JWM and alt-tab

macondo · posted: 2016-07-17 19:35

1. alt-tab does not work in my box.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2016-07-17 20:22

here it works, but the app doesn't receive focus until you let go of the keys. you can watch the selected app change in the toolbar. I have no idea if that is standard jwm behavior or not. seems weird though.

edit:

if you change this code:

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<Key mask="A" key="Tab">nextstacked</Key>

to

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<Key mask="A" key="Tab">next</Key>

then pressing alt+tab will cycle windows without having to let go of the alt key. each press of alt-tab will bring up the next window in cycle.

macondo · posted: 2016-07-17 23:55

Hi dolphin, I tried 'next' and 'nexstacked' in my .jwmrc, but no joy.
It's a pity, I am gonna try a different keyboard...

macondo · posted: 2016-07-18 00:20

First let me say that it works perfectly in IceWM but not in JWM.

In jwm I switched to different usb ports for my kbd - no joy.

Then I used a different keyboard, nothing! same problem. It works in icewm but not jwm. anybody with the same problem?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2016-07-18 00:34

make sure to restart jwm for changes to .jwmrc to take effect.

macondo · posted: 2016-07-18 13:14

dolphin_oracle wrote:make sure to restart jwm for changes to .jwmrc to take effect.

Yup, thanks bud, I am beginning to suspect the problem is my hd. I got so many different distros that with time, the meta-crap is not allowing me to function. Thanks oracle.