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I have just updated from 18.04 to 20.04. No major issues except that the ALT+TAB (switch between running applications) is not working any more. It simply does nothing

  • I have tried two external keyboards and the internal (laptop) one
  • the tab button is working
  • ALT+"other" is working

Any suggestion?

thanks in advance, g.

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  • Is there any solution for this? I have same problem. Keyboard Shortcut's Switch windows is set to Alt+Tab but nothing work, I even press Alt+Tab to change shortcut in this settings. This is really annoying. Alt+Tab is totally not working, it is now as same as Alt only.
    – le hien
    Jul 4, 2021 at 5:26

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Take a look in GNOME Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Scroll down and look for "Switch Windows" and see what it's set to.

Keyboard shortcuts panel

It may be "Disabled". Click the item and you'll be prompted for a keyboard press to set the correct combination. Finally click "Set" to save the choice.

Set shortcut

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  • there's a catch with this and it's that there's a delay when you press alt+tab. The famous remove delay extension won't work here Jun 14, 2021 at 21:43
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    Interesting. Why would the Ubuntu folks disable the world universal ALT-TAB??? (it was disabled on mine after upgrade 18.04 -> 20.04)
    – Déjà vu
    Dec 28, 2021 at 5:49

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