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Registered: 2017-02-17

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Making alt+tab show windows instead of applications in Gnome

Hi,

the title basically says it already. I'm not looking for alt+esc but having alt+tab with windows. I really just want all windows listed. Nothing nested, no extra keys. Is that possible?

bulletmark

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2013-10-22

Posts: 714

Re: Making alt+tab show windows instead of applications in Gnome

There's a stack of https://extensions.gnome.org/ that do this. None of them do what you want?

sayonalion

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Registered: 2016-10-25

Posts: 46

Re: Making alt+tab show windows instead of applications in Gnome

• Open dconf-editor

• Go to org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings

•  Move the value '<Alt>Tab' from switch-applications to switch-windows

• Optionally move '<Shift><Alt>Tab' from switch-applications-backward to switch-windows-backward

•  If you want switch-windows to work across desktops, not just in the current desktop, you can also uncheck org/gnome/shell/window-switcher/current-workspace-only (Courtesy of @CharlBotha)

• Close dconf-editor

• Press <Alt>F2, then type r to restart Gnome.

The last step does not always appear to be necessary, but it should not hurt (especially since it does not close any of your running applications).

source: https://superuser.com/questions/394376/ … 001#860001

Last edited by sayonalion (2017-08-08 16:08:44)

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Registered: 2013-04-10

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Re: Making alt+tab show windows instead of applications in Gnome

You can also switch the keybindings directly from gnome-control-center's keyboard settings. No dconf-editor required.

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Registered: 2017-02-17

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Re: Making alt+tab show windows instead of applications in Gnome

ok thanks got it