Q: Is there a way to move to a desktop using the keyboard?

A: Yes. Use Control-Left Arrow and Control-Right-Arrow to move to the previous and next desktops while you’re working (you can’t cycle from the last to the first—there are dead ends in each direction).

To move to a specific desktop, use the default shortcuts of Control plus the desktop’s number, with zero used for 10. After 10, the combo is Control-Option plus a number so, for instance, Control-Option-3 is for desktop 13.

To change the defaults, open the Keyboard pane in System Preferences and click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Choose Mission Control in the list on the left, and expand the second Mission Control item on the right by clicking the arrow in front of it. To change the shortcut for any desktop, select it, click on the current shortcut, and press the new key combo.

Only desktops that already exist are in the list; add desktops and they appear in the list, although you might have to close and reopen System Preferences to see them.