Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: compiz-fusion-plugins-main
In compiz-fusion, the Shift Switcher has a strange way of keeping track
of windows. Let's say I have ten windows open, numbered in order of
which I've used most recently (1 being most recent).
Application switcher allows me to switch between the 2 most recently
used windows (1 to 2 and back to 1) by simply pressing alt-tab and alt-
tab again. After switching, it leaves all windows where they were
except the one I've selected. To go to the one I used before these two,
I press alt-tab-tab (1-2-3).
Shift switcher does something arbitrary that I haven't figured out yet.
In most cases if I just do hyper-tab, it goes 1-2. But if I cycle
through more than that, it goes 1-2-8 or 1-2-4. Then what was 1 may get
pushed way to the back behind 10 and 7. Most annoying of all, it
doesn't just bring the window to the front temporarily as application
switcher does, but it permanently shuffles the windows on your desktop,
so everything is out of order, especially if I cycle through more than
one window. This makes it impossible to quickly switch between two or
three windows I'm working actively with, instead bringing to the front
things I haven't worked with in hours. Why not just use the same
algorithm application switcher uses, keeping track of which windows have
been used most recently and leaving all windows except the selected one
where they were?
** Affects: compiz-fusion-plugins-main (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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shift switcher should keep track of order like application switcher
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175874
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