Bug 118042 - alt+tab switching between two windows broken when windowlist is off
Summary: alt+tab switching between two windows broken when windowlist is off
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 118184
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2005-12-10 00:56 UTC by Leo Savernik
Modified: 2005-12-12 15:28 UTC (History)
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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 ***