| Summary: | Generic way for focussing windows via shortcuts | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | r2ruyu-nana |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Debian unstable | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Tab switching in Firefox using the Pentadactyl addon (vim mode for Firefox). | ||
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 121349 *** |
Created attachment 66625 [details] Tab switching in Firefox using the Pentadactyl addon (vim mode for Firefox). Version: unspecified (using Devel) OS: Linux This is about switching windows using only the keyboard. Using Alt+Tab for switching windows is OK, but get's annoying with much windows. The "Present Window" is also OK since you can just type some characters (filter) to select a certain window. (However I don't use desktop effects and I dislike to see all the movement happening after triggering present windows effect). For my often used application/windows (Browser, Mail, IRC, ...) I've assigned a shortcuts via the "Special Window Settings". But what about the application/windows that I do not use very often? Suggestions to address this issue: Suggestion 1. Enumerate the windows/taskbar with IDs (numbers e.g.). Then hitting Win+<a ID> will switch to the aplication/window. Suggestion 2. Enumerate the entries presented in the Alt+Tab window with IDs. Having this mode activated (some option somewhere in the settings), the Alt+Tab window doesn't close until ESC is hit or the user types an ID and confirms with ENTER to focus a window. I'm used to switch buffers in vim quite easy just specifying the buffer number/id. Currently I've discovered a firefox/iceweasel plugin called Pentadactyl (a vimperator fork) which enables me to switch tabs so easily as in vim. I'm wondering why I can't switch the windows in kwin so easily too. See attachment. Reproducible: Always Expected Results: See suggestions.