EDIT: Looks like this problem is solved. Right after writing this I had an idea about a cause: the “ulauncher” app was updated which removed the “ulauncher-show” command that I was using to toggle the ulauncher window. I had then tried to restore that by mapping a shortcut (ALT+SPACE) in ulauncher to show the ulauncher window. I just now changed that shortcut to something obscure that doesn’t use ALT - and suddenly the application switcher started behaving in the expected way.
I’ll leave this issue here in case someone comes searching for a similar problem. Apparently, ulauncher and possibly other apps too which use shortcuts that use same modifier key (but not the same key combination!) you also use for application switching, can have unexpected side effects…
Hi there,
I woke up today to a really strange problem, hoping someone can tell me what I can do to solve it.
This is about the “switch application” functionality.
- When I have just two windows open and press ALT+TAB (which I’ve mapped to “switch applications”) the application switcher appears but does not switch to the other window. Pressing TAB again does select the other window, but before today the application switcher would always immediately select the next window.
- When I have more than two windows open, ALT+TAB does not select the most recently used window first. Instead, it selects the second-to-last most recently used window first. Normally when I press ALT+TAB, then release, then press ALT+TAB again, Gnome would simply switch between the two most recently used windows - but since today, it now cycles between the three most recently used windows.
In other words, if I for example have an IDE, a terminal and a browser window open, and I use the terminal window and then switch to the IDE window, when I press ALT+TAB again it selects the browser window instead of the expected terminal window, despite the browser window not being the most recently used window.
I have not changed any settings - this just randomly started happening today.
Does anyone know what’s up here and how I can restore the original “most recent used window first” behavior?
Cheers!