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For those complaining about the alt-tab thing maybe you don't know about alt-`. Alt-` cycles through windows/instances of the current app! I just learned about

by paulyg 13y ago

For those complaining about the alt-tab thing maybe you don't know about alt-`. Alt-` cycles through windows/instances of the current app! I just learned about it two days ago and I've been using gnome 3 for a year (there is a lesson in there, why was this not publicized more?). On a more general note put me in the camp that feels gnome is getting better and better every release. I like what they have done with the header bars. Very clean interface. Initially i did nit like Gnome 3. I gave Unity and Cinnamon fair shots, 3 months each. Neither wowed me. Then I gave Gnome 3 another chance (it was 3.4 by then) and have not looked back.

JDShu 13y ago
It's also worth mentioning that this behavior exists on OS X as well.
- ollyfg 13y ago
  And also on Unity (if you're into that).
  - espadrine 13y ago
    And also on KDE. Wait, is Windows the only one not to have that implemented?
    - computer 13y ago
      My XFCE4 doesn't have it. It might be in some configuration option though.
    - stormbrew 13y ago
      Arguably Windows doesn't need to implement this because alt-tab is already a window switcher and not an app switcher.
  - slgeorge 13y ago
    I am into that - and you can change the behaviour to only alt-tab windows in a single workspace if you're more used to that.
rufugee 13y ago
Yeah, I do know that. What I don't like about alt+tab is that it doesn't respect virtual workspaces. I use workspaces to group windows I'm working on at a particular moment, but alt+tab shows applications across all workspaces, and switches between those. Might as well not even have workspaces with this behavior.
- vertex-four 13y ago
  It seems that everyone has their own opinion of how alt+tab should work. Personally, I have the AlternateTab extension[0] installed, which has a configuration option to allow switching between windows within a single workspace, rather than across all workspaces. There's also several other similar extensions, each implementing their own behaviour depending on what you want.
  - rufugee 13y ago
    I believe I did try that and couldn't get it to work the way I hoped. However, maybe I'm wrong...will try it again. Thanks, John
- quim005 13y ago
  gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only true
- mgedmin 13y ago
  There's a switch to turn that off in gnome-tweak-tool.
  - rufugee 13y ago
    Which tab? I can't seem to find this.

by paulyg 13y ago

JDShu 13y ago

It's also worth mentioning that this behavior exists on OS X as well.

ollyfg 13y ago
And also on Unity (if you're into that).
- espadrine 13y ago
  And also on KDE. Wait, is Windows the only one not to have that implemented?
  - computer 13y ago
    My XFCE4 doesn't have it. It might be in some configuration option though.
  - stormbrew 13y ago
    Arguably Windows doesn't need to implement this because alt-tab is already a window switcher and not an app switcher.
- slgeorge 13y ago
  I am into that - and you can change the behaviour to only alt-tab windows in a single workspace if you're more used to that.

rufugee 13y ago

Yeah, I do know that. What I don't like about alt+tab is that it doesn't respect virtual workspaces. I use workspaces to group windows I'm working on at a particular moment, but alt+tab shows applications across all workspaces, and switches between those. Might as well not even have workspaces with this behavior.

vertex-four 13y ago
It seems that everyone has their own opinion of how alt+tab should work. Personally, I have the AlternateTab extension[0] installed, which has a configuration option to allow switching between windows within a single workspace, rather than across all workspaces. There's also several other similar extensions, each implementing their own behaviour depending on what you want.
- rufugee 13y ago
  I believe I did try that and couldn't get it to work the way I hoped. However, maybe I'm wrong...will try it again. Thanks, John
quim005 13y ago
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only true
mgedmin 13y ago
There's a switch to turn that off in gnome-tweak-tool.
- rufugee 13y ago
  Which tab? I can't seem to find this.