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Can we prevent alt-tab from switching workspaces in Gnome 3? I'd prefer that when switch apps with alt-tab, it will switch to the last used window of that app in the current workspace (it may be minimized, in which case it unminimizes it).
trusktr
Posted 2015-08-14T22:24:57.523
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Simply run this command from a terminal:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only true
With newer versions of Gnome, this is a configurable setting so installing additional software is no longer necessary.
colan
Posted 2015-08-14T22:24:57.523
Reputation: 439
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You'll need to install Tweak Tools. Then go to Extensions -> Alternate Tab and check Show only windows in the current workspace.
slybloty
Posted 2015-08-14T22:24:57.523
Reputation: 479
Thanks slybloty, but that changes the mechanism entirely. What I'm aiming for is to have the same alt+tab and alt+backtick mechanism, except for the scope of it to be limited to the current desktop. So, for example, pressing alt+backtick will only swap windows of the current app, in the current workspace (not all workspaces), but I don't want to use that alternate tab thing because it's entirely different. I wonder if there's a way to tweak (in a Gnome extension) the default mechanism's behavior. – trusktr – 2015-10-13T19:11:29.130