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VS Code alt-backtick (⌘`) window order does not go by recency #201

Open lgarron opened 11 months ago

lgarron commented 11 months ago

When I alt-backtick (⌘`) between windows within VS Code, it always switches to an unpredictable window instead of the one I had open previously.

I looked at the window order in the macOS Window menu dropdown, and the order doesn't match that either. I can't figure it out — all I know is that it's never intuitive and I can't figure out how to change it.

lgarron commented 11 months ago

Figured it out: bring a window explicitly to the foreground does not put it mark it as the most recent window:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/195442

This has been a head-scratcher for me for a long time, I'm glad I finally understand how it works, and how to work around it. The workaround is to completely close and open any windows that you want to move to the most recent end of the window order.