, setup of Windows? At the moment to me it feels a bit like, that I could do everything with just keyboard but I'm not meant to.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by Woberto on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:05AM (#24100044)

WINDOWS+arrow will tile the current window and give the opportunity to tile other windows next to it

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by thom on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:22AM (#24100142)

Without weird third party stuff, it annoys me that I can’t map desktops to Ctrl-1/2/3/4 which is how I have it set up in Linux. Hopefully they eventually make all this more flexible.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by learc83 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:32AM (#24100227)

The easiest way to do stuff like this is with a keyboard that supports macros.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by sp332 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:54AM (#24100406)

Doesn't that interfere with app shortcuts?

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Re:Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that mo... by stjohnswarts on Sunday August 09, 2020 @01:02PM (#24100976)

I think that depends on the apps you're using. I like his chances on the desktop switching being more handy than in app combinations.

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