On Monday 25 Jul 2016 06:09:32 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On 07/25/2016 05:29 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Every time I press <ALT><TAB> to switch windows, a great white box > > springs out of the left edge of the screen to show me what windows are > > available. But I can already see them by tabbing through them. > > > > I could do without this visual slap in the face. Is there a way to > > switch it off? I haven't found any way so far - I don't even know what > > to call it. > It's called the Task Switcher. You can go to System Settings > Window > Management > Task Switcher to change it. The other choices are cover > switch and flip switch (I think you can download otherrs) and they need > to be enabled under Desktop Behaviour > Desktop Effects.
Ah, I see. All I had to do was to revert to "Show selected window" in Task Switcher and disable all of the last group of Desktop Effects: the window management ones. No doubt some people enjoy flash effects, but to me, after no more than a few minutes they become just a distracting irritation. Or an irritating distraction; choose your pick (as my Dad used to say when the rock cakes came out). Many thanks, Fernando. -- Rgds Peter
