Re: setup desired behavior for alt-tab

chao liu <chaoliu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, everyone,

> I am using linux FC2 with motif windows manager (mwm), and find that the
> alt-tab does not behave like what I want. Suppose there are 3 windows
> running, say w1, w2 and w3, and w1 is at the top (i.e. having the current
> focus). Then, when I type alt-tab, w2 is brought upfront, which is what I
> expect. But when I re-type alt-tab again (with the expectation that w1 gets
> focus), it is actually w3 that comes upfront. So I am wondering how I can
> change some configuration files so that alt-tab can behave like what I
> expect.

I have no idea what or why you expect, but "alt-tab" has always meant
"cycle among available windows" in all file managers that emulate a MS
windows look and feel. "shift-alt-tab" would cycle in the other
direction, which is what you want the second time.

But you usally can alter the default bindings in your window manager - I
don't know how for motif, not using it. But I can certainly say it is
doing what is expected!

Peter
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