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Unity: How can I make Alt+TAB browse through all my windows without grouping them?



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When I use ALT+TAB to cycle through my apps I would like to have icons for all my open browsers. I use the ` (Grave or the key above TAB) but I really find that hard to use.



Anyway I can just use ALT+TAB only?










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  • if you hold on the browser it opens up to your open windows.

    – rlemon
    Dec 3 '11 at 16:45






  • 3





    possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

    – Skippy le Grand Gourou
    Aug 30 '15 at 10:42











  • I don't like to install things for little configurations, in this question there are some way to switch that makes this way of switching comfortable askubuntu.com/questions/123977/…

    – titusfx
    Aug 16 '17 at 7:02

















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When I use ALT+TAB to cycle through my apps I would like to have icons for all my open browsers. I use the ` (Grave or the key above TAB) but I really find that hard to use.



Anyway I can just use ALT+TAB only?










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  • if you hold on the browser it opens up to your open windows.

    – rlemon
    Dec 3 '11 at 16:45






  • 3





    possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

    – Skippy le Grand Gourou
    Aug 30 '15 at 10:42











  • I don't like to install things for little configurations, in this question there are some way to switch that makes this way of switching comfortable askubuntu.com/questions/123977/…

    – titusfx
    Aug 16 '17 at 7:02













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When I use ALT+TAB to cycle through my apps I would like to have icons for all my open browsers. I use the ` (Grave or the key above TAB) but I really find that hard to use.



Anyway I can just use ALT+TAB only?










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When I use ALT+TAB to cycle through my apps I would like to have icons for all my open browsers. I use the ` (Grave or the key above TAB) but I really find that hard to use.



Anyway I can just use ALT+TAB only?







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  • if you hold on the browser it opens up to your open windows.

    – rlemon
    Dec 3 '11 at 16:45






  • 3





    possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

    – Skippy le Grand Gourou
    Aug 30 '15 at 10:42











  • I don't like to install things for little configurations, in this question there are some way to switch that makes this way of switching comfortable askubuntu.com/questions/123977/…

    – titusfx
    Aug 16 '17 at 7:02

















  • if you hold on the browser it opens up to your open windows.

    – rlemon
    Dec 3 '11 at 16:45






  • 3





    possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

    – Skippy le Grand Gourou
    Aug 30 '15 at 10:42











  • I don't like to install things for little configurations, in this question there are some way to switch that makes this way of switching comfortable askubuntu.com/questions/123977/…

    – titusfx
    Aug 16 '17 at 7:02
















if you hold on the browser it opens up to your open windows.

– rlemon
Dec 3 '11 at 16:45





if you hold on the browser it opens up to your open windows.

– rlemon
Dec 3 '11 at 16:45




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3





possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

– Skippy le Grand Gourou
Aug 30 '15 at 10:42





possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

– Skippy le Grand Gourou
Aug 30 '15 at 10:42













I don't like to install things for little configurations, in this question there are some way to switch that makes this way of switching comfortable askubuntu.com/questions/123977/…

– titusfx
Aug 16 '17 at 7:02





I don't like to install things for little configurations, in this question there are some way to switch that makes this way of switching comfortable askubuntu.com/questions/123977/…

– titusfx
Aug 16 '17 at 7:02










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Here is my solution:



  1. Install compizconfig-settings-manager and open it (type ccsm in terminal).


  2. Go to Desktop > Ubuntu Unity Plugin.


  3. Open Switcher tab and make key to start the switcher and key to start the switcher in reverse disabled.


  4. Go back to CompizConfig Settings Manager.


  5. Go to Window Management and enable Application Switcher.


  6. Open Application Switcher and change key bindings of "Next Window (All windows)" to Alt-Tab and "Prev window (All windows)" to Shift-Alt-Tab.


Then you will start to use a different switcher instead of Unity's switcher.






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  • 2





    The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

    – levesque
    Feb 13 '13 at 17:07






  • 1





    You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

    – Thomas G. Mayfield
    Mar 11 '13 at 19:22






  • 1





    Worked for me on 13.04, too.

    – Daniel Albuschat
    Jun 23 '13 at 8:07






  • 4





    Window Management seems not present in 14.04

    – Pierre de LESPINAY
    Jul 25 '14 at 9:40






  • 2





    I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

    – Mahesha999
    Apr 26 '17 at 15:52


















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The other option -which I'm testing out this week- is to have the ALT+TAB switch between apps, and ALT+| switch between windows of the same app. It sounds complicated but it works surprisingly well.



Use case A: You're on Firefox and want to switch to Thunderbird: ALT+TAB.



Use case B: You're on a Calc window and want to switch to another Calc window: ALT+|.



In B, you could use the old way of ALT+TAB, where it cycles through all your windows, but it can take a while to do that if you have more than a few windows open. With this thing, you always know where you want to go, and choose the quicker way to get there.



I choose | because it's just above TAB, so my brain and my finger don't need to move very far.



To enable this: System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Navigation > Switch windows of an application (it's just underneath Switch applications, which is how I found it).



Easy to test, safe, easy to revert, no need to install anything.






share|improve this answer


















  • 7





    The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

    – Skippy le Grand Gourou
    Aug 30 '15 at 10:40












  • On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

    – jdpipe
    Aug 9 '18 at 2:27



















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Otuzbesli's answer works but for Ubunut 14.04 you need to install compiz-plugins in addition to compizconfig-settings-manager



sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins





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    Before installing anything, try these key combinations:




    • alt + | (the key above Tab, may be `, º, |...) to switch between instances of the current application


    • alt + ESC to direct switch to the next window


    • alt + Tab, of course, to switch between different applications

    You can see the three keys are neighbors.






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      The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

      – Jepzen
      Jul 10 '18 at 12:54











    • non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

      – Fábio Dias
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    I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 running the Gnome shell. I installed Gnome Tweaks via



    sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


    and went to




    Extensions -> AlternateTab




    and switched the toggle to "On".

    This changed the window-switcher to not group by application.






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    • The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

      – Pablo Bianchi
      2 days ago












    • @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

      – Alex Lamson
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    I tried this and as soon as I launched ccsm:



    • my desktop was gone. No start menu, taskbar, launcher.. Just the wallpaper.


    • Alt+Tab doesn't work at all.

    I was able to launch a Terminal using right click on desktop. Many people faced this under different situations. Solution always said reset compiz config, delete x11 config, delete gnome config and launch unity with setsid unit && unit.



    For me it said:



    (0)kash@Laptop$ setsid unity
    setsid: failed to execute unity: No such file or directory
    (0)kash@Laptop$


    They also said launch ccsm again and enable Unity plugin there. Well, it just wasn't there in the list of enabled or disabled plugins.



    Many heart attacks later



    sudo apt-get install unity
    unity


    I hate the dev who made ccsm.



    After you install Unity, when you launch ccsm, it has Unity plugin in it.



    I had Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS running inside a VirtualBox with Windows 10 Host.






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      @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

      – Kashyap
      May 16 '18 at 18:39











    • I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

      – mmKALLL
      May 17 '18 at 4:59


















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    Just thought I would share this since I tried to follow the accepted answer but couldn't find the Ubuntu Unity switcher. I'm running 18.04 and I was able to change the alt-tab behavior by:



    1. going to settings->devices->keyboard

    2. scroll down to the shortcut for "Switch Windows" (under the "Navigation" section)

    3. change the shortcut for Switch Windows to alt-tab

    This will overwrite the shortcut for "Switch Applications" which is the default behavior for alt-tab






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    • That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

      – pomsky
      Feb 18 at 9:30


















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    "Alt + F6" can be used to switch the window within the same application while "Alt + Tab" continues to be the best known combination to switch to another application.






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      Here is my solution:



      1. Install compizconfig-settings-manager and open it (type ccsm in terminal).


      2. Go to Desktop > Ubuntu Unity Plugin.


      3. Open Switcher tab and make key to start the switcher and key to start the switcher in reverse disabled.


      4. Go back to CompizConfig Settings Manager.


      5. Go to Window Management and enable Application Switcher.


      6. Open Application Switcher and change key bindings of "Next Window (All windows)" to Alt-Tab and "Prev window (All windows)" to Shift-Alt-Tab.


      Then you will start to use a different switcher instead of Unity's switcher.






      share|improve this answer




















      • 2





        The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

        – levesque
        Feb 13 '13 at 17:07






      • 1





        You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

        – Thomas G. Mayfield
        Mar 11 '13 at 19:22






      • 1





        Worked for me on 13.04, too.

        – Daniel Albuschat
        Jun 23 '13 at 8:07






      • 4





        Window Management seems not present in 14.04

        – Pierre de LESPINAY
        Jul 25 '14 at 9:40






      • 2





        I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

        – Mahesha999
        Apr 26 '17 at 15:52















      46














      Here is my solution:



      1. Install compizconfig-settings-manager and open it (type ccsm in terminal).


      2. Go to Desktop > Ubuntu Unity Plugin.


      3. Open Switcher tab and make key to start the switcher and key to start the switcher in reverse disabled.


      4. Go back to CompizConfig Settings Manager.


      5. Go to Window Management and enable Application Switcher.


      6. Open Application Switcher and change key bindings of "Next Window (All windows)" to Alt-Tab and "Prev window (All windows)" to Shift-Alt-Tab.


      Then you will start to use a different switcher instead of Unity's switcher.






      share|improve this answer




















      • 2





        The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

        – levesque
        Feb 13 '13 at 17:07






      • 1





        You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

        – Thomas G. Mayfield
        Mar 11 '13 at 19:22






      • 1





        Worked for me on 13.04, too.

        – Daniel Albuschat
        Jun 23 '13 at 8:07






      • 4





        Window Management seems not present in 14.04

        – Pierre de LESPINAY
        Jul 25 '14 at 9:40






      • 2





        I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

        – Mahesha999
        Apr 26 '17 at 15:52













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      46







      Here is my solution:



      1. Install compizconfig-settings-manager and open it (type ccsm in terminal).


      2. Go to Desktop > Ubuntu Unity Plugin.


      3. Open Switcher tab and make key to start the switcher and key to start the switcher in reverse disabled.


      4. Go back to CompizConfig Settings Manager.


      5. Go to Window Management and enable Application Switcher.


      6. Open Application Switcher and change key bindings of "Next Window (All windows)" to Alt-Tab and "Prev window (All windows)" to Shift-Alt-Tab.


      Then you will start to use a different switcher instead of Unity's switcher.






      share|improve this answer















      Here is my solution:



      1. Install compizconfig-settings-manager and open it (type ccsm in terminal).


      2. Go to Desktop > Ubuntu Unity Plugin.


      3. Open Switcher tab and make key to start the switcher and key to start the switcher in reverse disabled.


      4. Go back to CompizConfig Settings Manager.


      5. Go to Window Management and enable Application Switcher.


      6. Open Application Switcher and change key bindings of "Next Window (All windows)" to Alt-Tab and "Prev window (All windows)" to Shift-Alt-Tab.


      Then you will start to use a different switcher instead of Unity's switcher.







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        The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

        – levesque
        Feb 13 '13 at 17:07






      • 1





        You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

        – Thomas G. Mayfield
        Mar 11 '13 at 19:22






      • 1





        Worked for me on 13.04, too.

        – Daniel Albuschat
        Jun 23 '13 at 8:07






      • 4





        Window Management seems not present in 14.04

        – Pierre de LESPINAY
        Jul 25 '14 at 9:40






      • 2





        I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

        – Mahesha999
        Apr 26 '17 at 15:52












      • 2





        The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

        – levesque
        Feb 13 '13 at 17:07






      • 1





        You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

        – Thomas G. Mayfield
        Mar 11 '13 at 19:22






      • 1





        Worked for me on 13.04, too.

        – Daniel Albuschat
        Jun 23 '13 at 8:07






      • 4





        Window Management seems not present in 14.04

        – Pierre de LESPINAY
        Jul 25 '14 at 9:40






      • 2





        I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

        – Mahesha999
        Apr 26 '17 at 15:52







      2




      2





      The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

      – levesque
      Feb 13 '13 at 17:07





      The application switcher seems gone in Ubuntu 12.10.

      – levesque
      Feb 13 '13 at 17:07




      1




      1





      You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

      – Thomas G. Mayfield
      Mar 11 '13 at 19:22





      You have to install compiz-plugins in Ubuntu 12.10

      – Thomas G. Mayfield
      Mar 11 '13 at 19:22




      1




      1





      Worked for me on 13.04, too.

      – Daniel Albuschat
      Jun 23 '13 at 8:07





      Worked for me on 13.04, too.

      – Daniel Albuschat
      Jun 23 '13 at 8:07




      4




      4





      Window Management seems not present in 14.04

      – Pierre de LESPINAY
      Jul 25 '14 at 9:40





      Window Management seems not present in 14.04

      – Pierre de LESPINAY
      Jul 25 '14 at 9:40




      2




      2





      I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

      – Mahesha999
      Apr 26 '17 at 15:52





      I am frustrated by this, especially for browser. I usually have 4-5 browser windows open which I switch between pretty frequently. Here each time I have to switch I have to wait half a second on browser icon in switcher which then shows all browser windows which I can then switch between. Windows does this straight. And I am surprised I have to follow so many steps and in fact install another software for a basic feature which should have been properly implemented in OS itself.

      – Mahesha999
      Apr 26 '17 at 15:52













      21














      The other option -which I'm testing out this week- is to have the ALT+TAB switch between apps, and ALT+| switch between windows of the same app. It sounds complicated but it works surprisingly well.



      Use case A: You're on Firefox and want to switch to Thunderbird: ALT+TAB.



      Use case B: You're on a Calc window and want to switch to another Calc window: ALT+|.



      In B, you could use the old way of ALT+TAB, where it cycles through all your windows, but it can take a while to do that if you have more than a few windows open. With this thing, you always know where you want to go, and choose the quicker way to get there.



      I choose | because it's just above TAB, so my brain and my finger don't need to move very far.



      To enable this: System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Navigation > Switch windows of an application (it's just underneath Switch applications, which is how I found it).



      Easy to test, safe, easy to revert, no need to install anything.






      share|improve this answer


















      • 7





        The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

        – Skippy le Grand Gourou
        Aug 30 '15 at 10:40












      • On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

        – jdpipe
        Aug 9 '18 at 2:27
















      21














      The other option -which I'm testing out this week- is to have the ALT+TAB switch between apps, and ALT+| switch between windows of the same app. It sounds complicated but it works surprisingly well.



      Use case A: You're on Firefox and want to switch to Thunderbird: ALT+TAB.



      Use case B: You're on a Calc window and want to switch to another Calc window: ALT+|.



      In B, you could use the old way of ALT+TAB, where it cycles through all your windows, but it can take a while to do that if you have more than a few windows open. With this thing, you always know where you want to go, and choose the quicker way to get there.



      I choose | because it's just above TAB, so my brain and my finger don't need to move very far.



      To enable this: System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Navigation > Switch windows of an application (it's just underneath Switch applications, which is how I found it).



      Easy to test, safe, easy to revert, no need to install anything.






      share|improve this answer


















      • 7





        The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

        – Skippy le Grand Gourou
        Aug 30 '15 at 10:40












      • On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

        – jdpipe
        Aug 9 '18 at 2:27














      21












      21








      21







      The other option -which I'm testing out this week- is to have the ALT+TAB switch between apps, and ALT+| switch between windows of the same app. It sounds complicated but it works surprisingly well.



      Use case A: You're on Firefox and want to switch to Thunderbird: ALT+TAB.



      Use case B: You're on a Calc window and want to switch to another Calc window: ALT+|.



      In B, you could use the old way of ALT+TAB, where it cycles through all your windows, but it can take a while to do that if you have more than a few windows open. With this thing, you always know where you want to go, and choose the quicker way to get there.



      I choose | because it's just above TAB, so my brain and my finger don't need to move very far.



      To enable this: System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Navigation > Switch windows of an application (it's just underneath Switch applications, which is how I found it).



      Easy to test, safe, easy to revert, no need to install anything.






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      The other option -which I'm testing out this week- is to have the ALT+TAB switch between apps, and ALT+| switch between windows of the same app. It sounds complicated but it works surprisingly well.



      Use case A: You're on Firefox and want to switch to Thunderbird: ALT+TAB.



      Use case B: You're on a Calc window and want to switch to another Calc window: ALT+|.



      In B, you could use the old way of ALT+TAB, where it cycles through all your windows, but it can take a while to do that if you have more than a few windows open. With this thing, you always know where you want to go, and choose the quicker way to get there.



      I choose | because it's just above TAB, so my brain and my finger don't need to move very far.



      To enable this: System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Navigation > Switch windows of an application (it's just underneath Switch applications, which is how I found it).



      Easy to test, safe, easy to revert, no need to install anything.







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      answered Dec 3 '11 at 18:18









      Eugenio PereaEugenio Perea

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        The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

        – Skippy le Grand Gourou
        Aug 30 '15 at 10:40












      • On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

        – jdpipe
        Aug 9 '18 at 2:27













      • 7





        The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

        – Skippy le Grand Gourou
        Aug 30 '15 at 10:40












      • On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

        – jdpipe
        Aug 9 '18 at 2:27








      7




      7





      The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

      – Skippy le Grand Gourou
      Aug 30 '15 at 10:40






      The same behaviour seems enabled by default with ALT + the key between ESC and TAB (which is ² for AZERTY layout), at least in 14.04.

      – Skippy le Grand Gourou
      Aug 30 '15 at 10:40














      On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

      – jdpipe
      Aug 9 '18 at 2:27






      On my system, the within-app switching key is Alt-`.

      – jdpipe
      Aug 9 '18 at 2:27












      7














      Otuzbesli's answer works but for Ubunut 14.04 you need to install compiz-plugins in addition to compizconfig-settings-manager



      sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins





      share|improve this answer





























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        Otuzbesli's answer works but for Ubunut 14.04 you need to install compiz-plugins in addition to compizconfig-settings-manager



        sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins





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          7







          Otuzbesli's answer works but for Ubunut 14.04 you need to install compiz-plugins in addition to compizconfig-settings-manager



          sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins





          share|improve this answer















          Otuzbesli's answer works but for Ubunut 14.04 you need to install compiz-plugins in addition to compizconfig-settings-manager



          sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins






          share|improve this answer














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          edited Nov 20 '17 at 12:27









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          answered Aug 17 '14 at 19:50









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              Before installing anything, try these key combinations:




              • alt + | (the key above Tab, may be `, º, |...) to switch between instances of the current application


              • alt + ESC to direct switch to the next window


              • alt + Tab, of course, to switch between different applications

              You can see the three keys are neighbors.






              share|improve this answer


















              • 1





                The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

                – Jepzen
                Jul 10 '18 at 12:54











              • non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

                – Fábio Dias
                Oct 3 '18 at 20:04















              6














              Before installing anything, try these key combinations:




              • alt + | (the key above Tab, may be `, º, |...) to switch between instances of the current application


              • alt + ESC to direct switch to the next window


              • alt + Tab, of course, to switch between different applications

              You can see the three keys are neighbors.






              share|improve this answer


















              • 1





                The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

                – Jepzen
                Jul 10 '18 at 12:54











              • non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

                – Fábio Dias
                Oct 3 '18 at 20:04













              6












              6








              6







              Before installing anything, try these key combinations:




              • alt + | (the key above Tab, may be `, º, |...) to switch between instances of the current application


              • alt + ESC to direct switch to the next window


              • alt + Tab, of course, to switch between different applications

              You can see the three keys are neighbors.






              share|improve this answer













              Before installing anything, try these key combinations:




              • alt + | (the key above Tab, may be `, º, |...) to switch between instances of the current application


              • alt + ESC to direct switch to the next window


              • alt + Tab, of course, to switch between different applications

              You can see the three keys are neighbors.







              share|improve this answer












              share|improve this answer



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              answered Jul 6 '18 at 11:40









              YoArgentinoYoArgentino

              21036




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              • 1





                The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

                – Jepzen
                Jul 10 '18 at 12:54











              • non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

                – Fábio Dias
                Oct 3 '18 at 20:04












              • 1





                The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

                – Jepzen
                Jul 10 '18 at 12:54











              • non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

                – Fábio Dias
                Oct 3 '18 at 20:04







              1




              1





              The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

              – Jepzen
              Jul 10 '18 at 12:54





              The idea of the original question is not to use the "new" way of alt tabbing. I get cramp in my fingers when i do these combos.

              – Jepzen
              Jul 10 '18 at 12:54













              non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

              – Fábio Dias
              Oct 3 '18 at 20:04





              non-standard, weird, not intuitive combos...

              – Fábio Dias
              Oct 3 '18 at 20:04











              2














              I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 running the Gnome shell. I installed Gnome Tweaks via



              sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


              and went to




              Extensions -> AlternateTab




              and switched the toggle to "On".

              This changed the window-switcher to not group by application.






              share|improve this answer

























              • The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

                – Pablo Bianchi
                2 days ago












              • @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

                – Alex Lamson
                yesterday















              2














              I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 running the Gnome shell. I installed Gnome Tweaks via



              sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


              and went to




              Extensions -> AlternateTab




              and switched the toggle to "On".

              This changed the window-switcher to not group by application.






              share|improve this answer

























              • The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

                – Pablo Bianchi
                2 days ago












              • @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

                – Alex Lamson
                yesterday













              2












              2








              2







              I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 running the Gnome shell. I installed Gnome Tweaks via



              sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


              and went to




              Extensions -> AlternateTab




              and switched the toggle to "On".

              This changed the window-switcher to not group by application.






              share|improve this answer















              I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 running the Gnome shell. I installed Gnome Tweaks via



              sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


              and went to




              Extensions -> AlternateTab




              and switched the toggle to "On".

              This changed the window-switcher to not group by application.







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



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              edited Dec 6 '18 at 10:57









              zx485

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              answered Dec 5 '18 at 23:38









              Alex LamsonAlex Lamson

              235




              235












              • The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

                – Pablo Bianchi
                2 days ago












              • @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

                – Alex Lamson
                yesterday

















              • The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

                – Pablo Bianchi
                2 days ago












              • @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

                – Alex Lamson
                yesterday
















              The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

              – Pablo Bianchi
              2 days ago






              The question is for Unity, your answer apply to GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+). The corresponding question is here.

              – Pablo Bianchi
              2 days ago














              @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

              – Alex Lamson
              yesterday





              @PabloBianchi Oh, I didn't notice that. This post is the first google result if you search for "ubuntu alt+tab", so I assumed it was the right place.

              – Alex Lamson
              yesterday











              1














              I tried this and as soon as I launched ccsm:



              • my desktop was gone. No start menu, taskbar, launcher.. Just the wallpaper.


              • Alt+Tab doesn't work at all.

              I was able to launch a Terminal using right click on desktop. Many people faced this under different situations. Solution always said reset compiz config, delete x11 config, delete gnome config and launch unity with setsid unit && unit.



              For me it said:



              (0)kash@Laptop$ setsid unity
              setsid: failed to execute unity: No such file or directory
              (0)kash@Laptop$


              They also said launch ccsm again and enable Unity plugin there. Well, it just wasn't there in the list of enabled or disabled plugins.



              Many heart attacks later



              sudo apt-get install unity
              unity


              I hate the dev who made ccsm.



              After you install Unity, when you launch ccsm, it has Unity plugin in it.



              I had Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS running inside a VirtualBox with Windows 10 Host.






              share|improve this answer


















              • 1





                @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

                – Kashyap
                May 16 '18 at 18:39











              • I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

                – mmKALLL
                May 17 '18 at 4:59















              1














              I tried this and as soon as I launched ccsm:



              • my desktop was gone. No start menu, taskbar, launcher.. Just the wallpaper.


              • Alt+Tab doesn't work at all.

              I was able to launch a Terminal using right click on desktop. Many people faced this under different situations. Solution always said reset compiz config, delete x11 config, delete gnome config and launch unity with setsid unit && unit.



              For me it said:



              (0)kash@Laptop$ setsid unity
              setsid: failed to execute unity: No such file or directory
              (0)kash@Laptop$


              They also said launch ccsm again and enable Unity plugin there. Well, it just wasn't there in the list of enabled or disabled plugins.



              Many heart attacks later



              sudo apt-get install unity
              unity


              I hate the dev who made ccsm.



              After you install Unity, when you launch ccsm, it has Unity plugin in it.



              I had Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS running inside a VirtualBox with Windows 10 Host.






              share|improve this answer


















              • 1





                @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

                – Kashyap
                May 16 '18 at 18:39











              • I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

                – mmKALLL
                May 17 '18 at 4:59













              1












              1








              1







              I tried this and as soon as I launched ccsm:



              • my desktop was gone. No start menu, taskbar, launcher.. Just the wallpaper.


              • Alt+Tab doesn't work at all.

              I was able to launch a Terminal using right click on desktop. Many people faced this under different situations. Solution always said reset compiz config, delete x11 config, delete gnome config and launch unity with setsid unit && unit.



              For me it said:



              (0)kash@Laptop$ setsid unity
              setsid: failed to execute unity: No such file or directory
              (0)kash@Laptop$


              They also said launch ccsm again and enable Unity plugin there. Well, it just wasn't there in the list of enabled or disabled plugins.



              Many heart attacks later



              sudo apt-get install unity
              unity


              I hate the dev who made ccsm.



              After you install Unity, when you launch ccsm, it has Unity plugin in it.



              I had Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS running inside a VirtualBox with Windows 10 Host.






              share|improve this answer













              I tried this and as soon as I launched ccsm:



              • my desktop was gone. No start menu, taskbar, launcher.. Just the wallpaper.


              • Alt+Tab doesn't work at all.

              I was able to launch a Terminal using right click on desktop. Many people faced this under different situations. Solution always said reset compiz config, delete x11 config, delete gnome config and launch unity with setsid unit && unit.



              For me it said:



              (0)kash@Laptop$ setsid unity
              setsid: failed to execute unity: No such file or directory
              (0)kash@Laptop$


              They also said launch ccsm again and enable Unity plugin there. Well, it just wasn't there in the list of enabled or disabled plugins.



              Many heart attacks later



              sudo apt-get install unity
              unity


              I hate the dev who made ccsm.



              After you install Unity, when you launch ccsm, it has Unity plugin in it.



              I had Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS running inside a VirtualBox with Windows 10 Host.







              share|improve this answer












              share|improve this answer



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              answered Mar 9 '18 at 21:13









              KashyapKashyap

              22127




              22127







              • 1





                @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

                – Kashyap
                May 16 '18 at 18:39











              • I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

                – mmKALLL
                May 17 '18 at 4:59












              • 1





                @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

                – Kashyap
                May 16 '18 at 18:39











              • I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

                – mmKALLL
                May 17 '18 at 4:59







              1




              1





              @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

              – Kashyap
              May 16 '18 at 18:39





              @mmKALLL looks like a link to this question.

              – Kashyap
              May 16 '18 at 18:39













              I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

              – mmKALLL
              May 17 '18 at 4:59





              I just hit this myself... For reference, here is an Ask Ubuntu answer documenting variations of the process required, along with more details; askubuntu.com/questions/17381/… (thanks @Kashyap)

              – mmKALLL
              May 17 '18 at 4:59











              1














              Just thought I would share this since I tried to follow the accepted answer but couldn't find the Ubuntu Unity switcher. I'm running 18.04 and I was able to change the alt-tab behavior by:



              1. going to settings->devices->keyboard

              2. scroll down to the shortcut for "Switch Windows" (under the "Navigation" section)

              3. change the shortcut for Switch Windows to alt-tab

              This will overwrite the shortcut for "Switch Applications" which is the default behavior for alt-tab






              share|improve this answer























              • That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

                – pomsky
                Feb 18 at 9:30















              1














              Just thought I would share this since I tried to follow the accepted answer but couldn't find the Ubuntu Unity switcher. I'm running 18.04 and I was able to change the alt-tab behavior by:



              1. going to settings->devices->keyboard

              2. scroll down to the shortcut for "Switch Windows" (under the "Navigation" section)

              3. change the shortcut for Switch Windows to alt-tab

              This will overwrite the shortcut for "Switch Applications" which is the default behavior for alt-tab






              share|improve this answer























              • That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

                – pomsky
                Feb 18 at 9:30













              1












              1








              1







              Just thought I would share this since I tried to follow the accepted answer but couldn't find the Ubuntu Unity switcher. I'm running 18.04 and I was able to change the alt-tab behavior by:



              1. going to settings->devices->keyboard

              2. scroll down to the shortcut for "Switch Windows" (under the "Navigation" section)

              3. change the shortcut for Switch Windows to alt-tab

              This will overwrite the shortcut for "Switch Applications" which is the default behavior for alt-tab






              share|improve this answer













              Just thought I would share this since I tried to follow the accepted answer but couldn't find the Ubuntu Unity switcher. I'm running 18.04 and I was able to change the alt-tab behavior by:



              1. going to settings->devices->keyboard

              2. scroll down to the shortcut for "Switch Windows" (under the "Navigation" section)

              3. change the shortcut for Switch Windows to alt-tab

              This will overwrite the shortcut for "Switch Applications" which is the default behavior for alt-tab







              share|improve this answer












              share|improve this answer



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              answered Feb 18 at 4:41









              JoeJoe

              111




              111












              • That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

                – pomsky
                Feb 18 at 9:30

















              • That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

                – pomsky
                Feb 18 at 9:30
















              That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

              – pomsky
              Feb 18 at 9:30





              That's because Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity. You need to follow this Q&A instead: askubuntu.com/q/747541/480481

              – pomsky
              Feb 18 at 9:30











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              "Alt + F6" can be used to switch the window within the same application while "Alt + Tab" continues to be the best known combination to switch to another application.






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                  "Alt + F6" can be used to switch the window within the same application while "Alt + Tab" continues to be the best known combination to switch to another application.






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                  "Alt + F6" can be used to switch the window within the same application while "Alt + Tab" continues to be the best known combination to switch to another application.







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                  answered Nov 8 '18 at 1:04









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