[alt-tab] [wishlist] Use Alt-` as a keyboard shortcut to switch between multiple windows of the same app
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Unity |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is a Gnome Shell feature and it would be nice to be supported in Unity also.
This is documented at http://
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Alt+` Switch between windows from the same application, or from the selected application after Alt+Tab.
This shortcut uses ` on US keyboards, where the ` key is above Tab. On all other keyboards, the shortcut is Alt plus whatever key is above Tab.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.8.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Fri Aug 12 16:09:53 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-17 (56 days ago)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
milestone: | none → 4.16.0 |
Having to press Alt+Tab before Alt+ the key above Tab eliminates the benefit of the Alt+` switcher.
Also, the key located above Tab varies from country to country so you shouldn't hardcode that to be `. I don't know if Compiz supports doing keyboard shortcuts like that. I just know that GNOME Shell's alt-tab switcher works pretty well and seems to have similar design goals to Unity's implementation which doesn't work near as well.