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A better alt+tab switcher would be great! Why isn't that a thing? I'm imagining something where you could use alt+f1, alt+f2, alt+f3, etc. to switch to specific

by zeven7 6y ago

A better alt+tab switcher would be great! Why isn't that a thing? I'm imagining something where you could use alt+f1, alt+f2, alt+f3, etc. to switch to specific windows rather than just rotating between everything.

StavrosK 6y ago
Yes, exactly! Or just a saner way of sorting the tab order would be nice. I'll look and see if there's one for Linux, there must be something...
layer8 6y ago
On Windows, you can effectively use Win+1-9 for that by pinning the applications to the taskbar. I use that all the time.
lmilcin 6y ago
Long time ago I made a python script to manage my 2-monitor i3 setup. The idea was to be able to quickly select things to be made visible on both monitors. The two monitors are named primary and secondary. To select something to be visible on primary you would press the combination (for example alt+f1) and the selected desktop would be placed on primary. Whatever was on primary would be pushed to secondary. To select both primary and secondary you would first press what you want on secondary and then what you want on primary. The idea is that people typically have what I call "scenes". Scene is particular arrangement of windows on both monitors. This means that you can quickly learn your "scenes" and get them to be visible very quickly, in a fraction of a second, without having to hard-code the scene in your config file.
mtzet 6y ago
If you can live with switching between different applications rather than windows, this is the default behavior on Windows 10 and Gnome 3 using win+1, win+2, ….
pbhjpbhj 6y ago
On Win10 you can use win+1, win+2, ... to select the apps pinned to the application bar, it launches them if they're not launched; if they are launched it switches between active windows. That sounds like what you're after. Sorry if this is really well known I'm new to MS Windows as a user. I use dual monitor, but have two virtual desktops giving me 4 "screens" to layout windows in. I keep the same window in the same place, but often have to use 3 docs at once and so would love a 3rd screen. Then I'd have reference material on 1), doc I'm responding to on 2), doc I'm writing in also on 2), citations on 3).
zenlot 6y ago
This is what you do in Linux with i3.
mnm1 6y ago
On Linux, I use jumpapp: https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp On Mac, Quicksilver with Triggers: https://qsapp.com/ https://qsapp.com/

by zeven7 6y ago

StavrosK 6y ago

Yes, exactly! Or just a saner way of sorting the tab order would be nice. I'll look and see if there's one for Linux, there must be something...

layer8 6y ago

On Windows, you can effectively use Win+1-9 for that by pinning the applications to the taskbar. I use that all the time.

lmilcin 6y ago

Long time ago I made a python script to manage my 2-monitor i3 setup. The idea was to be able to quickly select things to be made visible on both monitors. The two monitors are named primary and secondary. To select something to be visible on primary you would press the combination (for example alt+f1) and the selected desktop would be placed on primary. Whatever was on primary would be pushed to secondary. To select both primary and secondary you would first press what you want on secondary and then what you want on primary. The idea is that people typically have what I call "scenes". Scene is particular arrangement of windows on both monitors. This means that you can quickly learn your "scenes" and get them to be visible very quickly, in a fraction of a second, without having to hard-code the scene in your config file.

mtzet 6y ago

If you can live with switching between different applications rather than windows, this is the default behavior on Windows 10 and Gnome 3 using win+1, win+2, ….

pbhjpbhj 6y ago

On Win10 you can use win+1, win+2, ... to select the apps pinned to the application bar, it launches them if they're not launched; if they are launched it switches between active windows. That sounds like what you're after. Sorry if this is really well known I'm new to MS Windows as a user. I use dual monitor, but have two virtual desktops giving me 4 "screens" to layout windows in. I keep the same window in the same place, but often have to use 3 docs at once and so would love a 3rd screen. Then I'd have reference material on 1), doc I'm responding to on 2), doc I'm writing in also on 2), citations on 3).

zenlot 6y ago

This is what you do in Linux with i3.

mnm1 6y ago

On Linux, I use jumpapp: https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp On Mac, Quicksilver with Triggers: https://qsapp.com/ https://qsapp.com/