Alt + Tab

[Hal Burgiss]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:18:32PM -0400, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:04:42PM +0300, Alexandra Zaharia wrote:
> > 
> > Wait, does the Alt+Tab combination work if you disable compiz?
> 
> Is that disabled by simply disabling 'effects'. Disabling that did not
> help. But then re-enabling it did! Wow.
>  
> > To find out, go to System >> Preferences >> CompizConfig Settings
> > Manager >> click Advanced Search:
> > 
> > - uncheck the "Short description and name" checkbox
> > - uncheck the "Long description" checkbox
> > - check the "Settings Value" checkbox
> > - type "tab" in the search field and hit enter.
> > 
> > If you see on the right pane among the list of results something using
> > up <Alt>Tab as a key binding, then you've found the reason for this
> > combination not working as you'd expect it to.
> 
> Went through all this first, and nothing I could changed a thing. I
> even tried setting this to various other key combos, but nothing
> worked. 

Just for the record, effects / compiz does something with the Alt key
combos such that turning effects 'off', does not restore Alt key
functionality. At least, I'm pretty sure that's the culprit.

-- 
Hal