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This led to the obsolescence of third-party virtual desktop software, which is a problem, since Windows's native virtual desktop support lacks two very important features:\n\n1. Ability to hop from one desktop to another directly without going through intermediate desktops in between (for example, going straight from desktop 1 to desktop 3) via keyboard shortcuts.\n2. Ability to see which desktop you're on right now thanks to a system tray icon.\n\nIndeed, Windows 11 only comes with two shortcuts for navigating virtual desktops:\n\n- _Win+Ctrl+🠊_: Switch a desktop to the right.\n- _Win+Ctrl+🠈_: Switch a desktop to the left.\n\nNot only is this ridiculous, but there's no way to add additional shortcuts without writing code that calls Windows's exposed COM API directly.\n\n## Solution\n\n**BinkyBox** lets you _hop_ from one desktop to another via keyboard shortcuts and adds a useful system tray icon so you know which desktop you're on. The logo is a cute bunny because bunnies hop. Like you're hopping from one desktop to another. Using keyboard shortcuts. Let's all hop together using BinkyBox.\n\nA \"binky\" is a word for [a kind of happy hop that bunnies do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ivoIr_xnQ).\n\n### Incredible Features\n\n- Hop from one virtual desktop to another _directly_ using incredible keyboard shortcuts.\n- See which virtual desktop you're on right now via a system tray icon.\n- Written in Rust, leading to very low (almost nonexistent) background resource usage.\n\nI may add other features later.\n\n### Feature Requests Welcome\n\nI use BinkyBox daily at work. If you use it a lot too, please don't hesitate to ask for features by opening a GitHub issue. I will likely maintain this software for as long as I continue to use Windows.\n\n### Tested Platforms\n\n| Windows            | Tested     |\n|--------------------|------------|\n| Windows 11 23H2    | ✔️         |\n| Windows 11 (Older) | ✔️         |\n| Windows 10         | ❌         |\n\n## Build and Use\n\n### Download the App\n\nYou can get pre-build binaries from the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/nadimkobeissi/binkybox/releases) page.\n\n### Compile it Yourself\n\nYou will need to have [Rust](https://rustup.rs) installed.\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/nadimkobeissi/binkybox\ncd binkybox\ncargo build --release\n```\n\nThe `.exe` will be in `target/release`.\n\n## Setting Keyboard Shortcuts\n\nRight click the tray icon and open _Settings_ in order to set your own keyboard shortcuts. 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Paste the BinkyBox shortcut you created in Step 1 inside the resulting Startup folder.\n\n## License and Author\n\nLicense: MIT. Author: [Nadim Kobeissi](https://nadim.computer)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnadimkobeissi%2Fbinkybox","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fnadimkobeissi%2Fbinkybox","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnadimkobeissi%2Fbinkybox/lists"}