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 do I switch between applications in Windows 8?
What are some ways that I can switch between applications in Windows 8, using the keyboard and/or mouse?
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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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Program to switch active window/program? [closed]
I'm interested in program that can utilize additional buttons of G15, or can be bound to special hotkey like ctrl+alt+shift+F9 in order to change active window.
Why do i need it? I'm playing game EVE-...
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Windows 7 hotkey to focus running application
I know how to hotkey an application from the Taskbar, but if the application is already running, and I don't want to start another instance of that application, is there a way to hot key to it? I know ...
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Is it possible to disable the command-tab application switcher in Mac OS X Lion?
This shortcut drives me crazy. I would like to remap command-tab for snippet insertion while coding, but the switcher gets in the way...
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Bringing up the carousel of open windows
Windows has the familiar Alt+Tab key combination to switch between recently used windows. I've also seen it set up so that the right Alt key can be used to bring up a carousel of all open windows that ...
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How can I make alt on Windows XP behave like a traditional modifier key?
I'm a Mac guy, and on a Mac, unless you have sticky keys turned on, all of the modifier keys at the bottom left of the keyboard work exactly the same way: you can press them all you want, and they ...
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Alt-Tab tool to switch to a window by typing its name [duplicate]
Is there a task switcher – a replacement for Alt + Tab on Windows XP or 7 – that enables switching to a window by typing part of its name?
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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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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 prevent Gnome-shell's Alt+Tab from grouping windows from similar apps?
I love pretty much everything about how Gnome Shell handles app-switching through Alt+Tab. My one gripe with it, though, is how it forces the user to use Alt+` (or Alt+ whatever key above the Tab key ...
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Juggling between 2 Chrome windows in Mac OS X
I open a lot of separate windows of Chrome on my Mac. However, juggling between two separate windows of Chrome doesn't work with Command+tab. When I press command+tab, only one instance of Chrome can ...
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How to slide between windows on OS X
How does the user at 23 seconds in this video (possible NSFW language) slide between two different applications like that? Is there a shortcut to do this?
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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? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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. (If I ...
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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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Window switching Mac OS way in Windows 7? [duplicate]
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Is there an alternative to Exposé for Windows?
I love the way windows are auto arranged in Mac OS as the below screenshot.
Though, I'm a Windows OS user so I'm looking ...
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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 11....
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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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How can i remove an app icon on mac's application switcher (cmd+tab menu)?
On Mac's application switcher I want to hide particular applications such as adium and terminal (especially terminal). Because I use them with global shortcuts and they're always running.
Is there a ...
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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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Assign a Function Key to reliably switch to another running app
I have a pc till in my shop. I want to run another app on the till. I would like to be able to assign a Function key (eg F2) to switch that running instance to the front (over the till software ...
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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 [duplicate]
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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. The ...
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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? [duplicate]
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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" switches ...
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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 [duplicate]
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 window"...
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Is there any program or way to make Mac OS X's ⌘-Tab behave like Windows' Alt-Tab? [closed]
Is there any program or way to make Mac OS X's ⌘Tab(Command-Tab) behave like Windows' AltTab?
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 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable or delay alt-tab Aero Peek effect in Windows 7
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 ...
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Are there (free) alternatives to OS X task switching mechanism?
I find OS X task switching very annoying. Specially while using spaces.
I'd like to be able to switch between windows regardless the app it belongs to, just like in Linux or Windows environments. I'd ...
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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.
I'...
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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 ...