[gentoo-user] Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[gentoo-user] Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Alexander Skwar]

Hello.

In Gnome (2.16 and earlier and later), you can switch forward through 
the available windows on the current workspace by hitting <Alt>+<Tab>.
Going backwards should be possible by hitting <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab>, just
like it is on MS Windows. However, <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab> for some reason
doesn't work on my machines in Gnome. When I hit <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab>,
I still switch through the windows forward.

According to a reply I got from somebody on the german gnome Usenet
group (<news:4612d639$0$15956$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net>, if
you're interested), <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab> works for him on Gnome 2.16.1 
und Metacity 2.16.3 in Ubuntu 6.10. I'm also using Metacity 2.16.3,
on a x86 machine, if that matters.

Could you guys please check, if <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab> works for you?
What should happen is, that if you hold down <Alt> and then hit <Tab>
a number of times, you switch forward through the list. If you hold
down <Alt> AND <Shift> and then hit <Tab> a number of times, you should
go backwards.

Does that happen for you?

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Markus Schönhaber]

Alexander Skwar wrote:

> Could you guys please check, if <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab> works for you?
> What should happen is, that if you hold down <Alt> and then hit <Tab>
> a number of times, you switch forward through the list. If you hold
> down <Alt> AND <Shift> and then hit <Tab> a number of times, you should
> go backwards.
>
> Does that happen for you?

Works fine for me (Gnome 2.16.2, Metacity 2.16.3).

Regards
  mks
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[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Alexander Skwar]

Markus Schönhaber <gentoo-user@schoenhaber.de> wrote:

> Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 
>> Could you guys please check, if <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab> works for you?
>> What should happen is, that if you hold down <Alt> and then hit <Tab>
>> a number of times, you switch forward through the list. If you hold
>> down <Alt> AND <Shift> and then hit <Tab> a number of times, you should
>> go backwards.
>>
>> Does that happen for you?
> 
> Works fine for me (Gnome 2.16.2, Metacity 2.16.3).

Thanks. Any idea, what might be wrong on my systems? Strange thing
is, that those systems are on different hardware and also different
build options and all that.

Strange.

Alexander Skwar

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RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Wayne Oliver]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Skwar
> Sent: 04 April 2007 09:34
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the
> window list
> 
> Markus Schönhaber <gentoo-user@schoenhaber.de> wrote:
> 
> > Alexander Skwar wrote:
> >
> >> Could you guys please check, if <Alt>+<Shift>+<Tab> works for you?
> >> What should happen is, that if you hold down <Alt> and then hit <Tab>
> >> a number of times, you switch forward through the list. If you hold
> >> down <Alt> AND <Shift> and then hit <Tab> a number of times, you should
> >> go backwards.
> >>
> >> Does that happen for you?
> >
> > Works fine for me (Gnome 2.16.2, Metacity 2.16.3).
> 
> Thanks. Any idea, what might be wrong on my systems? Strange thing
> is, that those systems are on different hardware and also different
> build options and all that.
> 
> Strange.
> 
> Alexander Skwar

Take a look at this...

http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Setting_Key_Bindings_in_GNOME


Wayn0
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Markus Schönhaber]

Alexander Skwar wrote:

> Thanks. Any idea, what might be wrong on my systems?

No.
I'd check if System / Einstellungen / Tastenkombinationen shows something 
strange and whether this doesn't work on a completely fresh user profile 
either.

Regards
  mks
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[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Alexander Skwar]

Markus Schönhaber <gentoo-user@schoenhaber.de> wrote:

> Works fine for me (Gnome 2.16.2, Metacity 2.16.3).

What's your locale set to and what keyboard layout do you use?

Alexander Skwar

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Markus Schönhaber]

Alexander Skwar wrote:

> What's your locale set to and what keyboard layout do you use?

de_DE.UTF-8
pc105, de, nodeadkeys

Regards
  mks
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[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: Switching windows backward using the window list

[Alexander Skwar]

· Markus Schönhaber <gentoo-user@schoenhaber.de>:

> Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 
>> What's your locale set to and what keyboard layout do you use?
> 
> de_DE.UTF-8
> pc105, de, nodeadkeys

Allright, that got me thinking, as that's, more or less, the
basic configuration I've got on one system as well.

It turned out, that I had to remove one of the XkbOptions from
xorg.conf (or Gnome, or both, ... :]).

I had:

        Option     "XkbOptions"        "grp_led:scroll,grp:alt_shift_toggle,lv3:lwin_switch,altwin:meta_super,compose:rwin"

After I removed grp:alt_shift_toggle from this setting, I can
use Alt+Shift+Tab to cycle backwards just fine.

Thanks for your help!
Alexander Skwar
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