Bug 397147

Summary:	"Walk through windows" works with Alt+Tab but not with Meta+Tab
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Shreyansh Jain <mr.shreyanshk>
Component:	core	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.13.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Shreyansh Jain 2018-08-04 12:34:40 UTC

If "Walk through windows" is assigned to Meta+Tab, invoking it would only switch to the last window and subsequent presses of Tab (without releasing Meta) would have no action. i.e. It would only switch once to the last window and then stop working.

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2018-08-04 13:19:54 UTC

Which keyboard layout are you using?

Comment 2 Shreyansh Jain 2018-08-04 13:31:02 UTC

(In reply to Martin Flöser from comment #1)
> Which keyboard layout are you using?

I saw that I previously didn't set a layout (settings > input devices > keyboard > layout > check configure layouts; added en-US) on my computer and, on you comment, corrected it to en-US.

It seems to have fixed it after a reboot.

Thank you.

Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2018-08-04 14:52:58 UTC

As explanation: most likely the meta key was not recognized as meta modifier. Thus KWin did not enter TabBox mode as that requires a modifier to be held.