Hi there!
Somewhere along the line I must have somehow changed the behaviour of how Alt-Tab switches between windows.
It was, as usual, showing a window with a graphic of each window to cycle through. It doesn't do that now.
I tried looking through all the Window settings to see if I could get it back to showing those window graphics when cycling through Alt-Tab, but no such luck.
I'm sure there's something there in the settings somewhere. But I can't figure it out.
Can anyone out there tell me how to get Xfce (or Compiz, or whatever it is), back to showing the selection of graphics of open windows when using Alt-Tab.
Thank you ever so much in advance!
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Re: Alt-Tab to switch windows changed somehow
Can we assumeIt was, as usual, showing a window with a graphic of each window to cycle through. It doesn't do that now.
Alt+Tab
does nothing now?Start 'Keyboard' and go here:
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Re: Alt-Tab window cycling not using the default GUI (Xfce)
Well, alt-tab does do something. It still cycles through the open windows.
But what id does NOT do is a GUI display of open windows to cycle through as you keep hitting Alt-Tab or one of the arrow keys. So, I can still cycle through open windows, but it does not use the nice GUI thingy for I was used to.
As I said, all I can think of is I inadvertently messed up an Xfce (or other) setting by accident. And I just can't figure out how to set it back to that GUI default I'm used to...
Where you looking at a MATE or Cinnamon desktop? This is the 'Keyboard ' Screen I get:
But what id does NOT do is a GUI display of open windows to cycle through as you keep hitting Alt-Tab or one of the arrow keys. So, I can still cycle through open windows, but it does not use the nice GUI thingy for I was used to.
As I said, all I can think of is I inadvertently messed up an Xfce (or other) setting by accident. And I just can't figure out how to set it back to that GUI default I'm used to...
Where you looking at a MATE or Cinnamon desktop? This is the 'Keyboard ' Screen I get:
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Re: Alt-Tab window cycling not using the default GUI (Xfce)
Go into System Settings, select Windows then select the Alt-Tab tab.M_Mynaardt wrote: ⤴Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:48 am Well, alt-tab does do something. It still cycles through the open windows.
But what id does NOT do is a GUI display of open windows to cycle through as you keep hitting Alt-Tab or one of the arrow keys.
My apologies. I only just noticed that this an cfce question.
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Re: Alt-Tab to switch windows changed somehow
Have you looked at the options on the "Cycling" tab of "Window Manager Tweaks" (found under Settings in the main menu)?
Edit: may not apply if you're using Compiz - in which case perhaps turn off Compiz...
Edit: may not apply if you're using Compiz - in which case perhaps turn off Compiz...
Re: Alt-Tab to switch windows changed somehow
I was looking at a Cinnamon desktop. Sorry.Where you looking at a MATE or Cinnamon desktop?
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Re: Alt-Tab window cycling not using the default GUI (Xfce)
Not a problem...Kadaitcha Man wrote: ⤴Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:56 amGo into System Settings, select Windows then select the Alt-Tab tab.M_Mynaardt wrote: ⤴Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:48 am Well, alt-tab does do something. It still cycles through the open windows.
But what id does NOT do is a GUI display of open windows to cycle through as you keep hitting Alt-Tab or one of the arrow keys.
My apologies. I only just noticed that this an cfce question.
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Re: Alt-Tab to switch windows changed somehow
Aha! It's working again now!michael-hi wrote: ⤴Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:57 am Have you looked at the options on the "Cycling" tab of "Window Manager Tweaks" (found under Settings in the main menu)?
Edit: may not apply if you're using Compiz - in which case perhaps turn off Compiz...
It took a bit of bumbling about, but you gave me the nudge in the right direction.
Took me a while to figure out how to turn Compiz off. I must've been daydreaming when I switched on and/or didn't know what I was doing. Excellent possibility of either ...
But anyway ... what did the trick, finally was:
Settings Manager -> Desktop Settings -> And select "Xfwm4" all by its lonesome without the composite thingy. I don't know if that's the default or not. But, once I did that, I got the icon choice for open windows that I was used to.
Thanks so much for that!
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Re: Alt-Tab to switch windows changed somehow
No harm done. Thanks for taking the time to respond, though...
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