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A Virtual Desktop Enhancement GUI Program For Win10 & Win11

License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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virtualspace's Introduction

VirtualSpace

A Virtual Desktop Enhancement GUI Program For Win10 & Win11

1. Intro

1.1 Design memo

cn: https://newlooper.com/post/original/cs/os/windows/virtualdesktop/

2. Download & Installation

Download from Releases page.

VirtualSpace is green software, All used files are in its own directory, just unzip to a local dir (eg. your desktop\VirtualSpace) and run.

or build the program yourself (see below).

3. Build

Suggested Target Platform x64

3.1 main program

build VirtualSpace

Note

WinForms\AppController is currently not used by VirtualSpace, you may unload it in your IDE

3.2 plugins

Cube3D —— plugin for virtual desktop switch effects
- build Cube3D project
- put all generated files into main program's plugins Folder eg: plugins\Cube3D
- Run Cube3D.exe after VirtualSpace started

4. HowTo

4.1 Default Hotkey

LWin+Tab —— rise main view
Ctrl+Alt+F12 —— config panel
LWin+LCtrl+<↑ ↓ ← →> —— switch virtual desktop

5. Q&A

Q1: Why hotkey not working sometimes.
A1: This is usually due to Windows UIPI (UAC).
S1: Run VirtualSpace as Administrator to fix this.

Others

6. Demos

Video

Image

virtualspace's People

Contributors

Stargazers

Watchers

Forkers

js0007 gmh5225 itsnotlupus stolnikov fjwgrace zacharygao tinyx3k sytone shawncleverdon goldli kyhftaeonn engineerzhi

virtualspace's Issues

[Feature request] Cube3D easy ease animation

hello, I found your app today and it's amazing!
at the moment the transition is linear, same speed at all times. it would be cool if had some sort of a easy ease animation.
so the speed would go: slow -> fast -> slow.

also sometimes it lags when switching but idk if thats more of a Windows issue rather than ur app

move google chrome tab to another virtual desktop?

Hey,
Is it possible to make a rule to move a google chrome tabs based on the tab name or URL to another virtual desktop? This way I can keep my non related work stuff automatically moved to my fun virtual desktop.

切屏快捷键不支持无限切换虚拟窗口

hi，有一个小建议，希望作者考虑下。
当我有4个虚拟窗口时，我希望可以通过 CTRL + WIN + ←/→ ，从A屏幕一直连续切换到D屏幕。
现在软件只能支持水平的连续切换。

A	B
C	D

十分感谢！

Build Error on Windows 11

Add possibility to hide pinned windows

This is a small feature request.
Currently if the "show on all desktop" option is selected a window cannot be hidden from the desktop overview.

In my opinion it could be useful to reduce the clutter on the overview.

BTW: amazing work, I have looked for something like this that made the virtual desktop usable for more than a year. I have ahk setted up but the lack of this kind of overview was a killer for me: I use this overview on linux (kde).

Cube3D Plugin is very slow to respond...

Hey,
Cube3D Plugin is very slow to respond... after the desktop is changed it shows the cube3d transition if even showed. (Sometimes it does not even get triggered).
After using cube3D multiple times, Cube3D seems to get warmed up and start working properly.

Request: show open windows for selected app on current desktop

macOS has a really nice way to show all windows for the selected app on the current desktop. Here's a video showing how it works. It's similar to Task View in Windows, but it only shows the selected app.

How to add virtual space to start up as admin without having the UAC dialog showing every time?

ONLY wants .net core 3.1.0? vs 3.1.2?

I have 3.1.2 installed but your application doesn't seem to recognize it and asks for 3.1.0 ; is that correct?

[Feature Request]

Can you build cube3d in .net 6.0?

Hey,
I don't have a developer PC; my pc is hardly functioning. Can you build the cube3d plugin in .net 6.0 for me?
Me and the users of virtual space would be very thankful for you.

[Feature Request] Add move window to left/right desktop accordingly.

Hey,
Thanks for adding moving specific windows to specific desktops.
I wish You can add moving windows to left/right/up/down desktops accordingly. This way the UI/user workflow would be more consistent.

an error when openning Window in specific "Ruled" application.

Hey,
I counter this error when openning an explorer Window or dragging items to the application that have a preset rule for specific desktop.
For example:
Reproducible steps:

Have msedge.exe specific rule as shown in the image below:
Open msedge
Open attach a file in some website or drag a file to microsoft edge
See the error:

[BUG] virtual space context menu is hid behind taskbar when hide task bar is on.

[BUG] virtual space context menu is hid behind taskbar when hide task bar is on.
Can you make it always on top of taskbar/application so we don't experience this issue?

Virtualspace showing wrong background on different virtual desktop.

Hey,
Virtualspace is showing wrong background on different virtual desktop as shown in the images below:
What shows in win + tab:

Real/expected image:

[feature request] add hide window to rules executition...

If windows contains "game" hide from view.

can you fix that virtual space can't be set in locations with special strings like: ' ' '-'

Request: show open windows for the selected app only

Back when I used MacOS, I would use four fingers on the pad to swipe up, which would show all open windows, and swipe down to show open windows for the current app. The former can be replicated on Windows with Task View, but there's no built-in equivalent for the latter. I've been able to get the latter by making use of a feature in BetterDesktopTool, mapping the hotkey to the gesture.

BetterDesktopTool hasn't been updated in years. It would be awesome to have this feature built into VirtualSpace.

Virtual Space Updater keeps crashing (.net error)

Hey,
Virtual Space Updater keeps crashing and giving me this error on windows startup
this is not the first time. It had always been like this. check my previous post.
error: https://pastebin.com/nz5Dahh2

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (11001): No such host is known.
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource.GetResult(Int16 token)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.<ConnectAsync>g__WaitForConnectWithCancellation|277_0(AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs saea, ValueTask connectTask, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)


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Bug. Win11 22H2 Virtualspace opens to the taskbar, then disappears

Log file shows this:
2022-11-22 15:27:34.335 -06:00 [INF] ==================================================
2022-11-22 15:27:34.345 -06:00 [INF] Ipc Pipe Server Wait For Connections.
2022-11-22 15:27:34.381 -06:00 [INF] Settings File Loaded, Version: 1.0, Current Profile: Default
2022-11-22 15:27:34.768 -06:00 [INF] Application Start Successfully: C:\Users\cthof\Desktop\VirtualSpace\VirtualSpace.exe
2022-11-22 15:27:34.768 -06:00 [INF] System Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.25201.0
2022-11-22 15:27:34.769 -06:00 [INF] Total Screens: 6

This is my primary workstation. It's pretty busy, but powerful in every respect.
I wish we could determine what it's conflicting with.
Yes, I could load a fresh Win11 VM to test, but where does that really get me? I must use this particular PC, OS, monitors, etc.
Using your latest build, from yesterday. Tried running normal, & as administrator.
Thanks.

Option To Switch Desktop By Scrolling On Taskbar Or Scrolling With Hotkey

Hello,

So far liking your implementation of the concepts, was looking for something just like this. Only complaint is similar to one already posted related to keeping windows on a certain monitor pinned/always visible if thats at all possible, otherwise it's great.

One thing I'd like implemented if it's not already possible is the ability to scroll on the taskbar to switch desktops or set a hotkey to press and scroll (apologies if it's already possible)

Thanks for your time and take care!

[bug] VirtualSpace stopped opening on Windows 10 22h2.

Hey,
When trying to open Virtual Space on Windows 10 22H2. I keep getting .net not installed error. Even though I have installed .net core version 6, version 5, and version 3.
I keep getting this error.

White screen when switching between desktops using virtual space.

Hey,
When I try to switch to another desktop using virtual space

Win + Tab
clicking on another desktop
a white screen shows me:
to dismiss the white screen you need to do multiple clicks until it goes/dismisses
I am using windows 11 22h2 build 22621.1194
virtualspace Build-0.1.430
I have multiple errors log files:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhB8mTrEkdjsunsaHt38jL0OOn6M?e=oEip4G

Add version details in about menu inside the application.

Hey,
It is hard right now to check the application version. I wish you can add about menu for version info inside the application.

Windows focus should be restored when navigating to a desktop

Description

In Windows 11 "native virtual desktop", when navigatig to a virtual desktop, the focus of the last active window is restored (the windows that was in focus the last time the desktop was active gets the focus resored). When navigating to a desktop with VirtualSpace, the windows focus is not restored.

This makes it neccessary to manually (using ALT+TAB or the mouse) to select the window to recieve the focus.

Fixing this whould make VirtualSpace even more valuable 👌😊

To Reproduce

[1] Start Notepad on desktop 1 and start writing something
[2] Switch to desktop 2 using the keyboard
[3] Start Notepad on desktop 2 and start writing something
[4] Switch back to desktop 1 using the keyboard

Expected behaviour

The Notepad windows on desktop 1 should be in focus and you should be able to continue to write in Notepad from where the cursor was prior to [2]

Actual behaviour

No windows on desktop 1 is in focus so you have to manually select Notepad (with ALT+TAB or the mouse) on desktop 1 before you can continue writing.

Context

This behaviour is observed when the Cube3D plugin is active

[feature request]Hide virtual desktop

right click any virtual desktop click hide, it hides it but does not delete it.
this way we can be more productive at our jobs...(I am bad at coding, still learning how to code so i can work on my own projects!)

When opening windows remote desktop, VirtualSpace hotkeys take control of my remote desktop control

When opening the windows remote desktop, VirtualSpace hotkeys take control of my remote desktop control instead of using remote desktop controls...

open windows remote desktop
remote desktop on any pc while making sure the setting: let remote desktop access all keyboard hotkeys when in use.
make sure VirtualSpace is running on the local pc (not the remote one).
use any VirtualSpace hotkey, for example, the windows + tab.
it triggers the VirtualSpace hotkey on the local pc instead of the task view on the remote desktop. Basically, I see the local desktop task view (VirtualSpace hotkey taking over) instead of the remote desktop task view.

In other words,
the expectation is: to use remote desktop keyboard hotkeys/shortcuts.
What actually happens: VirtualSpace gets triggered by keyboard hotkeys/shortcuts instead of the local desktop.

Temporary solution:
every time u need to use a remote desktop: exit/terminate VirtualSpace manually from the local pc. and then go to the remote desktop...

[Bug] Cube3D plugin is not working on windows 11 22H2

Hey,
When trying to use Cube3D plugin, I get the error that I need to install .net. Even though I have all 3 versions installed: Version 3, 5, 6.(all hosting bundle(full)).
Everytime I try to open cube3d i get this error message:

can youu make cube3d plugin works with framework 6.0+ like the regular virtual space?

can you make cube3d plugin works with framework 6.0+ like the regular virtual space?

Request: windows on a specific monitor are always pinned

I normally use 2-3 monitors to work.
It could be nice to have an option to set a monitor as "always pinned", so that every window placed on that monitor will "follow" me when I move around the virtual desktops.

Optionally the windows on that monitor are also always hidden from the grid view to reduce clutter.

I don't know if VirtualSpace is the right tool to implement something like this. Maybe a window manager like amethyst or MiguruWM is more appropriate.

add startup option with windows login.

hey,
can you add startup option with windows login.

Crash when connecting/disconnecting monitors

VirtualSpace crashes when I connect my laptop to the external monitor (or when I disconnect the monitor).
There seems to be no problem if I just use the win+P command to activate or disactivate monitors.
The error/crash happens when physically connecting/disconnecting the monitor (tried with different monitors).

The error message is below

Focus not following when keyboard switching desktops

Pretty much a duplicate of #29 but I'm not using Cube3D? The next desktop won't remember where the focus was (and this is very annoying, either need to mouse click, alt+tab or set Windows setting to follow mouse for focus)

Is there something that can be done? VirtualSpace is something that I've been missing for a long time but this is pretty much the only problem I'm having. Ability to set "move active window to desktop X" shortcuts would be an amazing bonus.

Also when using Alt+numbers to switch desktops #29 steps to reproduce shows alt pressed state on the next desktop (especially easy to see with notepad when it's not in writing state but shows keyboard character hints...)

[Memo] hotkey to switch back to last desktop

done.
will publish in next release.

Crash whenever I use a hotkey

Great app, thank you! I've got desktop switching set to Alt+Shift+{number}. It works well on my personal Windows 10 laptop. On my work laptop (Win11 Enterprise 21H2), it crashes whenever I try a hotkey. The logs don't contain anything noteworthy.

The main TEAMS window is not visible/tracked

Program: Microsoft Teams

When I start the pc the main window of teams is shown normally in the grid view and all the functions work properly (close, hide, pin, move, etc...).

But after some time it disappears from the grid view. I didn't hide it and the unhide command does nothing.
Currently I have not been able to identify the condition or steps to reproduce the issue but it happens systematically.

One guess I can make is that since Teams has a tray icon so that the program is always open even when the main window is not shown, there must be conflict between teams hiding/closing the main window and then showing it again and virtual space function to decide which windows/process to show in the grid view.

If "Hide MainView when program start" is checked, desktop switching shortcuts fail to work.

The first attempt to navigate to a different desktop causes a crash in GetMatrixIndexByVdIndex because _vdToMatrixMap was never initialized.

Virtual space is broken.

Hey,
When I open virtual space, I can't change virtual desktops. It seems that virtual space is broken.

Some feedbacks

Hi,
First day of intensive use and the program works really well!
I was not sure how to leave some feedbacks/notes/questions so I am leaving them here.

1 - Overview desktop order: the order goes from the top to the bottom. I use ahk with win+ctrl+num to navigate the desktop and I normally use the numpad for this. The numpad order goes from the bottom to the top. Having both the numpad and the overview arranged in a 3x3 matrix but with different positions makes navigation not very intuitive. If it could be possible to arrange the desktop from bottom to top (maybe a flag in the setting) the navigation with the numpad would become a lot more intuitive.

2 - Slow arrow navigation: VirtualSpace intercepts the ctrl+win+arrow input to add the option to navigate the grid vertically. But I have found that it slows the navigation with the left/right arrows: what I mean is that normally if I try to press the arrow multiple times in the same direction I can rapidly pass many desktops, while with VirtualSpace ON I need to wait a bit between each keypress.

3 - Automatically close the overview: Currently after pressing Win+Tab I have to select a desktop or press ESC to close the overview. I am trying to use AHK to create a behavior similar to Alt+Tab where when I release the Alt key the window is automatically closed.
Maybe I am doing something wrong: I have tried to close the window named "__VirtualDesktopFrame!" but if I do so VirtualSpace crashes. Am I trying to close the wrong window? What window should I close? Or maybe you just hide it without closing?

mainview failes to be fullscreen if connecting to a larger screen

Start virtualspace on a 15.6 inch laptop. Then connect the laptop to a 27 inch screen. The mainview looks like bellow instead of fullscreen

restart virtualspace can fix it.

desktop index in the tray bar

Is it possible to alter the tray icon so that it shows the index of the virtual desktop I am currently in?

How can I move google chrome work profile to another desktop? What could be my rule?

Hey,
What could be the difference between multiple profiles on Google Chrome? I want to make specific rules for specific chrome profiles:
What is the difference between different profiles on Google Chrome out of these options?

Windows Tile.
Process Name.
Process Path.
Window Class.

The different profile shortcuts open the same executable called: chrome.exe.
The shortcuts only differ in shortcut arguments.

Picture for Google Chrome profiles demonstration: