I'm assuming most of you know this but just in case
1. ⌘⇥ (cmd-tab) - regular mac app switching
2. ⌘-`(cmd-grave) - "Move focus to next window"
3. ⌥⌘⇥ (opt-cmd-tab) - "Move focus to active or next window"
Wasn’t aware this is natively supported in OSX, and doesn’t seem to be working.
The hardest part for me was getting it to work on all the keyboard layouts, but that seems to be done with an update we released a couple of weeks ago.
Without it alt-tabbing is near useless for me on macOS.
I think the parent refers to MacOS/Gnome treating alt-tab as a "switch program" shortcut, not a "switch window" shortcut. I find it very convenient to press "alt-tab" to go to the previously-focused window, or "alt-tab-tab" to the even-previously focused window.
It's much easier for me to think in terms of context switches (go back to my N-previous activity) than have to consciously evaluate whether i want to switch window of the same app or switch app.
Next, you want to show all of the windows from a single task, each one at the highest focus relative to all other windows of the same application.
Only being able to switch applications, rather than individual windows, makes this a tedious, manual process.
I hear you say, "just use..."
- Multiple workspaces: does not play well with changing multi-monitor setups. Does not persist across restarts. (Last time I tried anyway)
- Expose: this is not a keyboard-shortcut friendly interface. Windows-style alt-tab lists are predictable and linear, Expose window arrangements are not.
I just want the interface I already know, that works perfectly for this situation.
You get per-window switching, with the normal picker modal (so you bring only your desired window to the front, and not every window you cycle through like Cmd-`).
As a bonus, Contexts has an option to only choose from windows on your current "space", which is really important for me.
MacOS' ⌘-dependent (CMD?) shortcuts are much more ergonomic. I use my thumb to trigger shortcuts, vs on Windows having to use my pinky's knuckle.
On Linux you can emulate this same behavior by switching ctrl/alt/win keys (gnome-tweaks has this option). One thing I am unable to emulate, however, is ALT+left/right arrow for home/end.
On the other hand, the Win + (number) shortcuts I can’t live without and there are very few solutions on macOS which surprises me, because those min/max/switch shortcuts ate incredibly simple and intuitive.