Task switcher not showing terminal windows

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Upgraded to 11.10 this morning.

Terminal windows stopped showing in the alt+tab switcher.

What's the problem and how can I fix it?

Is the problem that only one of the terminals is showing up? Do any show up? — Nathan Osman, Oct 14 '11 at 23:33
I was experiencing the same problem and tried to fix it by gconf as explained above, but in my gconf there was not any folders named "mutter"... HOWEVER, the problem unexpectedly DISAPPEARED when the system was RESTARTED... — , Nov 06 '11 at 12:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 13 '18 at 11:56

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Open CCSM (CompizConfig Settings Manager) go to Ubuntu Unity Plugin > Switcher

Untick Bias alt-tab to prefer window on the current viewport

edited Nov 13 '18 at 11:56

Zanna

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Stephan

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This issue with Terminator resurfaced in 16.04 and the above solved it. Thank you! – Ray May 22 '16 at 21:23

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 18 '11 at 16:19

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I had the same issue, but disappeared now (I think after restart) As an alternative you can use alt+shift+up_arrow

edited Oct 18 '11 at 16:19

Kris Harper

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 06:07

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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I had a similar problem, but with chromium-browser and keepassx.

Ugly but effective: from a terminal window, start gnome-panel. The minimized window shows up in the panel, click to un-minimize, then kill the gnome-panel.

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answered May 09 '12 at 20:32

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 06 '13 at 18:03

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Same problem here. I think it started after I added terminal to launcher. After experimenting with gconf-editor, I found a solution:

Open gconf-editor.
In gconf-editor goto: apps ➤ mutter ➤ general.
Tick the key named live_hidden_windows.

edited May 06 '13 at 18:03

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Task switcher not showing terminal windows

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