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@paehtz paehtz released this 29 Sep 08:55
v1.1.8
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DeskTabs-Setup-v1.1.8.exe: a normal setup wizard. Pick a folder or keep the suggested one, tick autostart, done. No admin rights needed, and DeskTabs shows up in Apps & features with a proper uninstaller. An update keeps your settings, icons and time logs.

DeskTabs-v1.1.8.zip: the portable route. Unpack it anywhere, keep the folder together and run DeskTabs.exe.

Both files are also listed under Assets at the bottom of this page, together with SHA256SUMS.txt to check them. One line in PowerShell works as well:

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paehtz/DeskTabs/main/setup.ps1 | iex

A release about moving windows between desktops, the most requested gap in Windows 11.

Send a window to another desktop

  • Shift + click a tab sends the window you are working in to that desktop. You stay where you are, the tab blinks briefly to confirm.
  • Ctrl + Shift + click takes the window along and switches there too.
  • Drag a window by its title bar onto a tab and let go: it moves there and keeps its size and position. The target tab lights up in its colour while you drag (DragToTab).
  • Right-click a tab: the first entry Move “…” here does the same, and Bring a window here › lists every window of your current desktop.
  • Keyboard: Ctrl+Win+Shift+1 … 0 (with the keyboard shortcuts on).

Show a window on all desktops

  • Right-click the grip ≡: Show “…” on all desktops for this window, or All windows of “…” on all desktops for the whole app.
  • Or drag the window onto ≡. Drag it there again and it lives on one desktop only.
  • DeskTabs respects the Windows setting: a window shown on all desktops that you move to a tab loses that setting, and the tip says so. An app set to all desktops is left untouched.

More

  • Attention dot: when a program on another desktop flashes for attention, that desktop's tab gets a small orange dot until you go there (AttentionDot).
  • Back to the last desktop: middle-click the bar or press Ctrl+Win+Backspace. Short transitions do not count.
  • The desktop name at the top of the tab menu is easier to read.

Fixes

  • A right-click on another tab while a menu was open was sometimes ignored.
  • The bar repaints immediately, so highlights follow the mouse and the active desktop without delay.

Windows SmartScreen may warn on first start because the executable is not signed, and Smart App Control blocks it outright. Until the app is signed, people with Smart App Control can run DeskTabs from source with AutoHotkey v2, see the README.

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