title: Switch Virtual Desktop from Cli
tags: kde virtual-desktop cli

Source: [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/8h92z0/command_line_command_to_switch_virtual_desktop/)

```csv sep=|
`qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin nextDesktop`|         for switching to the next desktop
`qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin previousDesktop`|     for the previous one
`qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin setCurrentDesktop 1`| for switching to desktop 1, change number as needed
```
And maybe interesting for some scripting: 
```csv sep=|
`qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin currentDesktop`| returns the number of the currently active desktop.
```