Editing Workspace (section)

===Graphical interfaces===
{{see also|Virtual desktop}}
[[File: Workspace switcher GNOME.png|thumb|[[GNOME]]'s workspace switcher.]]
Additionally, workspaces refer to the grouping of [[window (computing)|windows]] in some [[window managers]].  Grouping applications in this way is meant to reduce clutter and make the [[desktop environment|desktop]] easier to navigate.

Multiple workspaces are prevalent on [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s and certain [[operating system shells]].  [[Mac OS X 10.5]] and later [[macOS]] releases include an equivalent feature called "[[Spaces (software)|Spaces]]". [[Windows 10#User interface and desktop|Windows 10]] now offers a similar feature called 'Task View'.
[[Windows XP]] [[PowerToy]] is available to bring this functionality to Windows XP.

Most systems with support for workspaces provide keyboard shortcuts to switch between them.  Many also include some form of workspace switcher to change between them and sometimes to move windows between them as well.

Workspaces are visualized in different ways.  For example, on Linux computers using [[Compiz]] or [[Beryl (window manager)|Beryl]] with the Cube and Rotate Cube plugins enabled, each workspace is rendered as a face of an on-screen [[cube]], and switching between workspaces is visualized by zooming out from the current face, rotating the cube to the new face, and zooming back in.  On macOS, the old set of windows slides off the screen and the new set slides on.  Window managers without "eye candy" often simply remove the old windows and display the new ones without any sort of intermediate effect.