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Is there a way to work witch different aplication windows like Libreofice & VS Code as if windows of one application.

My idea is that some application windows should be divided into logical groups - editors, viewer applications (Chrome, VLC), etc (not only windows of one app)

I want to use keyboard shortcut "Super + `" (Switch windows of an application) for switch apps in group. And "Super + tab" for switch between groups.

Maybe need to launch apps from one app(via terminal) or simulate one app as if other?

Dmitry Gramoteev
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  • Please [edit] this questioni to change witch to with and aplication to application. – mickmackusa Nov 21 '21 at 11:18
  • Related: https://askubuntu.com/questions/805515/how-can-i-group-windows-to-be-raised-as-one, https://askubuntu.com/questions/681259/window-grouping – Rufus Feb 15 '23 at 11:41

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One way to work like this is to use workspaces. Open "grouped" applications on one workspace, a different group on the other. You can then switch between groups, aka workspaces by:

  • Using the Overview
  • Using Super+PgDn/PgUp or Ctrl+Alt+Up/Dn

You can even assign shortcut keys to quickly move to one desktop aka group. For example,

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-2 "['<Super>F2']"

will allow you to quickly switch to Workspace 2 with Super+F2. Reset to default (no key assigned) with the command:

gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-2

Rather than using commands, you can also assign these keys using dconf-editor (not installed by default).

You can use the "Auto move" gnome shell extension to have applications automatically launch on a specific workspace. "Auto move" is an "official" gnome shell extension, that you can install by installing the package gnome-shell-extensions. You need to activate the extension using "Gnome Tweaks" or the "Extensions" tool (newer Ubuntu versions only).

For this to work well, you better move from dynamic workspaces to static workspaces. You can change that in "Gnome Tweaks" on the "Workspaces" tab.

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