Bug 118042

Summary:	alt+tab switching between two windows broken when windowlist is off
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Leo Savernik <l.savernik>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Leo Savernik 2005-12-10 00:56:36 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.0)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

Usually you use Alt+Tab to switch to another window. Then, when you've finished your task there, you press Alt+Tab again to return to the previous window. Pressing Alt+Tab multiple times will cycle though multiple windows, respectively.

However, when you switch off "show windowlist" in the kcontrol module "window properties", Alt+Tab behaviour goes nuts and brings up windows in a totally different and nondeterminant order each time you press it.

Hence, while not plagued with performance issues (see bug 117169), this bug incurs a high loss of usability, making Alt+Tab without windowlist unusable for more than two windows per desktop.

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2005-12-12 15:28:12 UTC

The "show windowlist" mode is in fact KDE-style Alt+Tab, while when turned off it's the CDE-style Alt+Tab, so this is a feature. The fact the nothing in the UI says so is a result of a usability "improvement".


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118184 ***