Scroll Windows Virtual Desktops

This tool scrolls through your virtual desktops. See https://medium.com/p/cbb659435849 for more details.

This fork contains one difference in the scroll-desktops.py program - the ability to pass an argument (via sys.argv[1]) as the config file. This is done for launching the created executable on login. Check Running This Program On Log In below.

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Build

pyinstaller --onefile scroll-desktops.py

Builded file is in ./dist

If you get an Import Error while running the compiled exe try to use the following command:

pyinstaller --hidden-import "pynput.keyboard._win32" --hidden-import "pynput.mouse._win32" --onefile scroll-desktops.py

If you don't want to see a window when you open the exe add the following flags to the pyinstaller command:

--nowindowed --noconsole

Create config

• Copy the config.json from . into ./dist
• Set printPosition to true
• Every time you scroll your mouse position is printed. Use those values to determine your scroll area and put those coordinates into config.json
• Test if everything works
• Set printPosition to false

Running This Program on Log In

• Open Task Scheduler
• Create new basic task
• Give it a name and a description
• Trigger: When I log on
• Action: Start a program
• Program/Script:
  • Set it to the path of the created executable
  • Add Arguments: set the path to the config file