Hello, everybody! I understand one of the key points of the shell is to encourage the user to use existing instances of applications instead of opening new ones. I use a lot global shortcuts to open new instances of applications. I wonder if I can switch to an existing application of a specific kind. Note that alt+tab doesn't do this, because it switches through all open apps. So is there a way to switch to an existing instance of an application with a keyboard shortcut?. For example, Super+f opens a new firefox window, but Super+Shift+f cycles through existing firefox windows (or viceversa), Super+e and Super+shift+e do the same with the text editor, etcetera. Specifically, I recently discovered the quake-style terminals yakuake and guake, and I'd love to do the same with the browser and the text editor. If I had shortcuts as described above, I wouldn't need a special terminal, I could use gnome-terminal just the way I use guake. Some apps work this way by default, like thunderbird. Wherever I run the command thunderbird, the only thunderbird instance moves the current workspace and gain focus. For apps that need several instances, more care is needed. Regards, and congratulations for your great work. _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
