Questions tagged [alt-tab]
Alt+TAB is used in Windows or Linux graphic interfaces (such as KDE or GNOME) to switch between open programs and applications.
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How to restrict Alt-Tab to cycling windows on current monitor only?
I have two monitors, and on each of them I have several windows open. Now when I press Alt-Tab, it cycles through all the windows. I want to cycle only through the windows on my current (focused) ...
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Making always-on-top windows follow the same MRU order as other windows
Note: I'm using Windows 7 with the classical alt-tab style, ie the registry key AltTabSettings set to 1.
I want to use MRU (most recently used) ordering of windows in the alt-tab list. However, ...
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How can I prevent all windows of an app coming to the front when switching?
Let's say I have applications A and B running, with windows A1, A2, B1, B2. On Windows, I can switch to B1, then A1, and see the two side by side. On Mac (Snow Leopard), when I switch to A1, it also ...
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How to disable Alt-Tab shortcut in VMPlayer?
I want to send Alt-Tab to my windows host OS when working out of the guest OS on VM player. At the minute it gets trapped by the guest OS. Anyway to disable sending it to the guest (RedHat)?
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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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In Windows, is it possible to search Alt-Tab for a specific program?
When using Alt-Tab in Windows 10, is there a way to filter for a particular open program/window by either keyboard input or searching?
I've tried using Win-Tab and then Ctrl-F to search for an open ...
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How to reduce windows 10 alt-tab time?
I would like to reduce the time taken to switch between applications using alt+tab in windows 10. Currently it takes 0.5s to 1s (guesstimate), I would like it to be "instant" if possible (0.1s). My ...
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Alt+Tab on Excel 2010 re-selects the current Excel window by default
I have a problem with Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows 10.
The Microsoft Office suite of programs behaves inconsistently with regards to Alt+Tab. By default Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Publisher, and ...
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gnome dual monitor different workspace
Is it possible to have different workspace on both of my screens in GNOME ? I don't want to mix the alt + tab application switching with applications in other screen, and there are already solutions ...
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Can't alt-tab, can't click on programs in the taskbar when I preview them
I am having this problem with alt-tabbing where if I alt-tab the program switcher shows up, but it flashes so fast that you can't read it and it also does not actually alt-tab, it stays on the same ...
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Switching between last active windows on a Mac
On Windows and Linux if I hit Alt-Tab it will bring forward the last active window of the application I was using.
If I try to do this on a Mac, Cmd+Tab brings forward all the windows of the ...
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Disable "left swipe gesture / app switching" in Windows 10 on Surface 3
Is it possible to disable 'left swipe / gesture' or 'App Switching' in tablet mode on a Surface 3? I am Left Handed and whenever I use the 'Pen' in One note, my palm rests on the left hand edge and ...
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Firefox - Focus menu on alt+tab
I'm having a strange issue with firefox 25.0.1 on my desktop computer. Whenever I alt+tab to firefox, it automatically displays top menu bar and highlights "file". As a result of this, the focus from ...
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switch opened windows between two or more monitors?
Is there a shortcut to switch opened windows between two or more monitors? (i.e. Win 1 opened on Monitor 1 is now switched w/ Win 2 opened on Monitor 2 and vice-versa).
I know:
Alt+Tab: But does not ...
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Want taskbar and Alt-Tab switcher to appear on two different monitors (Win 11)
I have two monitors- primary/landscape/central and secondary/portrait/to-the-left. I would like the Windows 11 taskbar permanently on the left monitor while keeping the alt-tab switcher on the central ...
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Pop!_OS Alt + Tab / Alt + ` or Alt + ~ Behavior
Pop!_OS' feature of switching between apps (and those with multiple instances) has made me productive in some way:
Alt+Tab - switch between different apps
Alt+` or Alt+~ - switch between same app(s)
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How to alt-tab to the last focused window of an application in GNOME without all the other windows of that application appearing on top?
I have multiple windows of many applications opened. I want to switch between one window of one application and one window of another application very frequently. If I press Alt + Tab, all windows of ...
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Prevent Chrome from knowing that window/tab is switched
How can I completely fool a website into thinking that I haven't minimized the browser window or opened and switched to a new tab?
There is a website which detects and terminates the session after a ...
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How to disable Alt Gr key permanently in windows 10
How to permanently disable the Alt Gr key and make it a normal Alt key ?
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Occasional issues switching between Chrome and iTerm2 on macOS Mojave
I'm running an up-to-date macOS Mojave system. I'm using iTerm2 (Build 3.2.8) in full-screen mode, and I'm also running some other application in full-screen mode on other desktops.
Occasionally, ...
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How to stop Windows 7 program from always being on top?
I upgraded Foxit reader to a new version, and now its window always has the focus.
Alt + Tab will not switch now to another window.
The only way to switch away from Foxit reader is to minimise it.
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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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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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How to make Alt-tab app window respective to which screen the App is on
Let's say I have two monitors. Monitor 1 and Monitor 2
I have Chrome & Discord open in Monitor 1, and File Explorer & Terminal open in Monitor 2. Normally, Windows will show all the tabs open ...
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KDE 22.04 X11 VNC Alt Shift Tab not performing Walk Through Windows (Reverse) Task Switcher
Alt+Shift+Tab will not switch tasks in reverse when I VNC into my Linux box from my Windows machine. It has something to do with backtab. My settings show that Alt_Shift+Backtab is set for reverse ...
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Windows 10 alt-tab works slow
When I use alt-tab, my screen stops working for few second and only then, moves to the next program. When I restart the computer it works well for few minutes and then works slow again. Someone knows ...
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How do disable 'Alt Tab' shortcut on RHEL 7 With KDE?
How can you disable the 'Alt Tab' short cut on RHEL7 with KDE programmatically?
I have a Java app that when run needs to prevent the user from using the 'Alt Tab' shortcut. Therefore, I would like to ...
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how to change Windows 10 Alt+Tab to Windows+Tab
After having used Mac + Virtualbox Ubuntu Linux for 3 years, I switched to Windows 10 + Virtualbox Ubuntu Linux recently, and I am trying to set things up similarly to how they were. Here is what I ...
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Win7 Show a window if computer idle
Is there a script, third party app or scheduleable task I could use to ALT&TAB to a specific window if the computer is idle for a pre-defined time?
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Windows 10 Alt+Tab and Opening Programs Use Display That Mouses is on
I used to use Ubuntu for my web devlopment, but I've had to switch to Windows because of Windows being able to handle dual Nvidia cards much more nicely. Anyways, in Ubuntu, if I pressed Alt+Tab, the ...
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VistaSwitcher exclusions - window title wildcards
I'd like to exclude all Firebug windows from alt-tab menu in VistaSwitcher. If I add a new exclusion and only use the process name parameter, I'll exclude all Firefox windows. So I'd like to narrow it ...
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Cycle through programs, not windows
I'm a OSX user who have to work with Windows7 based computers through work. I find the regular Windows alt + tab cycling quite messy when I have a lot of windows open. I wonder, is it possible to have ...
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Alt+tab: How do I get the desktop to behave the same way as other windows?
It is not uncommon for me to switch between my desktop and a single window rapidly (don't ask :p), and I always use Alt+Tab to switch between two windows. However, for some reason, the desktop is ...
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ALT+TAB doesn't work properly in Windows 8.1
Holding ALT+TAB will activate the flip 2D to switch from a window to another. The problem is that this function remains active for a very short time and I'm not able to select the window I want in the ...
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Ctrl, Alt, etc. not working until I press Esc on Windows 8 HP ProBook 6570b
Issues I am facing:
Alt-tab works only when I press it twice
Ctrl + X works only after I press Esc.
Also I noticed while I was playing a game, if I press left key the control goes to the extreme ...
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Enable Alt-tab in Windows running through Linux terminal
Tearing my hair out over this.
On my desk at work is a HP HSTNC-001L-TC terminal, and through this I connect to our server which has Windows Server 2008.
The problem is alt-tab doesn't work. I've ...
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Permanent Alt-Tab error causes me to force restart on Laptop
Ok, I have a problem with my Alt-Tab in windows 7 on my Dell XPS Laptop. Whenever I use Alt-Tab the bar that comes up with all the options to select doesn't go away and I cannot select any of the ...
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Why are some Windows in ALT-TAB preview are empty white frames?
In Windows 7, when alt + Tab ing between windows, some windows are previewed and show their contents. Others appear as an empty white frame with a blank title bar.
When rotating through the windows ...
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Can background window focus on mouseover be configured to update the Alt+Tab order?
I'm using Windows 7's focus follows cursor model, without raise to front. Unfortunately, the Alt+Tab MRU order isn't updated to reflect the focus change. Here's the behavior (^ indicates focus in Alt+...
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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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How to remove closed app’s entry from windows alt-tab menu?
When I close some specific apps, they still exist in the windows alt-tab menu ? Happens with specific apps only (here shapez game). App is closed, there is no instance running in the task manager but ...
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About switching application using Alt-Tab in MobaXterm when in a GUI tab
I am using MobaXterm on Windows 10 to connect to a Ubuntu GNOME GUI desktop in cloud through VNC. An annoying feature of MobaXterm is that, the other part of MobaXterm obtains focus when I press Alt-...
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Batch Script For Loop to Websites with user input
I'd like to run a batch script on Windows that will prompt users for input (a list) that is then used to open up all the websites as tabs in one window (like a for loop) (not sure if this question ...
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Win+Tab opens Window Switching Menu instead of Alt+Tab
I'm experiencing a weird issue on Windows, suddenly Alt+ Tab doesn't open the window switching menu but ⊞ Win+Tab does and when I press Alt+Tab it opens the windows search. I would appreciate if ...
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My alt tab thumbnails are super large
I was switching from a 4k display set at 1080p back to a display natively 1080p and the thumbnails in alt tab stayed massive Image of icons in alt tab
with more than 4 windows they just go off the ...
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In MacOS, what is the keyboard shortcut to switch to the last used window?
Currently when I try to do cmd+tab, it does not go to the last used window. Instead it cycles through some predefined order.
I want it to go to the last used window.
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Alt buttons not working
Since yesterday, both alt buttons on my Asus laptop stopped working. However, they are working fine on Onscreen keyboard. I use Windows 10 which was updated recently.
Here's the list of things that I ...
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Atom on macOS: doesn't switch to app when opening file from shell
Using Atom (latest version) on macOS 10.15.6 Catalina. I often open files in Atom from the shell, like this:
atom SomeDocument.txt
When Atom is not running yet, Atom correctly appears with the ...
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How to make Alt+Tab text bigger
I'm using Windows 10 and Alt+Tab is set as "classic". Is there a way do change the font for the name of the icons? Essentially make it bigger.