sendtowsbyindex

Function	Expected argument	Default keybinding
sendtowsbyindex	int (workspace index)	N/A

The sendtowsbyindex function moves the currently active window to the nth workspace on the current monitor.

There are no default configuration options for this function, but it can be used to replace the default behaviour of the WSKEYS macro. Refer to this guide for more details.

This function differs from the movetowsbyindex function in that it toggles the ViewOnWs functionality before and after the client has been moved.

This means that if you have the ViewOnWs functionality enabled and using the movetowsbyindex function then the view is also moved to the workspace the client is being moved to. Some times you may want to just send clients away hence this function which avoids changing the view when sending clients to another workspace.

If you have the ViewOnWs functionality disabled then using this function the view will also be moved to the workspace the client is being moved to. In other words the two functions are identical except for the inverted ViewOnWs functionality.

External command:

$ duskc run_command sendtowsbyindex "6"  # move the selected client to the 6th workspace

Also see clienttomon and movetowsbyindex.

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