Is there any way to go to the old switcher behavior?

Question

The new switcher in 11.10 looks really great, but I feel like it is a loss in productivity to me. I have multiple instances of several applications open at once (especially browsers) many times and I like to be able to switch quickly between the all with one hand. Now I have to either alt-tab and pause for a long time for the grouped windows to automatically expand, or I have to use my other hand to press down while holding alt to expand the windows.

Is there a way to go back to selectively go back to the old behavior where each process gets its own separate entry in the switcher where things are not grouped together?

Also see http://askubuntu.com/questions/43875/how-do-i-adjust-the-alt-tab-speed — belacqua, Oct 17 '11 at 03:41
possible duplicate of How do I revert Alt-tab behavior changed in 11.10? — jokerdino, Apr 01 '12 at 09:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:36

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Alt+` (the key above tab) does the same as hitting down and only requires one hand.

edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:36

RAOF

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 03:33

Dason

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:35

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Alt+Tab switches between different applications. You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to switch between the different instances in an application.

edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:35

RAOF

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 03:33

jokerdino

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And these can be mix and matched - alt-tab to get to the application you're after, then hit ` without releasing alt to get to the window you're after. I find it can be faster than going through all the windows :). – RAOF Oct 17 '11 at 03:38
Thanks - that works much better. I'll have to get used to switching between the two buttons. – Ross Oct 21 '11 at 19:14

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '11 at 18:54

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You can turn off Unity Alt-Tab switching in Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM), then activate any other window switching plugin in the Window Management section.

answered Nov 10 '11 at 18:54

Jay

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score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 18:39

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you can always use Super-Tab which is all of the windows in a circle

edited Nov 10 '11 at 18:39

Kris Harper

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 03:25

Brendan Samek

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I'm not familiar with this - how do I enable this? – Ross Oct 21 '11 at 19:14
you can go into the advanced compiz settings and scroll down to window management then you click ring switcher and enable it – Brendan Samek Oct 23 '11 at 15:12
This answer lacks info. The original poster should add more info about the functionality of this application switcher. – jokerdino Nov 27 '11 at 08:03

Is there any way to go to the old switcher behavior?

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