not able to switch between windows when I have more than 1 instance of the same app
molitona opened this issue · 5 comments
Hi, recently I was not able to switch between windows when I have more than 1 instance of the same app.
For example if I opened file manager or Firefox 2 times then i can't switch between the 2 instances of them with ALT+TAB.
I use Gnome 43.2 with latest extension of this extension.
The weird thing that it was switching fine between more than 1 instance of the same app for almost 2 years. And stopped working from 3 days (i haven't updated my Arch OS, neither done anything).
Also, notice on video somehow one window gets into some other (it's happened only this time when i encountered this problem, not the case in the past too)
more_than-1_instance.mp4
Hi @molitona, this is a feature, not a bug. This is a new "application switcher" mode that gets invoked when you use the switch-applications keybinding action which is normally bound to Super-Tab. The behavior you expect still works when you use the switch-windows action which is normally bound to Alt-Tab. In fact, I didn't anticipate your situation because I thought everyone was using Alt-Tab!
When you get to an application with multiple windows, now
CoverflowAltTab_demo_subswitcher-2023-01-26_17.36.13.mp4
you get a sub-switcher which you can cycle through by hitting arrows or scrolling with the mouse. Let me know what you think of it, please. I mostly tried to mimic the behaviour of built-in gnome-shell application switcher which jumps from application to application on Super-Tab even when an application has multiple windows-- cycling through the multiple windows of an application requires mouse scrolling or arrow keys.
I can make this functionality optional... like I said, I thought most people would be using Alt-Tab to invoke Coverflow Alt-Tab haha. Let me know what you think!
Hi @dsheeler,
Now I get it. Switching using a sub-switcher is always there using ALT+TAB or SUPER+TAB.
In fact I run away from default gnome switching 'cause I don't open too much windows like I've max 10 window open.
So, how can I use it without sub-switcher (ALT+TAB or SUPER+TAB use sub-switcher)
@molitona: Go to gnome-settings / Keyboard / "View and Customize Shortcuts" / Navigation and set "Switch applications" to Super+Tab, and "Switch windows" to Alt+Tab. That's how I have it.
thanks a lot!!