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Windows: Alt-Tab will cycle through all open 'windows' (so if you have 2 different Word documents open, it will show both independently)
macOS: CMD-Tab will cycle through all open 'apps' (if you have 2 different Word documents open, macOS will not distinguish between them and only show you the last used Word doc)
I use https://github.com/OliverUv/quickswitch-for-i3/ to fuzzy select a buffer,
bindsym $mod+b exec --no-startup-id ~/projects/quickswitch-for-i3/quickswitch.py --swap
I have a "hidden" workspace where windows I don't want to look at goes to
bindsym $mod+Shift+x move container to workspace garbage
This lets me not worry about remembering which workspace something lives on, but just "pull" it to whatever window I'm on
I've always found it odd how Alt/CMD-Tab behavior differs from Windows & macOS. Windows: Alt-Tab will cycle through all open 'windows' (so if you have 2 different Word documents open, it will show both independently) macOS: CMD-Tab will cycle through all open 'apps' (if you have 2 different Word documents open, macOS will not distinguish between them and only show you the last used Word doc)
I wonder, has anyone moved away from using i3 (for a few years) to dwm or another dynamic wm? If so please share your experiences.
One big reason I use i3 is because I find the Windows and macOS style alt/cmd tab incredibly unintuitive. It is not easy to consistently predict how many times to press it to get the desired result. With i3 I bind keys to specific things (including workspaces) so I can switch instantly.
One nice quality of life improvement for i3 is update the window names dynamically and use emojis for applications https://github.com/cboddy/i3-workspace-names-daemon
for_window [class="(?i)firefox"] title_format " %title
I've always found it odd how Alt/CMD-Tab behavior differs from Windows & macOS. Windows: Alt-Tab will cycle through all open 'windows' (so if you have 2 different Word documents open, it will show both independently) macOS: CMD-Tab will cycle through all open 'apps' (if you have 2 different Word documents open, macOS will not distinguish between them and only show you the last used Word doc)
Macos is really big on the document model, where a window is tied to a document (file, a set of data, a list of objects), so Option-Tab to switch between applications, and Option-Backquote for said documents/windows.
E.g. If I have 2 Excelsheets open and 2 Word documents open, if Word is the current in-focus app ... CMD+` only cycles between the 2 Words documents (and does not cycle the Excel sheets)
I've always found it odd how Alt/CMD-Tab behavior differs from Windows & macOS. Windows: Alt-Tab will cycle through all open 'windows' (so if you have 2 different Word documents open, it will show both independently) macOS: CMD-Tab will cycle through all open 'apps' (if you have 2 different Word documents open, macOS will not distinguish between them and only show you the last used Word doc)
Dear OS: If I have multiple instances of an application open it's because I'm doing different things. If one is a text editor, you should not act differently depending on if the other one is a PDF viewer or another text editor.
Many applications already have their own "grouping", usually called tabs. Web browsers being a really obvious one, and where this application grouping is the worst. Half my "apps" are really just web pages.
Grouping the window where I'm testing the web application I'm currently coding with the IDE where I'm working on the code would make way more sense than grouping it with my web-based email client... yet here we are.