assign numbers to windows and use those to switch between them (gnome)

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Published on 2010-02-21T17:11:22Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 6:03 UTC
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Hi,

My workspace is very simple, just 4 windows (I have a dual display desktop), so I always have all my windows visible. What I would like to do is switch between them just using something like Windows+N where N is a number, so using Windows+1 would take me to the first window starting from the left and so on. Is this possible using gnome?

thanks!

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