On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote: > centos has the 4 virtual desktops by default. > if I have a terminal window open in desktop 1 > is there a command I can execute (type in) to switch to desktop 2? > > The mouse will not be attached at this point and I want to switch views > using a command line. How do I do that? Two approaches: Use the shortcut key for your WM. For example, CTL-ALT-Left or CTL-ALT-Right.. Or Install the wmctrl package from rpmforge and do: wmctrl -s 1 wmctrl -s 2 That's if you want to do it from a script..