Hi :) Alt tab works for me on Unity but it's a bit slow and i get the intermediate step of it showing all the programs i have open on that workspace.
So, the workspace switching seems the best option anyway. Ctrl Alt and keyboard arrows should switch between workspaces on any DE, i think. Regards from Tom :) On 24 November 2013 20:29, Michael Shiloh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/24/2013 11:47 AM, Cley Faye wrote: >> >> 2013/11/24 Michael Shiloh <[email protected]> >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Sometimes during my presentations I need to show another program e.g. a >>> web browser or a programming language window. >>> >>> I read somewhere that <alt> <tab> should allow me to switch between >>> applications even during a slide show, but while <alt> <tab> works for me >>> normally, it does not work during a slide show. >>> >>> I don't care whether I use <alt> <tab> or some other sequence, as long >>> as >>> I can easily switch between applications and come back to my slide show >>> where I left off. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> I'm on Ubuntu 13.10, Libre Office 4.1.2.3 >>> >> >> Hm. Alt+Tab should work (it does for me), but I'm not on Unity, so who >> know :) >> >> Anyway, what *might* work is switching to a different desktop. It might be >> something like Ctrl+F2. On KDE, both ways works (I'm more in favor of >> switching desktop, because in this case it's possible to prepare the >> content beforehand). On Unity (or other WM), this second solution might >> work where Alt+Tab doesn't. >> > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I set up shortcuts for workspace switching and > that works perfectly. Now I can switch between my presentation and my > Arduino IDE quickly. > > (I originally installed Xubuntu and then added the Gnome desktop and Unity, > and every so often I run into some oddness that may be caused by not having > installed Gnome from the start. So far it's not been enough of a nuisance to > re-install) > > Thanks! > Michael > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
