https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455586
Bug ID: 455586
Summary: Windowview: No window highlighted when more than one
left
Product: kwin
Version: 5.25.0
Platform: Archlinux Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: effects-present-windows
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: niklas.stephanbl...@outlook.de
Target Milestone: ---
With the new presentwindows effect, switching to different window of the same
application as a keyboard user has become unnecessarily complicated:
When I search for the application and two windows are left, no window is
selected by default. To open one window, I have to
a) Press enter to exit the search box
b) press any arrow key to highlight one window
c) See what window is highlighted
d) Use the arrow keys to select the desired window.
When filtering windows with the search box, one window should always be
selected by default. This is currently only the case if there is only one
window left. There should also be an easy way to change the selection (for
example: Ctrl+Arrow key) without exiting the search box at the top.
Then you would be able to search for an application, 2 windows are left, one of
which is highlighted (just like in the old presentwindows effect). You press
"Ctrl+Arrow keys" (or we should expose it as a shortcut in the kde settings) to
switch to the other window if desired and press "Enter".
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open two instances of "System settings"
2. Activate the effect and search for "settings".
3. Try to select either window with the keyboard
OBSERVED RESULT
You have to press an unnecessary amount of keys to select either window with
the keyboard.
EXPECTED RESULT
You see which window is highlighted. If you press "Enter", that window gets
opened, just as it is now when there is only one left. You can use a keyboard
shortcut to switch between the windows WITHOUT exiting the search bar at the
top.
I have been using the presentwindows (now windowview) effect for a long time
with the keyboard as my only way to switch windows. With this new update, my
workflow is broken. :(
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