Systems and methods for managing virtual desktops in a windowing environment

摘要

Systems and methods for managing virtual desktops in a windowing environment are provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for managing virtual desktops in a windowing environment. Briefly described, one such method comprises the steps of: receiving a selection of a number of virtual desktops to be supported in a windowing environment; and based on the number of selected virtual desktops, defining a multi-dimensional navigation space to be used as a logical navigation reference for enabling a user to navigate between the virtual desktops, the multi-dimensional navigation space comprising a plurality of related logical states, each of the related logical states corresponding to one of the virtual desktops; receiving a predetermined navigation command, the predetermined navigation command specifying a next logical state in the multi-dimensional navigation space that is associated with a current logical state; and in response to the predetermined navigation command, displaying the virtual desktop corresponding to the next logical state.