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> Is it that hard to alt+tab? incidentally, alt+tab is broken on MacOs. It cycles between programs, not windows - so if you have mutiple terminal windows open,
by ant6n 7y ago
> Is it that hard to alt+tab?
incidentally, alt+tab is broken on MacOs. It cycles between programs, not windows - so if you have mutiple terminal windows open, you're screwed. You can use the alternative alt+` to cycle between windows of the same app, but that doesn't go to the least recently used window, but cycles through them in order - which is also useless when having many terminals open. Then you can pay like 15$ to get a tool like witch (just to get basic OS functionality), but that tool is slow and broken.
So on a Mac it can be pretty hard to alt+tab.
- macintux 7y agoTrackpad + 4 finger swipe works wonders for this problem. I’ll agree it’s not as immediate as a good alt+tab, but it allows you to directly choose a different window from the same application.
- elwell 7y agoNot exactly what your asked for, but this is what I do: System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Mission Control: Set "Move left a space" to: Control + 9 Set "Move right a space" to: Control + 0 System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys... Set "Caps Lock" key to: Control
- chapium 7y agoI don't get where that is broken.
- ant6n 7y agoOn other operating systems, alt+tab goes to through the list of least recently used windows. So when working between two windows, one hotkey switches between them. On Mac, that's not possible if the two windows are part of the same app (or also when windows are distributed across multiple work spaces).
- sooheon 7y agoBeing able to switch between apps, windows, and tabs is different from just windows and tabs. I prefer the former because the hierarchy allows you to find arbitrary things with fewer keypresses overall (as opposed to mashing alt-tab through a long flat list).
- ant6n 7y agoExcept there's no such capability.