17 Apr
2012
17 Apr
'12
1:45 p.m.
On 16 April 2012 23:22, Darrell Anderson <humanreadable(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm confused here.
Yes. Well
actually, Initially hit Alt+`, this will let you
do the quick switch between two. Once the tab box comes up,
you then need to continue to hold down alt, and use tab to
rotate.
Yes, but you would actually need to let go of the
alt
button. It's a one way street. You start with Alt+Tab,
you're going to be cycling through all the windows. if you
start with Alt+` you'll be cycling through just the windows
of one type.
I tested this enhancement. The shortcut works. Good job!
There is one noticeable and distinctive difference. Whereas with Alt-Tab I press and hold
the Alt key and need release only the Tab key to cycle to each window, I have to release
both the Alt and ` key to cycle to the next window. For consistency, I would think the two
shortcuts would work the same. That is, I should be able to press and hold Alt and then
only release the ` key to cycle through the similar windows. I think you're alluding
to that behavior in your previous post, but I'm unsure. Did not matter whether I started with Alt-Tab to find
the app I wanted and then switched to Alt-` or I started directly with Alt-`. I did
release the Alt key when wanting to move from Alt-Tab to Alt-`. I found the difference
confusing at first and then found the behavior frustrating. Probably 20 years of using
Alt-Tab has me expecting that I do not have to release the Alt key and should only release
the ` key.
Is there a way to update that behavior? Probably (hopefully) a one one-liner adjustment
somewhere is all that is needed?
I think we need to make them operate the same way. It will some time
No one liner, I need to look into it further
.
I want to push to GIT but I'd like to see that
behavior fixed, if possible. Overall I like the new shortcut. :) Using the backtick key,
which is next to the Tab key is nice too. Is that your idea or the way the Mac shortcut
works?
I won't pretend I invented it. Apple did one thing right with that shortcut :-)
Calvin