ATTENTION!!
This project is deprecated and will not be maintained anymore. I had a lot of fun creating this when I was still using Awesome, but those times have long come to an end. Luckily, and thanks to the powers of open-source, others have stepped up and taken over. Please refer to @berlam for an up-to-date and maintained fork:
https://github.com/berlam/awesome-switcher-preview
Thanks!!
PS. I apologize for not responding faster, and would like to thank @berlam for respecting this work even without copyright notices.
Integrate familiar Alt-Tab functionality in Awesome WM 3.5, tested only on 3.5.5
Features:
INSTALLATION: 1) cd ~/.config/awesome git clone https://github.com/jorenheit/awesome_alttab.git alttab
2) Import into rc.lua: local alttab = require("alttab")
3) Optionally edit any subset of the following settings, the defaults are:
alttab.settings.preview_box = true, -- display preview-box alttab.settings.preview_box_bg = "#ddddddaa", -- background color alttab.settings.preview_box_border = "#22222200", -- border-color alttab.settings.preview_box_fps = 30, -- refresh framerate alttab.settings.preview_box_delay = 150, -- delay in ms
alttab.settings.client_opacity = false, -- set opacity for unselected clients alttab.settings.client_opacity_value = 0.5, -- alpha-value alttab.settings.client_opacity_delay = 150, -- delay in ms
4) Add key-bindings: On my particular system, and I guess most, Shift-Tab is captured by the keygrabber as a single key, namely "ISO_LEFT_TAB". Therefore, this is what my keybindings look like:
awful.key({ "Mod1", }, "Tab",
function ()
alttab.switch(1, "Alt_L", "Tab", "ISO_Left_Tab")
end
),
awful.key({ "Mod1", "Shift" }, "Tab", function () alttab.switch(-1, "Alt_L", "Tab", "ISO_Left_Tab") end ),