Alt-backtick does not switch between the same application

[Brettins]

When I use Alt+` it will switch to the first application in the list, rather than between different windows of the same application I am running.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-37.38~22.04.1-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.gpu0: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.mig: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.65.00.0: Error: path was not a regular file.
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 525.147.05 Wed Oct 25 20:27:35 UTC 2023
 GCC version: gcc version 11.4.0 (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04)
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Feb 5 14:43:05 2024
DistUpgraded: 2022-08-26 00:48:24,846 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia/525.147.05, 5.15.0-92-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia/525.147.05, 6.2.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia/525.147.05, 6.5.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia/525.147.05, 6.5.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [TITAN X] [10de:1b00] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [TITAN X] [10de:119a]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-11-08 (819 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.0-37-generic root=UUID=bb6c7a01-5fb3-46e1-b488-ce8f4dbfa062 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-26 (528 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/19/2021
dmi.bios.release: 5.13
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1004
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: PRIME X299-A II
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
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dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.sku: ASUS_MB_KBLX
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz N/A
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version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.8
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please check that this isn't being caused by local extensions. You can remove them by running:

  cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/
  rm -rf extensions

and then log in again. If the problem persists after that then please run:

  gnome-extensions list --enabled > extensions.txt

and attach the resulting text file here.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Also the Settings app suggests Super+backtick is the official key sequence. But my internal settings suggest either Super or Alt should work. You can use this command to restore that default:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-group "['<Super>Above_Tab', '<Alt>Above_Tab']"

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I also wonder if you're referring to some web app or Java where different apps might get confused.

[Brettins (brettins)]

Problems was fixed by restarting, unfortunately, so I don't any other data to offer here. I didn't change any extensions, though. Not sure how to cause the issue again to get to the root of it.

Issue happened with multiple types of apps and windows, would always go to the first in the list of all the windows rather than switching between same app. VS Code, Terminal, Chrome all had the same issue.

I don't think the command was lost or missasigned, as it would stick with the first app type in the list, so some functionality was working and it seemed like the right command, but it wasn't working with whatever app was picked when alt+` was pushed.

Output from extensions command:

+gTile@vibou
<email address hidden>
<email address hidden>
<email address hidden>
<email address hidden>
<email address hidden>

[Brettins (brettins)]

extensions.txt for reference

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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