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sagb / alttab

The task switcher for minimalistic window managers or standalone X11 session
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Non-standard window ordering? #42

Open sagb opened 6 years ago

sagb commented 6 years ago

Most Recently Used (MRU) ordering criticized: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/solving-the-alt-tab-problem/

But some professionals seem to object to that critic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1315942 "At the same time as the switcher program is trying to learn the user's common patterns, the user is also trying to learn how the switcher works." Someone "suggest having new alternative to Alt-Tab that has static positions (reorderable for the power user.)"

Request for static order: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1204947

Request for grouping: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/330656/application-window-switcher-on-xubuntu-xfce-group-windows-by-application

Request for switching without raising (should be easy): https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/237087/keyboard-shortcut-to-switch-focus-without-raising-window

Request for partially hidden list: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/213854/how-to-hide-a-window-from-alttab-in-cinnamon/226422

Should alttab implement some crafty ordering of windows as an option?

eater commented 6 years ago

Anecdata point: I found Alttab specifically seeking a tool with MRU switching. My setup of i3 and Rofi provides good, usable ways of switching to a particular window, especially on the current workspace. But it lacks any mechanism for tracking MRU order, and that's what I would find useful.

cornerman commented 6 years ago

The reason why I am using alttab is MRU. I like how I can easily switch to one of the last used windows (most often just the last one, though). I also use i3 and rofi for switching to specific windows via name or position.