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I'm using Windows 7's focus follows cursor model, without raise to front. Unfortunately, the Alt+Tab MRU order isn't updated to reflect the focus change. Here's the behavior (^ indicates focus in Alt+Tab order):
Order Before Mouse-Focus Change:
A > B > C
^
Order After Mouse-Focus on 'B' (the bad behavior):
A > B > C
^
Desired Order After Mouse-Focus on 'B' (normal Alt+Tab swapping behavior):
B > A > C
^
With many windows, this is a royal pain because Alt+Tab cycles to the right. I'd prefer to use Alt+Tab regularly, with the occasional cursor movement to get to a less-frequently-used window. Can the desired behavior be achieved in Windows 7?
"update order on focus" instead of "update order on raise" is what I'm after.
Chris Betti
Posted 2012-06-16T16:19:48.723
Reputation: 2 234
Is this what you mean?
– Andrew Lambert – 2012-06-16T16:55:58.670The problem described there never occurred for me. If I switch windows using Alt+Tab, the previously-focused window and the newly focused window are swapped, placing the newly-focused window into position #1, appropriately preserving MRU alt+tab behavior. It's only when I use mouse-focus that the window positions are not swapped. – Chris Betti – 2012-06-16T21:18:12.870