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One thing I sorely miss after switching from Linux to Mac is i3. Spetactle gets close, but something as trivial(?) as switching window focus with the keyboard I

One thing I sorely miss after switching from Linux to Mac is i3. Spetactle gets close, but something as trivial(?) as switching window focus with the keyboard I couldn't figure out a solution for... Can Keyboard Maestro do it?

IggleSniggle 7y ago
I haven’t used i3, but I missed good keyboard context switching support when I started using macOS. There’s some reasonable solutions out there, but my current favorite interface customizer is BetterTouchTool, which is setup to let you customize any input for any kind of OS function you might want. I have a 4-monitor setup so easy window/tile management is important to me. I have a handful of keyboard chords to put windows on the screen/quadrant combo that I want. My TouchBar is permanently set to media keys with media info + notification area + emoji keyboard. For keyboard control over focus, I use the Contexts app inter-app and ShortCat within app.
sombremesa 7y ago
Depends on your use-case. KM comes with an app-switcher out of the box that looks like this and can be controlled via Keyboard: https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png On another note, highly recommend Puush (https://puush.me/ https://puush.me/) for instantly taking and sharing screenshots without having to manually upload. Anyhow, you're more likely looking for something like Amethyst. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
least 7y ago
I personally use Contexts (https://contexts.co https://contexts.co) for switching between applications. It functions similar to rofi's application switcher (fuzzy keyboard driven switching). There are a couple of automatic tiling window managers for MacOS, the most notable being Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) and Amethyst (https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst). Yabai doesn't handle window switching on its own but it can use SKHD (https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd) or any other application that can bind terminal commands to keyboard shortcuts such as Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org https://www.hammerspoon.org) or BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai https://folivora.ai) or even Keyboard Maestro. The commands are context-aware of spaces and the placement of windows on the x-y plane so you can move between windows relative to their position on the screen.
tqkxzugoaupvwqr 7y ago
Switching between windows of the same application: https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the-keyboard-shortcut-to-switch-between-windows-of-the-same-a https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the...

IggleSniggle 7y ago

I haven’t used i3, but I missed good keyboard context switching support when I started using macOS. There’s some reasonable solutions out there, but my current favorite interface customizer is BetterTouchTool, which is setup to let you customize any input for any kind of OS function you might want. I have a 4-monitor setup so easy window/tile management is important to me. I have a handful of keyboard chords to put windows on the screen/quadrant combo that I want. My TouchBar is permanently set to media keys with media info + notification area + emoji keyboard. For keyboard control over focus, I use the Contexts app inter-app and ShortCat within app.

sombremesa 7y ago

Depends on your use-case. KM comes with an app-switcher out of the box that looks like this and can be controlled via Keyboard: https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png On another note, highly recommend Puush (https://puush.me/ https://puush.me/) for instantly taking and sharing screenshots without having to manually upload. Anyhow, you're more likely looking for something like Amethyst. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst

least 7y ago

I personally use Contexts (https://contexts.co https://contexts.co) for switching between applications. It functions similar to rofi's application switcher (fuzzy keyboard driven switching). There are a couple of automatic tiling window managers for MacOS, the most notable being Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) and Amethyst (https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst). Yabai doesn't handle window switching on its own but it can use SKHD (https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd) or any other application that can bind terminal commands to keyboard shortcuts such as Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org https://www.hammerspoon.org) or BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai https://folivora.ai) or even Keyboard Maestro. The commands are context-aware of spaces and the placement of windows on the x-y plane so you can move between windows relative to their position on the screen.

tqkxzugoaupvwqr 7y ago

Switching between windows of the same application: https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the-keyboard-shortcut-to-switch-between-windows-of-the-same-a https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the...