Re: FVWM: Alt-tab

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:19:17 +0000

On 20 Apr 2002 14:59:10 +0200, Stian Sletner wrote:
>
> Ah yes, the infamous alt-tab. I for one cannot live without it working
> correctly, and I was very happy to see that FVWM had made an attempt at
> implementing it. However, I'm not satisfied, as they seem to have
> complicated it unecessarily. :) What I expect from alt-tab is to get a
> window list on my screen (this works), which is sorted in
> last-active-order (I think this works, too), wherein the second window
> is selected (this does not work, the first window (the one I'm already
> in) is selected, and instead there's a timeout for quick switches). So
> for quick alt-tabbing between two windows, FVWM's implementation works,
> but for getting to a third window in the list (alt-tab-tab, release) (or
> any other window), it doesn't work at all like expected, instead it
> brings me to the second window on the second press of tab, unless I wait
> a while, for some reason.
>
> So I guess my question is, can I make it behave more closely in
> accordance with that other GUI?

No, you can't currently. Menus invoked by a keyboard select the first
item, not the second. Maybe in the future, but not now.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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