Windows 10: List alt-tab windows from where mouse at

Discus and support List alt-tab windows from where mouse at in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I have an additional monitor that I use only two window on. I'd like to switch between that two app while mouse at that monitor. repost reason:... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/heroata, Mar 19, 2020.

  1. List alt-tab windows from where mouse at


    I have an additional monitor that I use only two window on. I'd like to switch between that two app while mouse at that monitor.



    repost reason: title fix

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    :)
     
    /u/heroata, Mar 19, 2020
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  2. Restore Classic ALT+TAB A-B B-A switching with mouse, not random


    The very three critical combinations to understand before even participating in this thread:


    1. Windows 10 with classic ALT+Tab registry key restoration (all over the web, look it up).
    2. Use any program that customizes the key bindings to the fourth and fifth mouse buttons (the thumb buttons); I have been using X-Mouse Button Control.
    3. Set the forward-thumb button to ALT+Tab (if using X-Mouse Button Control set to "Simulated Keys (pressed)" and paste {ALT}{TAB}.

    This is not about using the physical keyboard to ALT+Tab, this thread is about assigning the Classic Alt+Tab function to a mouse and having it switch between the two active windows only instead of randomly wandering around different unrelated windows.

    Here is list of open Windows for both Windows 7 and 10:

    Window A [code/work browser]
    Window B [IDE/code editor]
    Window C [notepad]
    Window ♣ [funny cat pictures]
    Window Beta [separate browser for developer chat]
    Window Waldo [browser used to find an answer drowning in responses by people who just don't get it]

    Typically when I work I switch between my code editor and my test browser however this is just an example as I use the Classic non-borked Alt+Tab all the time between any two windows and when I'm done with a pair I will manually switch to another pair typically.

    To trigger the correct behavior press and hold ALT, press Tab once and then let go of both keys.

    Windows 7 Classic Alt+Tab (correct mouse-ALT+Tab behavior):

    Window A
    Code:
     Window B [browser / reload / worked? No? Back to code!]
     Window A [code]
     Window B [browser / reload / worked? No? Back to code!]
     Window A [code]
     Window B [browser / reload / worked? No? Back to code!]
     Window A [code]
     Window B [browser / reload / worked? No? Back to code!]
     
     Windows 10 Classic Alt+Tab restored via registry (incorrect mouse-ALT+Tab behavior):
     
     Window A [code]
     Window X [WTH?!]
     Window ♣ [huge vein on forehead appears]
     Window Beta [violence likely]
     Window Waldo [divided by zero]
     
     Even when you get rid of the crappy GUI garbage they dumped on users in Windows 10 the behavior of Alt+Tabbing once (pressing Tab [i]once[/i] and letting go of the Alt key) is now absolute and utter chaos. I'm a GUI designer (UI/UX etc) and the goal is to always achieve maximum results with minimum input.
     
     No:
     
     [list][*]I'm not going to use ALT+Esc
    [*]I'm not going to use Windows+Tab
    [*]I'm not going to add twenty seconds staring at window explosions in place of 20ms action.
    [*]I'm not going to post on Microsoft Answers because the last thing you ever get there is a frigin answer.
    [*]My work won't allow me to dump Windows 10 like the released-two-years-too-early-mess it is and just go back to Windows 7.
    [/list]
     
     Please, fellow beings of competence, hear my plea! I've probably had [i]hours[/i] of my time wasted by [i]just[/i] this Windows 10 "feature" alone.
     
    jabcreations, Mar 19, 2020
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  3. desktop is not listed in Ctrl+Tab toggle

    Thanks for the suggestions, DaveM121 and NikhilPosting.

    @DaveM121 - I have GForce Experience 3.7.0.81, and I can't see a ShadowPlay feature.

    @NikhilPosting - I know Alt-Tab very well: this is precisely where I have an issue! the actual desktop is not listed among the thumbnails!

    Window + Tab seems to be merely a variant of Alt-Tab - and it returns the same result: desktop is not listed among the thumbnails.

    Thus, the issue endures...
     
    GuyCruls_851, Mar 19, 2020
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  4. List alt-tab windows from where mouse at

    alt + tab not working

    Just found a really cool way to make alt+tab INSTANT!!!

    In the launch options write the following: -windowed -noborder


    List alt-tab windows from where mouse at Capture122.jpg


    This play exactly the same as fullscreen but now you dont have to wait 30 f*@!ing seconds to alt+tab back in!

    Also you don't get the little purple/black checkered effect (only in Source games) from alt+tabbing in fullscreen.
     
    oli_ramsay, Mar 19, 2020
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