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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon Vinzent03

Option to behave like alt-tab

Open that0n3guy opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

Great plugin but it would be nice if there was an option for it to behave like alt-tab. I know the functionality works like chrome, but alt tab makes more sense to me.

I'm looking for the ability to quickly switch between the same 2 notes:

Example: I have 4 panes open.

  • on pane 1
  • hit ctrl-tab (keep holding ctrl) -> now on pane 2. hit tab (since I'm still holding ctrl) -> now on pane 3
  • on pane 3
  • hit ctrl-tab -> goes back to previous pane (pane 1)
  • on pane 1
  • hit ctrl-tab -> goes back to previous pane (pane 3)

I can quickly switch between two notes without the full cycle, or I can keep holding ctrl while taping tab to cycle.

This is how alt-tab works on windows to cycle through windows.

that0n3guy avatar May 26 '21 14:05 that0n3guy

Going to the last active pane is already possible with the Focus on last active pane command. The feature with holding a key is not possible with the default Obsidian command handler, so it would need us to create our own key listener. But I don't when I have the time for this.

Vinzent03 avatar May 26 '21 15:05 Vinzent03

Focus on last active pane command.

I didn't know that was there... awesome. I can work with that. Thanks for the super fast response!

that0n3guy avatar May 26 '21 17:05 that0n3guy

Now that we have Obsidian v1.0, "Focus on last active pane" works great for panes but doesn't work well for tabs. Could it be improved?

huyz avatar Nov 03 '22 08:11 huyz

Actually it doesn't work great for panes either. It seems to be work for both, depending on your history. The plugin doesn't distinguish between panes and tabs.

huyz avatar Nov 18 '22 14:11 huyz

@huyz I'm wondering which specific command are you missing? I think most use cases are now implemented already in Obsidian.

Vinzent03 avatar Nov 23 '22 13:11 Vinzent03

Well, this Focus on last active pane should be renamed to Focus on last active tab or pane. And then there should be a separate Focus on last active pane and Focus on last active tab. All 3 are distinct features.

These are not in Obsidian, as you can see in these threads: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/go-to-last-tab-hotkey-doesnt-work-v1-0/44888 https://forum.obsidian.md/t/option-to-cycle-through-tabs-in-recently-used-order/47891/3

huyz avatar Nov 24 '22 06:11 huyz

I've released a new version, with a decent rework. Please read the readme and tell if it works as expected.

Vinzent03 avatar Mar 31 '23 23:03 Vinzent03