In regular gnome I can assign the "F" keys to the desktops, thereby making my switching between them as easy as hitting F1 for desktop #1, and so on up through my eight desktops.

In Compiz however I cannot seem to find anywhere to define this behavior, having instead to slide between all of them or manually rotate an octagon around to find my place.

At least I worked out how to get eight faces..

Any help from the group?