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Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by delecti »

gonzalocasas wrote: post #71

Oh ppl, you don't know what you have until you lose it! I am unfortunately on Windows, and I miss CMD+Tab and CMD+Tilde style of switching so much. It's vastly superior in terms of reducing cognitive load.

Are you familiar with all the Windows Button shortcuts?

Win+# changes to that application in the task bar (Win+1 is the app nearest the start button, etc). That lets you develop a lot of muscle memory for switching between apps if you pin things to the taskbar; for me Win+1 is always my browser, Win+2 is file explorer, and so on. Win+Up maximizes a window, Win+Left/Right docks to half the screen, Win+Shift+Left/Right moves a window between monitors.

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by lwouis »

pazimzadeh wrote: post #20

How do you change the delay for showing the UI? > Delay before showing the UI to avoid flashing (default 200ms) What's flashing? Have you thought about enabling going backwards by pressing ` while control is held down?

You can change this line: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos/blob/6b5e426e05d47c2...

from 0.2 to whichever delay you want in seconds (0 is valid)

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by lwouis »

K0SM0S wrote: post #32

I'm curious, why copy from Windows 10 instead of e.g. KDE (Plasma) which has so much more features and such a better UX overall?

When I was on Linux I always used i3, so I'm not familiar with KDE. Could you please elaborate on these extra features and how the UX is better?

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by bluetidepro »

lwouis wrote: post #8
SomeHacker44 wrote: post #3

How great it would be if you could replace command-tab instead of adding control-tab? Neat idea, although I do prefer the command-tab, hold command, hit Q or M or H, continue holding command and hitting tab again, etc., of macOS standard switcher.

Author here. > replace command-tab instead of adding control-tab Currently there is no UI to customize hotkeys. I have a ticket to frame work that can be done here: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos/issues/8 However, you can switch keys in the code and get this working today. In `Application.swift` at line 16, replace let metaKey = 0x3B let metaModifierFlag: NSEvent.ModifierFlags = .control with let metaKey = 5…

Sorry, I don't use Xcode often. I made the change in the code you provided above in Xcode. But now, how do I export/build the app to then drag that into my "Applications" folder with this version of the app, where it uses command-tab?

EDIT: Google helped me out! If anyone else runs into the same thing, you do the dropdown in Xcode: Product > Archive > Distribute App (blue button) > "Copy App", and then that generates a folder with the newly created .app wherever you save it.

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by k__ »

thelittleone wrote: post #28
thomaslkjeldsen wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shortcut to cycle through multiple (non-minimized) windows of one app, in either direction: cmd + cmd + >

I tried these with MacOS Mojave and with Firefox having multiple windows open (not minimized). Cmd + did nothing.

I took out a tab of FF into a new windwo and it worked for me.

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by fortran77 »

zapzupnz wrote: post #86
PunksATawnyFill wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile, Mac users STILL don't get a real Delete key; they get a Backspace key mislabeled "delete."

It's been called Delete on Macs since day 1. What you call the 'Delete' key, Mac users call 'Forward Delete'.

Mac users are nuts! I don't know how they can get anything done.

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by behnamoh »

deathanatos wrote: post #97
donatj wrote: post #40

Do people know about CMD+Tilde to switch windows within an app? CMD+Tab to the App and Tilde to the Window? It’s not mentioned in the READMEs description of how macOS tab switching works, so I’m curious if the author knows.

Yes; it isn't the same. Cmd+backtick swaps only within an application; Alt+Tab on Windows is between all windows of all applications. Window's Alt+Tab also causes the Z-ordering of the windows to be most-recently-used. OS X's Cmd+Tab will surface all windows of a particular application to the top of the stack in their relative order, so if you have say, two browser windows, one you want and one that's been background…

The strangest part of mission control is when you drag some window thumbnail, all of the thumbnails get smaller. If you keep doing this, they get infinitely smaller and smaller. The first time I saw this I thought it might be a bug, but after a few years it hasn't been fixed and I wonder if there is some reason for that.

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by eitland »

lwouis wrote: post #103
K0SM0S wrote: post #32

I'm curious, why copy from Windows 10 instead of e.g. KDE (Plasma) which has so much more features and such a better UX overall?

When I was on Linux I always used i3, so I'm not familiar with KDE. Could you please elaborate on these extra features and how the UX is better?

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Personally I love KDE (install Neon, mostly leave it alone, as it os perfect for me).

Other people will be happy with KDE because they can customize it to their hearts content. You can even make KDE look and work like MacOS if you want.

Other people (notably a number here on HN) will immediately start commenting about how there are too many options in KDE and how the developers should rather fix some jarring alignment issues that people like me cannot see.

Don't worry too much about us KDE users. You've already made my day better just by trying to fix one of the things that made me give up Mac after three years of trying.

Re: Show HN: Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS

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Post by somehnguy »

greggman2 wrote: post #83

I have never enjoyed the distinction between apps, app windows, and in app windows. 25 years of alt+tab/Ctrl+tab/cmd+tab and I still can never switch to the thing I want. My mind is stuck on one hotkey that I want to mean "switch back to the last thing I was looking at" but that doesn't work because if the last thing was another app or another tab or window in the same program then I would need a different key. My br…

Exactly, this bites me almost every single day. Working in IntelliJ and using Chrome dev tools on the current tab. Switch to the browser window to look at a change, tab to dev tools and oops I'm in IntelliJ. Juggling the 3 windows I never seem to land one the one I wanted. I found the different shortcuts like you mentioned but I usually default to Cmd+Tab which is never what I want.
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