Cycle windows backward and forward by last used

[gabriels1234]

I have 20 open windows in vscode. how to cycle through them going back to the latest used and then the second latest used and so on? mac
Cmd + ` and Cmd + Shift + ` does not work in the order last used.

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[johngrant]

This would be great. I tend to have several windows open on MacOS also. Sometimes the two windows that I'm working in are several cmd+` keystrokes apart.

We would also want to have the ability to disable/enable this behavior because it could become annoying to users in development work where they aren't necessarily using the window that is n+3 keystrokes away as much as the n+1 or n+2 window yet they still want to occasionally check on it. Otherwise the automatic changing of the tab order could become annoying.

[gabriels1234]

@MichaelDimmitt The exact behavior I'm after is what happens when you have many Apps opened and (Windows: Alt + Tab, MacOS: Cmd + Tab) the order is the Last accessed (So you can go back-and-forth from the same two Apps).

Once we have this working, we could also ask for the (macOs: Ctrl + w, to switch windows) to also make the list based on (sorted by) the last used.

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[johngrant]

@gabriels1234 I would also like the ability to change the sort order of the alt+tab (macos: cmd+tab) behavior.

That was going to be my initial suggestion until I found this issue. I'm not entirely certain what the optimal behavior would be and what appeals to most users:

1. windows cycle between last recently used VS code instance,
2. Change the sort order manually (perhaps using the same panel that opens on macos when using CAPSLOCK ON+cmd+`) that would allow the user to drag and drop to achieve the sort order (my clunky workaround is to use that panel and arrow keys now when I have mutliple instances)
3. A combination of both.

But I think your Feature request is a great convenience as long as the user has the ability to disable/enable it.