GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 131702
focus switcher should show programs on all workspaces
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Description of Problem: The focus switcher (alt-tab) is useless when using multiple desktops (workspaces) because it only shows programs on the current desktop. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. open a lot of fullscreen programs, each on different desktops 2. press alt-tab to look for the program you want Actual Results: It shows one program icon Expected Results: It would be A LOT more useful if it would show all the program icons. Right now, people have to go looking for programs on different workspaces when they want to switch the focus. Sometimes they also forget to close programs because alt-tab does not show them all running programs, which would be a more intuitive thing for the switcher to do. Additional Information: Doesn't have to be by default, could be an gconf option. But it isn't intuitive right now, when people choose to use multiple workspaces and open programs on them, I think they expect to see all programs. People who don't use multiple workspaces, will only have open applications on their current desktop anyway.
Is it possible to share a preference key with the window list applet for this? We definitely shouldn't have two different places to configure whether all windows or just some appear in separately alt-tab and the window list, but since the window list already has this preference, if we could share it that would be ideal. Not really sure what the procedure for something like that would be though.
Erm... Hello? Who's responsible for the task switching functionality, is it metacity functionality, or core gnome library functions?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143511 ***