Virtual Desktops

Place Chrome windows on virtual desktops using a tiling grid

Virtual Desktops: Enhance Productivity on ChromeOS

"Virtual Desktops" is a Chrome extension offering multiple functionalities for ChromeOS users. It allows the creation of virtual desktops and the ability to move windows between these through keyboard shortcuts. Users can position windows on a tiling grid pattern via keyboard shortcuts as well. The plugin also supports multiple keyboard shortcut commands for efficiently managing your virtual desktop and windows.

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By: Rudolf Polzer

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 2.77

(13)

Version: 0.6.0 (Last updated: 2018-06-18)

Creation date: 2018-06-18

Size: 21.27K

Email: di*****@gmail.com

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Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 25,216 ▼ 38

Other rankings

#23656 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 711 #38 in desktop keyword 4 ▲ 3 #138 in position keyword 6 ▼ 4 #243 in windows keyword 15 ▲ 5

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Good functionality once understood
Can be used frequently after habit is built
Potential for future improvements

Cons

Poor and unintuitive instructions
Difficult to understand how to switch between desktops
Interface could be more intuitive

Most mentioned

Need for better instructions
Difficulty in using and understanding the extension
Good functionality after overcoming initial learning curve

User reviews

so hard to use

M.Qaim, 2025-02-23

i don't know how it works:[

lito pagon, 2021-01-07

I'll second what another reviewer mentioned, i.e. that it works, however, the instructions are not only poor but also unintuitive. The gist is that Shift+Alt+D opens the extension, from which point you can move the open window to the next virtual desktop. To actually switch between desktops, it's Shift+Alt+D to activate the extension, then with no hotkeys/modifiers press Left or Right to switch. The provided instructions suggest you'd need a modifier to switch even after activating the extension, but that's decidedly not the case. From a functionality point of view, it would be good to also have some sort of expose-style view that provides an overview of what's open on each desktop (similar to what's available in macOS or Windows 10), but I also understand that's asking a lot of a free extension - especially one that seems like it will be obsolete by the end of the year as multi-desktop support is already in beta channels of Chrome OS and Chrome.

Joshua Tatro, 2019-07-25

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Risk impact

Virtual Desktops does not require any sensitive permissions.

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