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lwouis / alt-tab-macos

Windows alt-tab on macOS
https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app
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Show the window from the desktop where the mouse is located #3354

Open chenxiankong opened 6 months ago

chenxiankong commented 6 months ago

Is your feature suggestion related to a problem? Please describe. No

Describe the solution you'd like Show the window from the desktop where the mouse is located Currently there are two options: visible desktop and all desktops. I hope to add an option for the desktop where the mouse is located. The content of should be consistent with the window displayed by the Apple MissionControl of the desktop. Thank You

best wishes for you

lwouis commented 6 months ago

Hi,

I think you can achieve your goal with these preferences :

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then

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Thank you 🙇

chenxiankong commented 5 months ago

From the description, this function meets my needs, but the actual content does not quite meet my needs. Operation: Assign application A to all desktops in the dock. Current performance: It will appear on any desktop using altTab . Expected performance: Remain consistent with the contents of the missionControl, only appearing on the last desktop it was on

Thank You Best wishes for you ~

lwouis commented 5 months ago

Hi @chenxiankong,

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Could you please share a video showcasing the behavior you see from AltTab, and the behavior of Mission Control which you would like to see?

Thank you 🙇

chenxiankong commented 5 months ago

Sorry, for some reasons, I can't show you the video. But I will try to describe it clearly below.

First, connect an external display, so we now have two desktops: M1, M2 Secondly, open 3 Application: A1, A2, A3, assign A1 to all desktops. The last time A1 was in M1, A2 was also in M1, and A3 was in M2

Open the missionControl of macos, you can see the windows of A1 and A2 in M1 (Please note that even if A1 is assigned to all desktops, it will only appear in the desktop of one display in missionControl.), A3's window settings in M2.

altTab are consistent with the settings you gave .

  1. Start the operation: First click the mouse on M1, and then open alttab. You can see the windows of A1 and A2. This is normal.
  2. Then move the mouse directly to M2 (without clicking) and open alttab. , only the window of A3 can be seen at this time. (This is in line with my needs)
  3. Finally, click the mouse on M2, and then open altTab. At this time, you can see the windows of A1 and A3 (this is not in compliance with Expected). To sum up, whether the mouse clicks on the current desktop affects the behavior of alttab. I don’t quite understand the logic.

Thank You Your App!

chenxiankong commented 5 months ago

@lwouis Sorry, let me describe it briefly here. Background: The app has made the settings you gave, there are two monitors, and one appA is assigned to the all desktops Expected: appA should only be displayed on one of the monitors (it shows last) Within the desktop (performance of missionControl) Currently: appA will be displayed on the desktop of all monitors. Others: If the mouse has not been clicked on the desktop within the monitor but simply moved over, the behavior will be similar to expected (appA will not be displayed) Thank you!

lwouis commented 5 months ago

@chenxiankong thank you for your message

You're assigning the app to all Desktops? You used this UI in the Dock to assign it?

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If you do that, AltTab will show this app's windows on every Desktop. This makes sense, because the app is indeed on every Desktop. If you move between Desktops, the app's windows will follow you.

I'm not understanding the issue, if there is one.

Could you please try and share a video?