Hi all, Just got around to downloading 7.4 and am encountering problems with using Alt+tab to switch applications.
It worked in 7.2, but not 7.3 or 7.4.
I rely on this a keystroke a lot and it totally bugs me that it doesn't work. Note that I'm using knoppix64 and "no3d" so compiz isn't running.
I looked at the file ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml and it looked fine, the relevant part being:
<!-- Keybindings for window switching -->
<keybind key="A-Tab">
<action name="NextWindow"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-S-Tab">
<action name="PreviousWindow"/>
<keybind key="C-A-Tab">
<action name="NextWindow">
<panels>yes</panels><desktop>yes</desktop>
</action>
</keybind>
and it all looks good, it just doesn't work.
Ctrl+Alt+Tab works (and does something that switches between Panel and pcmanfm???) ,
and Alt+Escape works fine (which can be used as a workaround...)
<!-- Keybindings for windows -->
<keybind key="A-F4">
<action name="Close"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-Escape">
<action name="Lower"/>
<action name="FocusToBottom"/>
<action name="Unfocus"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-space">
<action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-menu</menu></action>
</keybind>
Can you help me figure this out?
Thanks, Don
Last edited by don999; 09-14-2014 at 03:27 PM.
This problem may be due to Metacity getting crappier and crappier by each version, see Klaus' entry in http://knoppix.net/forum/showthread.php?30005-Knoppix-7-0-3-LXDE-Alt-F1-ignored-does-not-open-main-menu&p=127469
Please Klaus, make OpenBox replace Metacity for the no3d option. OpenBox is the defult window manager for LXDE.
Last edited by fredvej; 09-15-2014 at 05:59 PM.
Suggestions more likely to be heard at the developer's site:Originally Posted by fredvej
https://lists.debian.org/debian-knoppix/2014/09/
I didn't know that there were technical problems for why the Alt+Tab doesn't work under the "no3d" cheatcode. That also explains why the printscreen key lost its screenshot capabilities.
I've gotten so used to the Alt+Tab keystroke that it feels so strange when it doesn't work. I'd use compiz if it weren't so ridiculous in some ways. I find it really jarring to move the mouse up in the corner and have my windows start flying around.
Don
Hi Utu,
Thanks for your suggestion.
Yes, I could disable all of the compiz goodness but it's just so easy to type "no3d"
I kind of like everything to be set up to go and run from the "stock" setup so I don't have to fiddle too much. Sometimes I'll forget to type "no3d" and my windows will start flying around again while I hunt for the close box
Hi!
same trouble here, my computer is slow because of compiz, so I use no3d
but I can't use Alt-Tab any more...
any simple issue?
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