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The new switcher in 11.10 looks really great, but I feel like it is a loss in productivity to me. I have multiple instances of several applications open at once (especially browsers) many times and I like to be able to switch quickly between the all with one hand. Now I have to either alt-tab and pause for a long time for the grouped windows to automatically expand, or I have to use my other hand to press down while holding alt to expand the windows.

Is there a way to go back to selectively go back to the old behavior where each process gets its own separate entry in the switcher where things are not grouped together?

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Alt+` (the key above tab) does the same as hitting down and only requires one hand.

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Alt+Tab switches between different applications. You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to switch between the different instances in an application.

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  • And these can be mix and matched - alt-tab to get to the application you're after, then hit ` without releasing alt to get to the window you're after. I find it can be faster than going through all the windows :).
    – RAOF
    Oct 17, 2011 at 3:38
  • Thanks - that works much better. I'll have to get used to switching between the two buttons.
    – Ross
    Oct 21, 2011 at 19:14
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You can turn off Unity Alt-Tab switching in Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM), then activate any other window switching plugin in the Window Management section.

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you can always use Super-Tab which is all of the windows in a circle

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  • I'm not familiar with this - how do I enable this?
    – Ross
    Oct 21, 2011 at 19:14
  • you can go into the advanced compiz settings and scroll down to window management then you click ring switcher and enable it Oct 23, 2011 at 15:12
  • This answer lacks info. The original poster should add more info about the functionality of this application switcher.
    – jokerdino
    Nov 27, 2011 at 8:03

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