⌃ Control+→ and ⌃ Control+← switches desktops.
I actually had this enabled in Spaces on Snow Leopard, but I'd like to turn this off because I use those key combinations when editing in Eclipse. How do I turn this off?
asked Jul 21, 2011 at 14:23
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Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control and change the settings for "Move left a space" and "Move right a space" or disable them completely.
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21It's easy to mix up and go to "System Preferences > Mission Control > Shortcuts" instead, where you will only see options for the Ctrl + Up/Down shortcuts, but not the Ctrl + Left/Right ones!– rleelrDec 20, 2017 at 22:48
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1In OS X Catalina these options are in the "System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control"– akronymnDec 23, 2020 at 14:36
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1Interestingly, after doing this, CTRL-LEFT ARROW works but RIGHT doesn't...?– KrumelurJan 17, 2022 at 11:40
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2in Ventura 13 this is in "System Prefs" > "Keyboard Navigation" then a button for "Keyboard Shortcuts" which will open a dialog with "Mission Control" on the left and then an expandable "Mission Control" on the right with checkboxes. Jan 26 at 0:34
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2@vinnyjames I spent days looking for this setting without realizing that the 'mission control' menu item was expandable! Mar 14 at 6:24
I updated an app called Karabiner and it turned some Mission Control shortcuts off. I like moving desktops. Here's how you turn them back on:
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2Is there a way to get karabiner to send "move left a space" and "move right a space" commands. I would like to continue to have control left/right to execute those commands, but I would also like to have a one handed option (eg right command comma and right command period)– ORcoderNov 21, 2019 at 21:51
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@ORcoder, yes, Karabiner is quite configurable. You may need to add a rule to ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json configuration file but it's pretty easy to do, just look at the rest of the file for examples. May 5, 2021 at 5:31