Sorry, Marco, but if this is the intended design, then the design is flawed.
Unity Alt-Tab behavior breaches the system of using one shortcut for switching between applcations and another for switching between windows of the same application. The reason for using shortcuts to switch windows is to do it automatically and without thought. If you work in a window for some time, you cannot remember which was the last window or application you used. Then, when you attempt to alt-tab switch, the result in Unity will surprise you most of the time. I have noticed that, when using Unity, my speed of switching windows deteriorates, because each time i press Alt-Tab (i.e. after the first click) I have to pause and see where I have landed. By comparison, switching between windows in Gnome Shell happens considerably faster, because there you just click on Alt-Tab, without giving any thought. In Unity, it goes like that: click, think and then click further. Or worse: click, wtf and then click further. Please, allow the option you suggested. It will greatly improve the Unity experience for some people. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/998285/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
