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

[Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>]

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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