Version: (using KDE Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources When you have a lot of windows on the screen it would be easy to be able select another window from the tabbox using some other key than just Alt-[Shift-]Tab. Let me give an example. I have 10 windows on the screen. One of them is named "Bug Entry Form - Konqueror", and I want to bring it to the front. I press Alt-Tab to open the tabbox, and then press b (from Bug), keeping Alt pressed. The indicator in the tabbox moves to the first entry beginning with a b, which in this case could be the window "Bug....", I let go of the Alt key and the window is brought to the front. Other possibilities are supporting the cursor keys for moving up and down the list.
This could be extended to work with several key presses, like an incremental text search. This is a precise description of how it could work: 1) When you press Alt-Tab, it shows a panel showing all windows open on the current desktop, their titles and descriptions (see an example image): http://www.zurb.qc.ca/megaoctet/kde330/alt-tab.png 2) Release Tab while still holding the Alt key. This starts what is known as a Quasimode or Spring-loaded mode ( see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasimode ). 3) While in the quasimode, typing performs a search over the descriptions of the listed windows, selecting the first word that matches the typed keys. 4) When releasing Alt, KDE opens the application in which the search focus was placed. For example, to select The Gimp you type Alt\ Tab\/ g\/ i\/ m\/ p\/ Alt/ (where "\" means that the key is pressed, "/" that it is released and "\/" that it is tapped). This will open the first window which has the word "gimp" in its title, no matter which application where previously selected.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118184 ***