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Ever wondered how to swiftly alternate between workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS utilizing your mouse?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chances are, you are aware of the Activities<\/i> button located on the top bar. When you click on this button, it prompts the overview screen that displays all the workspaces that are presently active. By clicking on a specific workspace, you’re able to navigate directly to it. Although this process isn’t necessarily troublesome, it does require some extra effort as compared to an immediate switch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Alternatively, while ensuring the super<\/kbd> key is pressed, you can rotate your mouse’s scroll wheel to sift through the different workspaces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

However, this alternative assumes the use of a mouse that is equipped with a scroll wheel. This method also incorporates keyboard shortcuts. In order to alleviate these assumptions, consider pressing super<\/kbd> + alt<\/kbd> + left\/right arrow keys for workspace transition.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

If you’re still reading and thinking “yes, this exactly my use case”, then you should consider examining the new tool known as Workspace Switch Buttons<\/em> which operates within the GNOME Shell extension<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There is a plethora of impressive GNOME Shell extensions<\/a> ranging from add-ons that drastically transform the functioning of your desktop to smaller, carefully considered tweaks that enhance specific interaction points.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Workspace Switch Buttons<\/em> falls squarely into the category of the latter. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Its singular purpose is to conceal the “Activities” button, substituting it with left and right arrows for workspace switching:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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This is all it does \u2013 but all it needs to<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

To those at the back, dying to sound off in the comments, please note: I\u2019m not suggesting this is an \u201ceveryone should install this\u201d extension. Anyone reading the first half of this post and thinking \u201cDon\u2019t see an issue here, tbh\u201d doesn\u2019t need this.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But if you are<\/em> someone who finds the Activities<\/em> button a little lacking (no surprise; it\u2019s why GNOME devs revamped it in GNOME 45), and wants a simple pointer-led way to page between workspaces, this is as good an implementation as I\u2019ve come across.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a million miles way from the Space Bar GNOME Shell extension<\/a> that I featured on OMG! Linux<\/a> earlier this year, but rather than giving you i3-style workspace numbers (and a lot of advanced options) you get fixed left\/right arrows, and nowt else.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So if you think this could buff your workflow, do check it out.<\/p>\n

You can install it from GNOME extensions<\/a>, and it supports GNOME 42, 43 & 44 (yup, it doesn\u2019t<\/em> support GNOME 45).<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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