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How to bind a key to switching to next window in current monitor in compiz?
I'm using compiz 0.8.8 on ArchLinux.
I have two monitors, and each time I use alt-tab to switch to next window, the windows from both monitors shows up. This makes it hard to find a specific window.
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How do I make Alt-Tab show a visible window that has no taskbar?
In Windows 7, does Alt+Tab now only display windows that have a taskbar button? Windows without a taskbar button are not showing up in the Alt+Tab list.
This is somewhat annoying to say the least. ...
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On Windows, is there any way to remove the desktop icon from the alt-tab menu? [closed]
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Remove Desktop entry from Alt+Tab list
I've recently begun using Windows 7, and I don't like having the Desktop showing up as another application in the alt-tab menu. ...
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Switching efficiently between windows, not apps, in OS X
Previous questions have asked "how can I efficiently switch between windows, not applications, in OS X"? (Switching windows on OS X, Switch between windows on Mac OS X? and others). The most ...
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Windows XP alt-tab: How to restrict options to certain applications, in certain order and exclude others?
In Windows XP, Alt-tab keypress sequence to select applications, how can I ensure that certain applications always appear, in a certain order, with others always excluded?
Background for asking is ...
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Applications randomly alt-tab? (especially full screen games)
I'm not sure when this began, how it happens, or why it happens, but it is quite bothersome and apparently random.
Just randomly throughout the day my computer will just go to the desktop. I could be ...
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How to jump to a space containing a window for the active application?
I'm using 4 Spaces with the "When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application" option turned off. But that means it's sometimes a real hunt trying to find the ...
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Alt-tab icon list in Gnome and metacity?
Can anyone provide a reference or explain how the icons to the alt-tab list is populated? I would like to specify some icons for some programs that do not have icons, e.g. xterm. I'm using Ubuntu ...
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How can I change the application icon shown by alt-tab in ubuntu 11.04?
I'm using ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), and I'd like to change the application icon that's shown by alt-tab. Since both Chromium browser and Eclipse use a blue ball for their icon it's really easy to ...
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Ignore a certain window for Alt-Tab
Is it possible to tell a Windows7 application to not appear in the alt-tab list? I often run a VirtualBox virtual machine, and if I don't pay attention (happens often, sigh), I'll switch to the VM ...
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Changing windows stops working in Windows 7
Sometimes alt-tab doesn't work after a fresh boot into my Windows 7 Pro x64 install. Clicking on the windows in the taskbar doesn't change window either, it just makes them flash as if they need ...
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How to show toolwindows in Alt+Tab switcher?
In Windows 7, the Alt+Tab menu shows a switcher with thumbnails of each application window, however some windows such as toolwindows (e.g. WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW ) are excluded.
Is it possible to enable ...
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alt-tab alternative different from VistaSwitcher for Windows 7
hi all i want to find an alternative to alt-tab different from VistaSwitcher. The reason behind this is that the standard alt-tab of windows 7 has a very anoying bug that isn't fixed yet and ...
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Alt-Tab sometimes switches out of full screen Remote Desktop
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium locally and Windows 7 Enterprise remotely via Remote Desktop. The RD window is full screen. Sometimes, when I press Alt-Tab, it is processed by both the remote ...
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Why alt-tab stays behind Windows 7 [closed]
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Windows 7 alt-tab window disappears to back when aero peek is enabled
I have a very annoying problem that appears randomly. Sometimes it works fine sometimes it doesn't. ...
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How to enable Show Desktop in Alt-Tab for classic themes in Windows 7?
Show Desktop item does not appear in Alt-Tab if the theme is not Windows 7 Basic.
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Getting OS X's “Cmd + ~” functionality in Windows? [closed]
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Mac-like alt-tab replacement for Windows 7?
Is it possible to get OS X's functionality of "Cmd + ~" to work in Windows?
For those that don't know, in OS X "Cmd + tab" ...
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Can two windows be linked together?
On a widescreen monitor the win+<- and win+-> hotkeys for maximizing windows to the left/right half of the screen becomes quite handy when e.g. TeXing and viewing the corresponding pdf at the same ...
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Windows 7: Alt-tab not activating window sufficiently to indicate “I've seen this” (Maybe just in Windows Live?)
Many applications when run in Windows 7 change the application's taskbar alerts to indicate changed state - but once you've clicked the window, they return to normal. The primary place I see this is ...
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Restore Alt-Tab behavior so that minimizing an app once again moves it to the end?
Having used Windows for 20+ years, I'm totally used to minimizing an app to effectively remove it from alt-tab order - that is, I "put it away" temporarily by moving it to the end of the list. This ...
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Getting GTalk and Alt-Tab to play nice
I'm running GTalk on Windows 7, and it refuses to work properly with Alt-Tab.
Let's say I've got 2 message windows open (msg1 and msg2) and the contact list, as well as
Firefox. Alt-tab from Firefox ...
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alt+tab on Windows 7 remoting to Windows XP
I am remoting into Windows XP, from a Windows 7 client using regular remoting client that comes with Windows.
in the options, it is set to use alt+tab on remote machine in fullscreen mode (which I ...
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Windows multi-monitor setup with seperated taskbars and alt-tabbing
I've found UltraMon and several other tools that will provide seperated taskbars, but is there a tool that will also seperate alt-tabbing behaviour for all monitors?
Would be nice if it worked for XP ...
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Switch Ctrl and Alt with AutoHotKey without messing up the Alt-Tab switcher?
I want to switch the Ctrl and Alt keys in Windows XP. I created an AutoHotKey script that contains the following:
LAlt::LCtrl
RAlt::RCtrl
LCtrl::LAlt
RCtrl::RAlt
This works, but the only problem ...
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AutoHotKey - scripts with more than one Alt-Tab
I am trying to create a script that copies the fields in a form on one window to a form on another window using Alt-Tab to move between the windows.
The first alt-tab works to move from window 1 to ...
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Switching windows on OS X [closed]
OS X has this ridiculous idea of switching between Applications not windows that is killing usability. I never ever want to "switch to Terminal.app", it's always "switch to certain Terminal.app ...
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Is there any program or way to make Mac OS X's ⌘-tab behave like Windows' alt-tab?
Is there any program or way to make Mac OS X's ⌘(command)-tab behave like Windows' alt-tab? That is, instead of switching between applications, to switch between windows of all applications.
I do ...
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Windows 7 alt-tab window disappears to back when aero peek is enabled
There is a strange bug with Aero Peek and Alt-Tab where the Alt-Tab window itself is sent all of the way to the back, and is obscured by whatever window may be being previewed in front of it. While it ...
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Windows 7 ALT-TAB - How to turn off previewing the window
In win7, when we hit alt-tab a nice preview comes up.
This makes me happy.
But if I linger just a moment too long thinking about what window to switch to, whatever window happens to be highlighted ...
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alt-tab alternative for windows 7 similar to linux mint
Is there an alt-tab alternative for windows 7. That works something like the one in Linux Mint. Wherein you can choose the way you switch applications.
In linux Mint. If you have already tried it.
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Alt-tab with text filter in Windows 7
Is there a way to do an alt-tab type action but where you can quickly filter the list of open programs with a text search of the title?
For example, I have about 30-40 windows open and I know the one ...
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How to switch between the windows of the same application on SL?
I'm trying to get a grip of OS X (SL), but haven't yet found a keyboard shortcut to switch windows of a single application, say, Safari. I can hit F10 and select the right window from there but it ...
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Mac-like alt-tab replacement for Windows 7?
Is there an alt-tab replacement for Windows 7 that works in the same manner as command-tab and command-tick (tilde) on OS X?
Requirements:
1. Completely keyboard-shortcut-based, no mouse action ...
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How to keep the Alt-Tab menu on the second monitor in Ubuntu?
I'm running the latest Ubuntu version on my laptop, and every day when I arrive at my office I turn on the laptop and plug everything on. That includes a monitor that happens to be larger than the ...
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Customizing Windows 7 alt-tab Experience
New Windows 7 User here (Mac OS X user, Windows XP if I have my choice in a windows only environment)
Is there a way to customize the Windows 7 Alt-Tab user experience? Ideally I’d like to return to ...
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Microsoft mouse like windows switcher (or anything usable)
I tried "Switcher" and the new switcher by NTSoft... but none of them are for my taste. I want to have a switcher like what you get with an Intellimouse by Microsoft. You know, press the button and ...
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Getting back the old alt-tab windows switching behavior in Windows 7?
When you run more than 6 applications on Windows 7 and you press alt-TAB, icons representing the first 6 applications and the desktop appear on the first row of the grid and you can cycle with ...
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How to make a Alt+Tab and F5 hotkey in Autohotkeys
I want to create a hotkey which does the following: Alt+Tab and F5 when I press Shift+CapsLock
in AutoHotkeys.
How can I do that?
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High-res icon in Windows Vista alt-tab thumbnail preview?
I have customized my alt-tab screen with the following:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AltTab]
"OverlayIconPx"=dword:00000040
"MaxThumbSizePx"=dword:00000100
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Alt-Esc window switching behavior with Alt-Tab style preview in Windows Vista
Is it possible to have
Alt-Esc window switching behavior (instant switch, no need to release key), with
Alt-Tab style preview (thumbnails in a translucent pane)
at the same time in Windows Vista?
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Remap alt-tab to behave like win-tab
Just a quick one I hope -- is there any way in Windows to make alt-tab behave like win-tab? I've poked and googled and not found anything, so assuming there isn't ... but if anyone knows of a way, ...
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Windows 7 AltTab tweaking
Is there a way to increase the size of thumb images on classic Windows 7 alt-tab. I am not looking for a replacement tool.
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Remove Desktop entry from Alt+Tab list
Is it possible to remove the entry for the desktop from Windows 7's Alt+Tab list? So far I have found a post telling me to add an entry to the registry:
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Disable or delay alt-tab Aero Peek effect in Windows 7
In Windows 7, alt-tab shows the transparent windows effect. It is bugging me because the screen change is distracting while I'm trying to figure out which window to switch to from thumbnail preview ...
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Vista's alt-tab behaviour: can the ordering be reverted to XP's order?
Under XP (and earlier) the windows list in the alt-tab display was fairly simple (ignoring small complications caused by always-on-top windows and some items that didn't appear at all): the windows ...
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Can I increase icon size in task switcher?
When Alt-Tab'ing in Windows 7, the size of the application thumbnails is quite small on higher resolutions. Especially with many applications running, imo it is hard to discern from the thumbnail ...
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Windows 7 - Faster applications/windows switcher by typing application's name?
I sometimes got many running applications and switching with alt-tab becomes very annoying.
The perfect solution for me would be an application that lets me start typing a window's and offer a classic ...
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Change the color of the current window box in the Alt-TAB menu in Windows 7/Vista
I don't know about you guys but I've always had this beef with Windows 7 and Vista.
When pressing Alt-TAB, with Aero enabled, the Alt-TAB bar appears with a border around the window you're about to ...
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Windows 7 Alt+Tab transparent windows effect delay
In windows 7 when browsing through the alt+tab thumbnails, lingering on one thumbnail for a second will engage the Aero-Peek effect causing every window to be transparent except for the chosen window.
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