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numist / Switch

A window-based context switcher for the Mac
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Window order with multiple screens #98

Closed ghost closed 9 years ago

ghost commented 10 years ago

At the moment, windows are not ordered by screen first. For example, say screen 1 has windows 1a, 1b and 1c, and screen 2 has windows 2a and 2b. In this case, cycling through the windows with ⌥⇥ may follow this order: 1a, 1b, 2a, 1c, 2b, and I find that the selection jumping from one screen to another is rather distracting.

I believe that Switch should either render a single list with all windows (like OS X does with ⌘⇥) or order the windows by screen first and then whichever order criteria it currently uses.

numist commented 10 years ago

At the moment Switch increments the selection based on MRU across all screens (for illustration, it describes the windows in your example as: 1a, 1b, 2c, 1d, 2e). This admittedly wasn't a designed experience so much as it was easier to implement and fit well with my own usage of Spaces/multiple desktops.

I can see how it's a bit jarring, so I'll experiment a bit with Space-prioritized incrementing and see how it feels—worst case there can be another checkbox in the preferences :)