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?










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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?










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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?










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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?







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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:



             ss of gconf-editor






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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


















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          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.



          1. Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.

          2. Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'

          3. Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)

          4. 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:



          enter image description here






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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:



               ss of gconf-editor






            share|improve this answer

























            • 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















            2














            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:



               ss of gconf-editor






            share|improve this answer

























            • 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













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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:



               ss of gconf-editor






            share|improve this answer















            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:



               ss of gconf-editor







            share|improve this answer














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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

















            • 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













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            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.



            1. Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.

            2. Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'

            3. Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)

            4. 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:



            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer



























              0














              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.



              1. Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.

              2. Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'

              3. Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)

              4. 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:



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer

























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                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.



                1. Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.

                2. Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'

                3. Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)

                4. 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:



                enter image description here






                share|improve this answer













                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.



                1. Go to the regular Settings > Devices > Keyboard > Navigation section.

                2. Disable both 'Switch applications' and 'Switch windows'

                3. Now neither Alt+Tab nor Super+Tab should work. Possibly do a log out/restart in between (I can't remember)

                4. 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:



                enter image description here







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