Questions tagged [application-switcher]
Questions about Alt-Tab and similar keyboard shortcuts that allow desktop user to switch between multiple running programs, and sometimes to switch between a running program and the desktop.
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How to separate opened windows in alt+tab switcher in Ubuntu 18.04?
When I have multiple windows of an application opened e.g. Chrome main window and Incognito window, and I press Alt+Tab to switch between them, I see only one Chrome icon. I have to then press down ...
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Disable mouse in application switcher
I am using the default application switcher in an out-of-the-box Ubuntu 19.04.
My mouse has a hardware problem that makes it moves a tiny bit every two seconds or so, and it is integrated in my rare ...
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ALT+TAB only appearing on primary display
The ALT+TAB window switching menu only appears on my primary (laptop) screen, not the screen that is active. The top-bar, where notifications live, is also not-present on my second monitor. Both these ...
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GNOME : Ubuntu 18.04 ALT+TAB delay
How to remove any delay between pressing alt+tab and switcher emergence in Ubuntu 18.04 [GNOME 3]?
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Budgie Preview applet not working
I have recently installed Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 and my ALT + TAB behavior is still the old style (no preview). I've tried re-installing the applet (I never see any icon for it in the top bar either).
I ...
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How to switch from ubuntu to window 7?
I want to ask. I'm using window 7 and I'm trying to install ubuntu. So my computer is running 2 operating system. My problem right now is I can't switch back to windows and I don't have the option to ...
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Why show desktop (with alt tab) in kde renders alternatively two different things?
If I use task switcher to show the desktop, I obtain the first time:
The second time:
And so on further. Why?
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alt + tab not working to switch between windows
I have Ubuntu 16.04 lts.
I'm working between two open windows (Using google and at the same time another program) but when I try the command Alt+tab like in Windows, nothing happens. I also tried ...
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Change the alt-tab behavior
I found this question (How do I easily switch between windows rather than applications with ALT+TAB in GNOME?) and it's better than nothing, but I'd like to be able to set the behavior of alt-tab the ...
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Unity alt-tab application switcher in Ubuntu 16.04
I'm using alt-tab to switch applications on Ubuntu 16.04 and fully updated. There seems to be a screenshot in the way of the usual icon of the apps I'm tabbing through. Then, the application being ...
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Eclipse app icon not showing in switcher (alt+tab)
I installed the latest Eclipse as per the instructions here, and the icon shows fine in the launcher, but shows as a blank icon with an exclamation mark when using ALT+TAB to switch between ...
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How to return back Alt+Tab behavior from showing application windows to showing application icons?
Something strange happened. And now, when I'm using Alt+Tab to switch between windows, I see my running application windows over application icons.
So now I see the following when pressing Alt+Tab:
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How to show the window title when switching windows in GNOME 3
An upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10 caused a change from Unity to GNOME 3 which means there are some things to customize. I would like to have the window switching binding (by default this is Super+Tab and Alt+...
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Alt+tab raises both left and right snapped windows [duplicate]
Recently I switched from Fedora to Ubuntu. I like to work with half windows (for example a terminal on the left side and a chrome on the right). But I have a small issue, when I have chrome maximized ...
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Alt+Tab show-up speed is too slow - can I make it instant on Ubuntu 17.10?
Is there any way to change the Alt+Tab speed to show up to instant in Ubuntu 17.10? I previously used 16.04 and I was somehow able to adjust the speed with compiz I believe, but since Ubuntu 17.10 ...
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Alt-Tab window switcher that responds to mouse clicks in MATE?
The Alt-Tab window switcher is pretty great but there is one issue with it. When you click on a window while Alt-Tab is pressed, it doesn't switch to the window. It just closes the window switcher. So ...
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How to disable mouse interference with Alt+Tab?
I want to be able to use Alt+Tab or Alt+` to switch back to a previous window AND at the same time start moving the mouse to where I will be clicking, without it all switching to the wrong window just ...
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How do I fix missing application icons in the Static Application Switcher option provided by ccsm?
I use the static application switcher provided by compiz config settings manager (ccsm) but a few programs do not have icons when in window preview mode. I have tried putting icons in various places ...
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Alt + Tab to show all instances of an application? [duplicate]
How can I 'flatten' Alt+Tab cycle to show all application windows?
For example, before this update, you would just continue Alt tabbing until you reached the required application window. However, ...
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Alt + Tab only toggles between two recent windows on 16.04 in MATE
I'm using the MATE desktop environment on 16.04. The Alt+Tab key combination only toggles between the two most recently accessed windows on the same workspace. It doesn't switch at all to all other ...
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Alt+tab displayed on current monitor in Ubuntu 17.10
I'm working with two monitors connected to my laptop, one over mDP, and the second one over HDMI.
I have windows arranged on both monitors and when I Alt+Tab between the windows, the switcher is ...
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Keep switch applications menu opened
I'm using ubuntu 16.04 , I press alt + tab to show the menu of switch applications. Is it possible to keep this menu opened even when stop pressing alt ?
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Ubuntu 17.10 - ALT + Tab swaps between workspaces [duplicate]
Since I updated to Ubuntu 17.10, I have noticed that when I try to switch windows, using ALT + Tab, it shows me not only the windows in my current workspace but all the other ones.
Before the upgrade,...
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Command to switch to next/previous application
I'm interested in a command to switch to the next/previous application window in Ubuntu 16.04. I know I can do that through Alt+Tab ↹, but I want to know which command is run on the background when ...
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Alt + Tab suddenly stopped working properly
Normally, holding down Alt and pressing Tab cycles through windows. However, suddenly, holding down Alt and pressing Tab brings up the window switcher like normal, but further presses of Tab do ...
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How do I make alt + tab cycle through individual windows only in current workspace in GNOME 3?
I just tried GNOME for the first time and noticed that alt+tab does not cycle through individual windows, but rather by application. In addition, it cycles through all open applications instead of ...
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Google Chrome stays in leftmost space in Gnome Application-Switcher
I'm using the Task-Switcher/Application-Switcher (Alt-Tab or Super-Tab) in Gnome. By pressing Alt-Tab I'm able to cycle through a list of open applications from left to right in the order in which ...
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How to disable window grouping while Alt-TAB? [duplicate]
How to disable window grouping while Alt-TAB?
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Alt+Tab and switching workspaces from full screen applications freeze
I'm currently using Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Thinkpad and keep running into the following problem: When I try to Alt+Tab out of many applications in full screen mode, the system becomes unresponsive ...
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Open windows get stuck in launcher
It often happens to me that a minimized window can not be opened again.
This applies to all the programs I am using (PyCharm, Google Chrome, Spotify, Terminal, ...) and to any situation, e.g.:
right ...
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Enabling window switcher in Ubuntu Budgie 17.04
I have Ubuntu budgie 17.04 (budgie-desktop 10.2.9). While pressing Alt+Tab to switch between the windows, the windows are switched randomly and I am not able to select which window to shift.
This ...
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How to switch between windows within same group?
If I run several applications of the same name like two terminals or Remmina remote desktop, I am unable to switch between them with Alt-Tab normally anymore: similar windows are grouped within one ...
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ALT + TAB switcher shows preview over icons. How to fix? [duplicate]
The switcher doesn't switch the apps correctly. I think the issue began after I used Unity Tweak Tool.
This is the same question but hasn't been answered. I can't comment or upvote the question ...
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Alt+Shift+Tab not working on Ubuntu Budgie
The shortcut Alt+Tab is used to switch between applications. I use this keyboard shortcut a lot, and it works great on Ubuntu Budgie, but I can't reverse switch between applications when using Alt+...
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ALT+Tab: How to switch to Desktop on Ubuntu GNOME 17.04?
The question might seem like a really stupid one, but I cannot find an answer anywhere. In short, how to switch to Desktop on Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 Zesty Zapus?
As we know, Desktop isn't even enabled by ...
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Is there a way to "Screen pin" an app in Ubuntu?
Title might not be clear enough, but this video shows Screen Pinning in Android Lollipop
I need a feature in Ubuntu whereby if I start an application and pin it then the user won't be able to do ...
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Running applications do not appear
In Ubuntu, any running applications (or rather, their (main?) windows) are usually shown in at least two places (please excuse the possibly incorrect terminology - feel free to insert the actual terms ...
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How to never ungroup windows of the same app in Task Switcher
In Ubuntu 16.04 when an app is focused on long enough in the application switcher it will present me with all the windows of that app. How do I configure the switcher to never do this?
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Alt-Tab shows two application switchers on Unity [duplicate]
I started to have problems with my Ubuntu application switcher (Alt + Tab) this morning. When I press Alt + Tab, not only one, but two application switchers show up. Last night I customized some ...
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Application switcher disappears behind windows
Title says it all.
Instead of popping out in front of all the open windows, the task switcher is stuck in the back. At first, I thought it just didn't work - and then I closed some of the windows, I ...
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Revert Alt+Tab to switch between applications only
In Ubuntu 14.04, Alt+Tab would always switch to different a application. This seems to no longer be the default in 16.04.
The behavior was that if:
I have multiple terminal windows open
focus on one ...
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How to stop scrolling from switching between windows in Unity?
I keep accidentally moving my mouse over the launcher while I'm browsing websites and then switching to other windows when I try to scroll. I've never purposefully switched applications this way, and ...
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Alt+Tab switcher on primary monitor only
Is it possible in Ubuntu Unity to show Alt+Tab switcher always on primary monitor instead of where mouse pointer is?
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Ubuntu Unity Application Switcher shows second harddrive randomly
I'm using 16.04 Ubuntu Desktop
Sometimes, not all the time but I can't pinpoint what causes it application switcher shows my second hard drive among the applications. I made some research but either ...
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Better application switcher for Budgie desktop [duplicate]
I'm using Budgie Desktop currently, and I really enjoy it. It's got good battery life, customizability, stability and speed, but there's just one thing that bothers me; it doesn't have a real app ...
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Switch multiple windows on Ubuntu 16.04
Can we work with multiple windows that belonged to the same application like Windows 7 on Ubuntu 16.04?
Example: When i open multiple excel workbooks, I just need to point my cusor to excel icon on ...
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Double Triple-Click brings up Switcher -- how do I change this to revert Triple-Click to be middle click again?
Behavior in 16.04:
Triple-click is middle click (This is an assumption, I can't be certain it was actually middle clicking, but the behavior was consistent with middle clicking) and opens link in new ...
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How to make BOTH windows title and menu always visible on maximized windows (unity)?
In Unity settings there are 2 options for Menú visibility:
Display on mouse over
Always displayed
If I select the first the title of the window is always visible on top but the menu is not until I ...
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alt+tab, alt+`, show titles, switching between, open windows, example using Chrome [closed]
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In Windows 10, you can Alt+Tab to switch between [all open windows]
In Ubuntu 16.04, Alt+Tab switches between [all open applications (window groups) - and not all windows] (has a very long ...
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Alt+Tab switching does work BUT closes the applications afterwards
Since today morning my 16.04 ubuntu systems behaves strange. When switching through the open tabs with Alt+Tab the switching works, but the tabs are immediately closed after switching.
In my Window-...
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