App/Window Switching Similar to MacOS

[grmrgecko]

Hello,

I am opening this issue here as research shows a request for this feature https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/issues/490 which was told for organization reasons to open a request under cosmic-launcher. I tried searching it see if someone already opened an issue here regarding it, but did not see anything.

I'd like to see the option of adding:

1. A short cut to just switch between windows of the same application. In MacOS, this is Alt+` and for reverse order is Alt+~.
2. The ability to limit the default task switcher to one window per application. MacOS does this, and I for one prefer this option as to having many windows opened in one app floods the task switching.

Other platforms that offer these options include KDE Plasma, and I believe Gnome.

[pheki]

Other platforms that offer these options include KDE Plasma, and I believe Gnome.

Yes, GNOME offers this option and it's the default behavior.

Default dconf values for GNOME:

• /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-applications: ['<Super>Tab', '<Alt>Tab'] (Switch applications)
• /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-group: ['<Super>Above_Tab', '<Alt>Above_Tab'] (Switch windows of an application)
• /org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-windows: [] (Switch windows)

Edit: made comment clearer by including switch-group and adding the descriptions

[iamkartiknayak]

Super + Tab for switching distinct apps Alt + Tab for switching different instance of same app

using <Key> + Shift + tab to reverse the operation for both.

[pheki]

Super + Tab for switching distinct apps Alt + Tab for switching different instance of same app

using <Key> + Shift + tab to reverse the operation for both.

I personally feel like using Tab and Above_Tab (` in the US mapping) is slightly better because you can navigate all at once.

e.g. let's say you want to go to a specific firefox window

1. Hold Alt
2. Press Tab until you reach Firefox
3. Press Above_Tab (`) until you reach the window you want
4. Release Alt

This is how it works on Gnome and MacOS.

That said, Super + Tab and Alt + Tab should work fine, especially if it's configurable.