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How do I easily switch between windows rather than applications with Alt+TAB in GNOME Shell?
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Currently if I hold ALT + TAB and then while still holding down ALT I press TAB I am able to go between applications in a little view and then when I release all the keys that application and all its windows come to the front.
And this is very useful, but I would like to know if there is a way of switching between individual windows with this keyboard shortcut in the same way rather than grouping windows with an application to switch to?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18.
shortcut-keys window application-switcher gnome-shell
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
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Currently if I hold ALT + TAB and then while still holding down ALT I press TAB I am able to go between applications in a little view and then when I release all the keys that application and all its windows come to the front.
And this is very useful, but I would like to know if there is a way of switching between individual windows with this keyboard shortcut in the same way rather than grouping windows with an application to switch to?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18.
shortcut-keys window application-switcher gnome-shell
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
3,10521636
1
Just a note: Unity desktop has this feature by default.
– Takkat
Mar 18 '16 at 18:21
3
I still can't believe that Gnome broke AltTab.
– Manu
Aug 24 '16 at 17:43
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Currently if I hold ALT + TAB and then while still holding down ALT I press TAB I am able to go between applications in a little view and then when I release all the keys that application and all its windows come to the front.
And this is very useful, but I would like to know if there is a way of switching between individual windows with this keyboard shortcut in the same way rather than grouping windows with an application to switch to?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18.
shortcut-keys window application-switcher gnome-shell
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
3,10521636
Currently if I hold ALT + TAB and then while still holding down ALT I press TAB I am able to go between applications in a little view and then when I release all the keys that application and all its windows come to the front.
And this is very useful, but I would like to know if there is a way of switching between individual windows with this keyboard shortcut in the same way rather than grouping windows with an application to switch to?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18.
shortcut-keys window application-switcher gnome-shell
shortcut-keys window application-switcher gnome-shell
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
3,10521636
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
3,10521636
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
3,10521636
edited 37 mins ago
Pablo Bianchi
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Pablo Bianchi
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asked Mar 18 '16 at 16:40
user364819
1
Just a note: Unity desktop has this feature by default.
– Takkat
Mar 18 '16 at 18:21
3
I still can't believe that Gnome broke AltTab.
– Manu
Aug 24 '16 at 17:43
add a comment |
1
Just a note: Unity desktop has this feature by default.
– Takkat
Mar 18 '16 at 18:21
3
I still can't believe that Gnome broke AltTab.
– Manu
Aug 24 '16 at 17:43
1
1
Just a note: Unity desktop has this feature by default.
– Takkat
Mar 18 '16 at 18:21
Just a note: Unity desktop has this feature by default.
– Takkat
Mar 18 '16 at 18:21
3
3
I still can't believe that Gnome broke AltTab.
– Manu
Aug 24 '16 at 17:43
I still can't believe that Gnome broke AltTab.
– Manu
Aug 24 '16 at 17:43
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You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to cycle between windows of the same application.
You can even mix Alt+Tab to cycle between application and Alt+` to cycle between windows of the selected application.
There is an exposition of the rationale in this blog post from Canonical's Didier Roche. It's part of a series discussing the development of gnome integration in Ubuntu 17.10.
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
add a comment |
Alternatetab is just the Extension you were looking for!
Follow the Managing Extensions instructions here in order to activate it (you should read the text before that section too though). As it is a pre-installed Extensions you will only need to activate it (unless you have removed it, in which case you will need to follow the Installing a new Extension section).
So now upon pressing ALT + TAB and then pressing TAB without letting go of ALT (until you have selected the window you want to switch to - then simply release both keys and it will put that window on top) you should be able to switch between individual windows as opposed to applications!
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default calledGnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.
– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
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You may use alt+esc combination.
It's not as aesthetically pleasing as alt+tab, it doesn't show the overlay with application icons/windows. But it does the job, it just switches to the next window and so on.
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
not the thing I want but very nice to knowalt esc, it's good!
– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
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This behavior may also be achieved without a GNOME extension. I have found a similar question at Super User that points out how to set the proper GNOME key bindings.
To do it using gsettings:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows ['<Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward ['<Shift><Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications ['<Super>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward ['<Shift><Super>Tab']
Using the code above when you press ALT+TAB you'll switch between windows, while pressing SUPER+TAB will get you to switch applications.
dconf-editor allows the same with a graphical interface.
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
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alt tab - down-arrow is the way for me.
For example, if I have multiple terminal windows, after pressing alttab if I then press arrow down I get the various windows to pick from with <- and -> arrow keys.
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
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You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to cycle between windows of the same application.
You can even mix Alt+Tab to cycle between application and Alt+` to cycle between windows of the selected application.
There is an exposition of the rationale in this blog post from Canonical's Didier Roche. It's part of a series discussing the development of gnome integration in Ubuntu 17.10.
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
add a comment |
You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to cycle between windows of the same application.
You can even mix Alt+Tab to cycle between application and Alt+` to cycle between windows of the selected application.
There is an exposition of the rationale in this blog post from Canonical's Didier Roche. It's part of a series discussing the development of gnome integration in Ubuntu 17.10.
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
add a comment |
You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to cycle between windows of the same application.
You can even mix Alt+Tab to cycle between application and Alt+` to cycle between windows of the selected application.
There is an exposition of the rationale in this blog post from Canonical's Didier Roche. It's part of a series discussing the development of gnome integration in Ubuntu 17.10.
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to cycle between windows of the same application.
You can even mix Alt+Tab to cycle between application and Alt+` to cycle between windows of the selected application.
There is an exposition of the rationale in this blog post from Canonical's Didier Roche. It's part of a series discussing the development of gnome integration in Ubuntu 17.10.
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
edited May 16 '18 at 20:53
Michael Mior
1199
1199
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
answered Nov 1 '17 at 12:28
davidafdavidaf
701152
701152
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
add a comment |
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
This works very nicely on MATE. Just mentioning, because it seems the behaviour on GNOME is not as clean. But I get an application-window-only switcher with this combination, exactly as I'd expect
– Zanna
Nov 5 '17 at 19:25
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
You wrote "This works very nicely on MATE". What do you mean with "nice"? Do you mean Alt+TAB switches between windows? My usecase: I want to switch between two terminals with Alt+TAB. I don't want a work-around. I want Alt+TAB.
– guettli
Dec 19 '18 at 8:33
add a comment |
Alternatetab is just the Extension you were looking for!
Follow the Managing Extensions instructions here in order to activate it (you should read the text before that section too though). As it is a pre-installed Extensions you will only need to activate it (unless you have removed it, in which case you will need to follow the Installing a new Extension section).
So now upon pressing ALT + TAB and then pressing TAB without letting go of ALT (until you have selected the window you want to switch to - then simply release both keys and it will put that window on top) you should be able to switch between individual windows as opposed to applications!
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default calledGnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.
– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
|
show 1 more comment
Alternatetab is just the Extension you were looking for!
Follow the Managing Extensions instructions here in order to activate it (you should read the text before that section too though). As it is a pre-installed Extensions you will only need to activate it (unless you have removed it, in which case you will need to follow the Installing a new Extension section).
So now upon pressing ALT + TAB and then pressing TAB without letting go of ALT (until you have selected the window you want to switch to - then simply release both keys and it will put that window on top) you should be able to switch between individual windows as opposed to applications!
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default calledGnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.
– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
|
show 1 more comment
Alternatetab is just the Extension you were looking for!
Follow the Managing Extensions instructions here in order to activate it (you should read the text before that section too though). As it is a pre-installed Extensions you will only need to activate it (unless you have removed it, in which case you will need to follow the Installing a new Extension section).
So now upon pressing ALT + TAB and then pressing TAB without letting go of ALT (until you have selected the window you want to switch to - then simply release both keys and it will put that window on top) you should be able to switch between individual windows as opposed to applications!
Alternatetab is just the Extension you were looking for!
Follow the Managing Extensions instructions here in order to activate it (you should read the text before that section too though). As it is a pre-installed Extensions you will only need to activate it (unless you have removed it, in which case you will need to follow the Installing a new Extension section).
So now upon pressing ALT + TAB and then pressing TAB without letting go of ALT (until you have selected the window you want to switch to - then simply release both keys and it will put that window on top) you should be able to switch between individual windows as opposed to applications!
edited Apr 14 '16 at 18:30
answered Mar 18 '16 at 16:40
user364819
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default calledGnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.
– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
|
show 1 more comment
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default calledGnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.
– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
You might want to add that the direct web installer option only works from Firefox. Chrome/Chromium (at least for me) shows a message saying a running copy of GNOME cannot be found.
– TheWanderer
Mar 18 '16 at 16:52
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
@Zacharee1: Is the GNOME sort of integrations plugin not installed and activated in those browsers then?
– user364819
Mar 18 '16 at 21:56
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
I'm not sure. I just know that on Chrome, the website can't detect if GNOME is running. I would guess it's because Firefox comes with a lot of Linux distros, and scripts that do that sort of detection tend to work differently in Firefox and Chrome
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 1:06
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default called
Gnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
@Zacharee1: The website itself does not do the detection, it is an plug-in installed by default called
Gnome Shell Integration, so if that's not installed in Chrome it won't work.– user364819
Mar 19 '16 at 12:03
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
Oh, well, yeah it isn't installed in Chrome :p. I was wondering how exactly it was done.
– TheWanderer
Mar 19 '16 at 12:04
|
show 1 more comment
You may use alt+esc combination.
It's not as aesthetically pleasing as alt+tab, it doesn't show the overlay with application icons/windows. But it does the job, it just switches to the next window and so on.
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
not the thing I want but very nice to knowalt esc, it's good!
– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
add a comment |
You may use alt+esc combination.
It's not as aesthetically pleasing as alt+tab, it doesn't show the overlay with application icons/windows. But it does the job, it just switches to the next window and so on.
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
not the thing I want but very nice to knowalt esc, it's good!
– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
add a comment |
You may use alt+esc combination.
It's not as aesthetically pleasing as alt+tab, it doesn't show the overlay with application icons/windows. But it does the job, it just switches to the next window and so on.
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
You may use alt+esc combination.
It's not as aesthetically pleasing as alt+tab, it doesn't show the overlay with application icons/windows. But it does the job, it just switches to the next window and so on.
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
answered Nov 6 '17 at 8:56
pomskypomsky
33.2k11104136
33.2k11104136
not the thing I want but very nice to knowalt esc, it's good!
– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
add a comment |
not the thing I want but very nice to knowalt esc, it's good!
– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
not the thing I want but very nice to know
alt esc, it's good!– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
not the thing I want but very nice to know
alt esc, it's good!– Luke
Mar 16 at 11:16
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This behavior may also be achieved without a GNOME extension. I have found a similar question at Super User that points out how to set the proper GNOME key bindings.
To do it using gsettings:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows ['<Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward ['<Shift><Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications ['<Super>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward ['<Shift><Super>Tab']
Using the code above when you press ALT+TAB you'll switch between windows, while pressing SUPER+TAB will get you to switch applications.
dconf-editor allows the same with a graphical interface.
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
add a comment |
This behavior may also be achieved without a GNOME extension. I have found a similar question at Super User that points out how to set the proper GNOME key bindings.
To do it using gsettings:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows ['<Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward ['<Shift><Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications ['<Super>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward ['<Shift><Super>Tab']
Using the code above when you press ALT+TAB you'll switch between windows, while pressing SUPER+TAB will get you to switch applications.
dconf-editor allows the same with a graphical interface.
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
add a comment |
This behavior may also be achieved without a GNOME extension. I have found a similar question at Super User that points out how to set the proper GNOME key bindings.
To do it using gsettings:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows ['<Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward ['<Shift><Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications ['<Super>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward ['<Shift><Super>Tab']
Using the code above when you press ALT+TAB you'll switch between windows, while pressing SUPER+TAB will get you to switch applications.
dconf-editor allows the same with a graphical interface.
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
This behavior may also be achieved without a GNOME extension. I have found a similar question at Super User that points out how to set the proper GNOME key bindings.
To do it using gsettings:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows ['<Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward ['<Shift><Alt>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications ['<Super>Tab']
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward ['<Shift><Super>Tab']
Using the code above when you press ALT+TAB you'll switch between windows, while pressing SUPER+TAB will get you to switch applications.
dconf-editor allows the same with a graphical interface.
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
answered Jan 6 at 22:42
AlexandreAlexandre
1,47611223
1,47611223
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
add a comment |
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
This is perfect. The dconf-editor makes it even easier too.
– Toby Eggitt
Feb 22 at 14:49
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
I was using this solution and it was working great until today. It seems like a gnome update screw it. Now alt+tab only displays the windows from the latest application I used alt+`. It is quite strange because I even have alt+` disabled on gsettings. I was avoiding to move to Mint+Cinnamon, but this is the last piece of gnome annoyance I could tolerate. I enjoy gnome shell usability, but it is just too unstable for professional use.
– Wilson Freitas
Mar 15 at 16:21
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alt tab - down-arrow is the way for me.
For example, if I have multiple terminal windows, after pressing alttab if I then press arrow down I get the various windows to pick from with <- and -> arrow keys.
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
5,323204868
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alt tab - down-arrow is the way for me.
For example, if I have multiple terminal windows, after pressing alttab if I then press arrow down I get the various windows to pick from with <- and -> arrow keys.
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
5,323204868
add a comment |
alt tab - down-arrow is the way for me.
For example, if I have multiple terminal windows, after pressing alttab if I then press arrow down I get the various windows to pick from with <- and -> arrow keys.
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
5,323204868
alt tab - down-arrow is the way for me.
For example, if I have multiple terminal windows, after pressing alttab if I then press arrow down I get the various windows to pick from with <- and -> arrow keys.
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
5,323204868
edited 15 mins ago
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
5,323204868
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
5,323204868
answered 21 mins ago
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
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Just a note: Unity desktop has this feature by default.
– Takkat
Mar 18 '16 at 18:21
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I still can't believe that Gnome broke AltTab.
– Manu
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