Re: problems with gnome 3 window switcher

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On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Britton Kerin <britton.kerin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> First of all I actually quite like gnome 3 after all the horror
> stories I'm pleasantly surprised it's mostly awesome.  Gnome classic
> seems to work pretty good.
>
> There are a couple things I hate though.  One is the way the window
> switcher (Alt-tab) and window focus indication works.
>
> In gnome 2 I used to get a thick black line around the potential
> window to be selected while alt-tabbing through them.  I had theme
> such that focused window title was bright yellow, others gray.
>
> Now while tabbing the only feedback is on the selector showing the
> icons..  So when I have 4-6 terms open and I try to tab to a different
> one, I have NO IDEA which one I have selected, which is super
> annoying.  The problem is made worse by the fact that the focused
> window title bar/border is only a tiny bit lighter shade of gray than
> all the other windows.  I've tried dconf-editor but haven't
> found any options that change the colors.
>
> What I would like:
>
> * box around window to be focused while alt-tabbing, like in gnome 2
> * focused window get yellow or at least non-gray title bar
>
> Ideas greatly appreciated.

Check extensions.gnome.org for a bunch of things that knock off some
of the more rude ideas from Unity and OS X.  To get the good window
switcher I use this :
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/15/alternatetab/

>
> Thanks,
> Britton
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