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All of the references I've found for Gnome 3 keyboard shortcuts list that alt+tab switches between applications and alt+` switches between windows (some actually say alt+~, but I think they're mistaken, and I've tried both anyway). Maybe that functionality works for Gnome 3 on Fedora or something, because no matter the key combo I try, nothing will switch between windows except for opening the alt+tab dialog and using arrow keys to navigate it (and at that point it's faster to just use a mouse..).

How do I quickly switch between windows in Gnome 3?

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Have you found a solution? I just started running Gnome3 on Ubuntu 12.4, and now alt-tab behaves identically to tab. – Rob Mar 19 '12 at 18:07
@Rob I've also go this problem on Ubuntu 12.04 where alt + tab does the same as tab. Did you find a fix? – Neil May 10 '12 at 22:20
@Neil - I fixed it, but I've fogotten what I did. I think I futzed around with ccsm and it got better. – Rob May 11 '12 at 13:50

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In ubuntu 12.04 precise pangolin you go to

CompizConfig Settings Manager > Window Management

and tick "Static Application Switcher"

To install CCSM:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Install via the software center

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This question is about gnome-shell, not Unity. – jokerdino♦ Apr 6 '12 at 14:32
It solved my problem with Ctr+Tab, so I decided to share it. – misza222 Apr 7 '12 at 17:06
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. On Fedora 6, out-of-the-box, using Alt+Tab switches between applications (e.g. window groups across all desktops) while Alt+` switch between windows within a desktop. However, there must be multiple windows on the visible desktop for this to work. Each window will be identified by a boarding effect (like a black box) around the window coming into focus.

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This question is about Ubuntu. – josmh Oct 26 '11 at 14:35
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In GNOME Shell, you should be able to switch between multiple windows of the same app by running Alt + the key above tab on your keyboard. For US users, that shortcut is Alt + ` but other keyboard layouts are different.

This is different than Unity in Ubuntu 11.10 which uses Alt + ` for all layouts. (I expect that behavior would improve in Ubuntu 12.04).

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So if my system DOESN'T do that, then I have a bug, as mentioned in the first paragraph of my post? – josmh Oct 24 '11 at 14:18

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