Can't bind Switcher to Super + Tab (or Alt + Tab)

[PHLAK]

I would like to bind the Switcher to Super+Tab but am unable to. I've also noticed I cannot bind it to Alt+Tab either.

I've tried unbinding these in the Gnome settings keyboard shortcuts and am still unable to bind them to the Switcher.

[PHLAK]

I was able to work around this by setting the value directly with dconf:

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/switcher/show-switcher "['<Super>tab']"

You can also do the same by using the dconf-config GUI.

However, I'm going to leave this issue open because I'm still unable to set the binding from within the Switcher settings directly.

[daniellandau]

Hi, thanks for the feedback.

We can leave this open here so that somebody who wants to achieve the same can find this. It's not really an issue with Switcher though, as it uses a standard GTK component for that setting and if something, it's either a bug or a feature on that end.

[manuel-uberti]

This doesn't seem to work for me. Neither via command-line or dconf GUI, setting ['<Super>tab'] does not make the binding open the switcher.

@PHLAK did you do something else beside setting the key?

[PHLAK]

@manuel-uberti You might also have to unbind any pre-configured shortcuts using that key combination. Specifically, "Switch applications" is bound to Super+Tab in Gnome.

You can change this by opening the Settings and navigating to Devices → Keyboard. Then Search for Super+Tab and change or remove this binding.

[manuel-uberti]

Thanks, it is working now. But I have to set that to Alt+tab, otherwise Alt+tab doesn't work.