Sorry, but this is not a bug.
What is described here is the wanted design: unity switcher always selects the
last used window of the previously used application.
Then, if you were using application A1, then you switch to application B1, a
single Alt-Tab will move you back to A1. Instead if you move from A1 to A2,
then a single Alt-Tab must move you back to A1, since the current application
is the same of the previous one (in this case A = B).
We might accept an option (off by default) that allows to always use the
Alt+Tab to only switch between applications, though.
** Changed in: unity
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998285
Title:
Tapping alt-tab switches between windows of the same application
sometimes
Status in Unity:
Won't Fix
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Normally, tapping alt-tab switches between applications, and tapping
alt-` switches between windows of the front-most application. However,
if the two front-most windows are from the same application, then alt-
tab will switch between these windows instead, instead of moving to
the second-front-most application. Hence, in this case, alt-tab
duplicates the action of alt-`.
Here is an example:
1) create the stack with two nautilus windows at the top, e.g. Nautilus
window 1 (N1), Nautilus window 2 (N2), and Firefox window (F1) (but you can use
any applications). Create the stack either by [clicking F1, N2, N1] or
[switching to Nautilus with alt-tab, then alt-` to the other Nautilus window].
2) Tap alt-tab.
What happens: I switch to the other nautilus window.
What I expected: to switch to the other application (i.e. Firefox).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Sat May 12 10:17:21 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (12 days ago)
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