Comments (8)
Hi! Just a quick question even though you already closed the issue :)
Did you experience any problem while using Switcheroo, or maybe some feature that didn't make immediate sense?
/Regin
from switcheroo.
I needed to test it, and forgot about the issue. On my computer at work
pressing alt tab + enter switches to a window. On my home computer just
pressing alt tab and releasing switches to a window.
Another problem with the first (at work) computer is that pressing enter
will sometimes submit the enter command to the program I am switching to.
I would like an option for either enter or just release to switch windows
as well as a fix to passing on the enter command to the window that I am
switching to.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:41 AM Regin Larsen [email protected]
wrote:
Hi! Just a quick question even though you already closed the issue :)
Did you experience any problem while using Switcheroo, or maybe some
feature that didn't make immediate sense?/Regin
—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
#27 (comment).
from switcheroo.
Thanks for the update @jaredbidlow!
I'll quickly describe how Switcheroo is intended to work:
As default Switcheroo can be activated using the hotkey Alt+Space
, but it is possible to enable the Alt+Tab
integration by going to Options
and checking the option Activate Switcheroo with Alt+Tab
.
After enabling the Alt+Tab integration, and then pressing Alt+Tab
the Switcheroo window should open up, and stay open until you press Enter
to go to a window, or Esc
to dismiss the Switcheroo window.
Now back to your experiences:
On my computer at work pressing alt tab + enter switches to a window
That sounds like Switcheroo works as intended in this scenario.
On my home computer just pressing alt tab and releasing switches to a window.
Is the Alt+Tab integration enabled on your computer? And do you see the Switcheroo window after pressing Alt+Tab
?
About this issue:
Another problem with the first (at work) computer is that pressing enter will sometimes submit the enter command to the program I am switching to.
That is certainly not intended, and should be fixed. I do need a few details to better debug this:
Does it happen when switching to arbitrary windows, or only windows from a specific program?
Which version of Windows do you run?
Which version of .NET do you have installed? (http://smallestdotnet.com/)
I would like an option for either enter or just release to switch windows
There are a couple of options:
- If you prefer Alt+Tab ... Enter, then it should already work
- If you prefer Alt+Tab without pressing Enter, then you could simply use Switcheroo when pressing
Alt+Space
, but disable the Alt+Tab integration, and thereby use the default Windows functionality for this - If you prefer Alt+Tab without Enter, but still prefer the window listing that Switcheroo provides, then that needs to be added to Switcheroo as a configuration
Which one do you like the most? :)
/Regin
from switcheroo.
Now that I'm using my home pc, The switch on release of alt + tab is no longer a problem. I have no idea how it happened, but I'll let you know if it reoccurs. I will let you know on Monday what .Net version the work pc has. It is Win7 and the problem occurs with two programs, both old programs build by my company used to navigate client's data
As for the main implementation, I don't know, if others have requested this, then yes. I have used Switcheroo for months and don't see myself returning to the style of the Windows alt + tab functionality. It caused too much wasted time because I found myself switching windows too often without being mindful of where I was going.
from switcheroo.
Please keep me updated on the situation on your home PC. I have some further clarification that might explain what has happened. If you have the Alt+Tab integration in Switcheroo turned on, but press Alt+Tab
while having a program in focus that is running under for example the Administrator user, then Switcheroo can't detect that key press, and in this case the usual Windows Alt+Tab functionality will open up. This happens because Switcheroo runs under your normal user account, and for security reasons therefore is not allowed to detect key presses to processes running under other users (I'll open a separate ticket for this issue)
For your work PC, I have a suspicion that something like this might be going on:
- Switcheroo is activated
- A window is selected and
Enter
key is pressed - The selected window is focused and activated
- The
Enter
key is released - The window gets the message that
Enter
was released and acts upon this
I'll experiment and see if I can recreate this scenario. (The solution might be not to switch to the new window until Enter
has been released.)
/ Regin
from switcheroo.
I reproduced the issue with Enter
being pressed in Switcheroo, but the other window receiving the Enter
release message. I have tried to make a fix to this issue in #34.
Here's a version of Switcheroo with the fix included: http://teamcity.codebetter.com/repository/download/Switcheroo/182507:id/switcheroo-portable.zip
Could you try to run it and tell me if it solves the problem on your work PC?
/ Regin
from switcheroo.
It did.
Thanks
from switcheroo.
That's great! I'll make sure to include the fix in the next release.
Let me know if you run into any other issue.
/ Regin
from switcheroo.
Related Issues (20)
- Sort window list Alphabetically (through a hotkey) HOT 1
- adding run capabilities HOT 1
- feature suggestion: enlarge ui or icon HOT 1
- Alt+Shift+Tab only works with left shift
- question/effort request: implementing Switcheroo as a part of Microsoft's PowerToy's PowerRun HOT 1
- Arrows don't work in the switcheroo window HOT 3
- Can add display a preview window?
- 能否自定义快捷键? HOT 1
- hi, curious of how switcheroo handles the `SetForegroundWindow` limitations.
- Appear on current screen on multi screen setup HOT 8
- [feature] hotkey configuration
- Run without administrator credentials
- I want to contribute, but never write windows software before. so how? HOT 2
- Switcheroo would be perfect for me with these four features (which I've put into an AutoHotKey script) HOT 2
- It will be great if it have these features HOT 1
- Want to push Multi screen Features
- bug: conflict with mpv HOT 1
- Activate Switcheroo with Empty Shortcut
- [Feature] Rename or tag windows
- Can't restore Alt-Tab after removing Switcheroo
Recommend Projects
-
React
A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
-
Vue.js
🖖 Vue.js is a progressive, incrementally-adoptable JavaScript framework for building UI on the web.
-
Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.
-
TensorFlow
An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
-
Django
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
-
Laravel
A PHP framework for web artisans
-
D3
Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML. 📊📈🎉
-
Recommend Topics
-
javascript
JavaScript (JS) is a lightweight interpreted programming language with first-class functions.
-
web
Some thing interesting about web. New door for the world.
-
server
A server is a program made to process requests and deliver data to clients.
-
Machine learning
Machine learning is a way of modeling and interpreting data that allows a piece of software to respond intelligently.
-
Visualization
Some thing interesting about visualization, use data art
-
Game
Some thing interesting about game, make everyone happy.
Recommend Org
-
Facebook
We are working to build community through open source technology. NB: members must have two-factor auth.
-
Microsoft
Open source projects and samples from Microsoft.
-
Google
Google ❤️ Open Source for everyone.
-
Alibaba
Alibaba Open Source for everyone
-
D3
Data-Driven Documents codes.
-
Tencent
China tencent open source team.
from switcheroo.