Right, this app is a silly alternative to Alt-Tab that works somewhat better on multiple monitors (if by better you understand differently). You have to see it for yourself.
This project lives at https://github.com/alzwded/AltTabber/ .
The keys and functionality:
(hotkey refers to the global hotkey associated with AltTabber. By default, it is ALT-key above tab)
| action | inputs | comments |
|---|---|---|
| open overlay | hotkey or clicking the icon in the notification area | the main bread of the application |
| close overlay | Esc |
exits the overlay without switching to a new window and without exiting |
| exit the application | Alt-F4 |
duh |
| move to other windows | Tab, Shift-Tab, arrow keys, mouse + click, mouse wheel |
this doesn't actually switch the window, rather the selection for actually triggering the selection |
| switch window | Enter, double click, hotkey |
switches to the selected window (the one with a red background |
| help/about | F1 |
|
| start/stop logging | F2 |
this is a debug log; it writes it somewhere in %TEMP% in a file with a name like alt????.tmp |
| search/filter | any printable characters | starts filtering the windows by name and/or image path in order to help find your window among a couple of dozen |
The hotkey can be changed from Alt-key above tab by going in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\jakkal\AltTabber and modifying the modifiers and key values.
The modifiers value is a combination of the values described for fsModifiers here things.
The key value is one of these.
For example, you can set the modifiers value to 3 (Alt + Ctrl) and the key value to 33 (the 3 key). If you didn't catch on, the aforementioned values are numbers in hexadecimal.
If you mess something up, just delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\jakka\AltTabber key and the app will make sure to recreate it again from defaults.
If you want to remove this app from your computer forever, remember to also delete that key. No uninstaller is currently provided, and it's unlikely that one will be provided anytime in the future.
That key also contains a flag, resetOnClose, which, if set to 0x00000000, will prevent the AltTabber interface from being reset when you close a window using the context menu.
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