Alt +Tab behaviour in Gnome
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It may be a silly question but in Windows I used ShiftAltTab to switch back between my open windows, that is go back to previous windows.
Unfortunately, it is not working in Gnome. I have even used AltTabLeft but with no success.
So how can I do the same in Gnome on RHEL6?
gnome keyboard-shortcuts window-manager
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
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asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
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It may be a silly question but in Windows I used ShiftAltTab to switch back between my open windows, that is go back to previous windows.
Unfortunately, it is not working in Gnome. I have even used AltTabLeft but with no success.
So how can I do the same in Gnome on RHEL6?
gnome keyboard-shortcuts window-manager
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
50.1k14134188
asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
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add a comment |
It may be a silly question but in Windows I used ShiftAltTab to switch back between my open windows, that is go back to previous windows.
Unfortunately, it is not working in Gnome. I have even used AltTabLeft but with no success.
So how can I do the same in Gnome on RHEL6?
gnome keyboard-shortcuts window-manager
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
50.1k14134188
asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
90331327
It may be a silly question but in Windows I used ShiftAltTab to switch back between my open windows, that is go back to previous windows.
Unfortunately, it is not working in Gnome. I have even used AltTabLeft but with no success.
So how can I do the same in Gnome on RHEL6?
gnome keyboard-shortcuts window-manager
gnome keyboard-shortcuts window-manager
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
50.1k14134188
asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
90331327
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
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asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
90331327
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
50.1k14134188
edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
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edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:37
jasonwryan
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50.1k14134188
asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
90331327
asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
90331327
asked Jun 26 '13 at 20:46
easleasl
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Sounds like something potentially with your keyboard or your installation. I use both of the following in Gnome:
Alt+Tab to cycle from left to right
Alt+Shift+Tab to cycle from right to left
This article is Ubuntu specific but should be applicable to your situation on RHEL6 non the less.
gconf-editor
Double check that the preferences are set so that moving right to left is configured correctly for the key combo mentioned above:
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
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It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
add a comment |
For anyone using a more modern version of GNOME, here's what I have done.
I am using vanilla GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (that is installing the base version of GNOME not the Ubuntu modified version). I think vanilla GNOME is the same as what RHEL uses too - at least that's what Fedora uses, so the following should work across those systems.
GNOME has two concepts for tabbing - tabbing between applications (the default) and tabbing between windows. Tabbing between applications groups the windows for that application together. I prefer (or at least I am more used to) tabbing between windows (and combined with Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards).
In GNOME 3 at least this can now be fixed by just configuring the keyboard shortcuts.
- Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.
- Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'
- Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)
- Re-enable 'Switch windows' to be Alt+Tab.
I found that if both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows' were enabled then somehow Alt+Tab would still end up switching applications. This at least should be a solid method for guaranteeing that the Alt+Tab works as expected. You can then experiment setting 'Switch applications to Super+Tab.
This is what my keyboard shortcut settings looks like, note the 'Switch applications' at the top and 'Switch windows' at the bottom:
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
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Sounds like something potentially with your keyboard or your installation. I use both of the following in Gnome:
Alt+Tab to cycle from left to right
Alt+Shift+Tab to cycle from right to left
This article is Ubuntu specific but should be applicable to your situation on RHEL6 non the less.
gconf-editor
Double check that the preferences are set so that moving right to left is configured correctly for the key combo mentioned above:
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
add a comment |
Sounds like something potentially with your keyboard or your installation. I use both of the following in Gnome:
Alt+Tab to cycle from left to right
Alt+Shift+Tab to cycle from right to left
This article is Ubuntu specific but should be applicable to your situation on RHEL6 non the less.
gconf-editor
Double check that the preferences are set so that moving right to left is configured correctly for the key combo mentioned above:
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
add a comment |
Sounds like something potentially with your keyboard or your installation. I use both of the following in Gnome:
Alt+Tab to cycle from left to right
Alt+Shift+Tab to cycle from right to left
This article is Ubuntu specific but should be applicable to your situation on RHEL6 non the less.
gconf-editor
Double check that the preferences are set so that moving right to left is configured correctly for the key combo mentioned above:
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
Sounds like something potentially with your keyboard or your installation. I use both of the following in Gnome:
Alt+Tab to cycle from left to right
Alt+Shift+Tab to cycle from right to left
This article is Ubuntu specific but should be applicable to your situation on RHEL6 non the less.
gconf-editor
Double check that the preferences are set so that moving right to left is configured correctly for the key combo mentioned above:
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
edited Jan 29 at 9:19
icc97
20725
20725
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
answered Jun 26 '13 at 23:56
slm♦slm
251k69529685
251k69529685
It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
add a comment |
It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
It was disabled there, I made it <Alt><Shift>Tab, but still it didn't work. I changed the keyboard layout (language) switch shortcut from Alt+Shift to Ctrl+Shift as were suggested in the comments in the link you provided, I don't know how they can be related but it started to work.
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
And now, ironically enough, ctrl+shift+tab to switch back between browser's tabs stopped to work :)
– easl
Jun 27 '13 at 11:30
add a comment |
For anyone using a more modern version of GNOME, here's what I have done.
I am using vanilla GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (that is installing the base version of GNOME not the Ubuntu modified version). I think vanilla GNOME is the same as what RHEL uses too - at least that's what Fedora uses, so the following should work across those systems.
GNOME has two concepts for tabbing - tabbing between applications (the default) and tabbing between windows. Tabbing between applications groups the windows for that application together. I prefer (or at least I am more used to) tabbing between windows (and combined with Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards).
In GNOME 3 at least this can now be fixed by just configuring the keyboard shortcuts.
- Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.
- Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'
- Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)
- Re-enable 'Switch windows' to be Alt+Tab.
I found that if both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows' were enabled then somehow Alt+Tab would still end up switching applications. This at least should be a solid method for guaranteeing that the Alt+Tab works as expected. You can then experiment setting 'Switch applications to Super+Tab.
This is what my keyboard shortcut settings looks like, note the 'Switch applications' at the top and 'Switch windows' at the bottom:
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
add a comment |
For anyone using a more modern version of GNOME, here's what I have done.
I am using vanilla GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (that is installing the base version of GNOME not the Ubuntu modified version). I think vanilla GNOME is the same as what RHEL uses too - at least that's what Fedora uses, so the following should work across those systems.
GNOME has two concepts for tabbing - tabbing between applications (the default) and tabbing between windows. Tabbing between applications groups the windows for that application together. I prefer (or at least I am more used to) tabbing between windows (and combined with Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards).
In GNOME 3 at least this can now be fixed by just configuring the keyboard shortcuts.
- Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.
- Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'
- Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)
- Re-enable 'Switch windows' to be Alt+Tab.
I found that if both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows' were enabled then somehow Alt+Tab would still end up switching applications. This at least should be a solid method for guaranteeing that the Alt+Tab works as expected. You can then experiment setting 'Switch applications to Super+Tab.
This is what my keyboard shortcut settings looks like, note the 'Switch applications' at the top and 'Switch windows' at the bottom:
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
add a comment |
For anyone using a more modern version of GNOME, here's what I have done.
I am using vanilla GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (that is installing the base version of GNOME not the Ubuntu modified version). I think vanilla GNOME is the same as what RHEL uses too - at least that's what Fedora uses, so the following should work across those systems.
GNOME has two concepts for tabbing - tabbing between applications (the default) and tabbing between windows. Tabbing between applications groups the windows for that application together. I prefer (or at least I am more used to) tabbing between windows (and combined with Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards).
In GNOME 3 at least this can now be fixed by just configuring the keyboard shortcuts.
- Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.
- Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'
- Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)
- Re-enable 'Switch windows' to be Alt+Tab.
I found that if both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows' were enabled then somehow Alt+Tab would still end up switching applications. This at least should be a solid method for guaranteeing that the Alt+Tab works as expected. You can then experiment setting 'Switch applications to Super+Tab.
This is what my keyboard shortcut settings looks like, note the 'Switch applications' at the top and 'Switch windows' at the bottom:
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
For anyone using a more modern version of GNOME, here's what I have done.
I am using vanilla GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (that is installing the base version of GNOME not the Ubuntu modified version). I think vanilla GNOME is the same as what RHEL uses too - at least that's what Fedora uses, so the following should work across those systems.
GNOME has two concepts for tabbing - tabbing between applications (the default) and tabbing between windows. Tabbing between applications groups the windows for that application together. I prefer (or at least I am more used to) tabbing between windows (and combined with Alt+Shift+Tab to go backwards).
In GNOME 3 at least this can now be fixed by just configuring the keyboard shortcuts.
- Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.
- Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'
- Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)
- Re-enable 'Switch windows' to be Alt+Tab.
I found that if both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows' were enabled then somehow Alt+Tab would still end up switching applications. This at least should be a solid method for guaranteeing that the Alt+Tab works as expected. You can then experiment setting 'Switch applications to Super+Tab.
This is what my keyboard shortcut settings looks like, note the 'Switch applications' at the top and 'Switch windows' at the bottom:
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
answered Jan 29 at 9:50
icc97icc97
20725
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