[sorry if the below has messed-up formatting; I sent it a few days
ago, but apparently the list software rejected it — without even so
much as a bounce :-( — b/c I was not yet a subscriber to the list]
Hello folks.
First off: I _love_ TDE for keeping KDE 3.x alive. ;-)
Recently, the alt-tab behavior on one of my GNU/Linux boxes has been
driving me nuts: when I press alt-tab, the switcher only shows other
windows that are on the *_same screen_* as the one that was
active/current/front at the time I pressed alt-tab. With windows
spread across two screens, this is _very_ annoying. I tried to find a
way to configure this, but I did not find one. [EDIT: please read all
the way to the bottom of this e-mail for additional details that I
found while writing this email but _way_ after writing _this_
paragraph up to the "EDIT" marker.]
Current setup on the machine in question: Debian 7.11, TDE 3.5.13.2,
one video card installed, nVidia PCI-Express video card with 4 heads
possible [only 2 in use], GPU seems to be an "NVS 510", nVidia
proprietary driver 450.57; two monitors, both "technically" 1600x1200
["technically" b/c one of them is "rotated", so it "looks like"
1200x1600], only 1 desktop, and Xinerama & RandR are both off
according to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log". The motherboard has a VGA port on
it, but I must have disabled the relevant on-board chip in the BIOS
settings [or did the BIOS disable that chip by itself based on the
fact that I have a video card installed and selected as "primary"?]
since it`s not showing up in "lspci"`s output.
>From the "NVIDIA X Server Settings" program:
* Server Version Number: 11.0
* Server Vendor String: The X.Org Foundation
* Server Vendor Version: 1.12.4 (11204000)
* NV-CONTROL Version: 1.29
* Screens: 1
>From "lspci -v":
09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0ffd
(rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0967
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
Memory at c2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1
Len=024 <?>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Other "trivia": 4.13.16 self-configured kernel. PS/2 keyboard and
"mouse" [trackball, really ;-)].
"Stop the presses!" ;-) : look what I found in my
"~/.trinity/share/config/kwinrc" while searching through
"~/.trinity/":
[TabBox]
TraverseAll=false
... however, when I edited that to "TraverseAll=true" and logged out
and then back in [to TDE], alt-tab _still_ behaved as before. :-( I
checked that the edit wasn`t overwritten, and it wasn`t.
Also found in the same file, in the "[Windows]" section:
AltTabStyle=KDE
Should I be messing with _that_ somehow?
Also: how/where should I find these settings in a GUI context?
They don`t seem to be available in KControl. OK, hold on... I think I
found them, in "Desktop"::"Window Behavior"::"Focus", under the
section heading "Navigation". I tried turning "Traverse windows on
all desktops" off, hitting "Apply", then turning it back on again and
"Apply" again, but it did _not_ seem to help. :-(
"The plot _thickens_!" When I switch off "Show window list while
switching windows" [in "Desktop"::"Window Behavior"::"Focus",
under the section heading "Navigation"], I get the following changes:
* my "~/.trinity/share/config/kwinrc" now has "AltTabStyle=CDE"
instead of "AltTabStyle=KDE"
* alt-tab _does_ traverse windows on both screens -- but, of course,
does not show visual feedback for the switcher
I searched for something relevant in the Bugzilla, but I found nothing
that was an exact match. I _did_ find the following, which I`m
including here... #1, for "completeness", and #2, to _prove_ that I
really _did_ search the Bugzilla before emailing to the list. ;-)
* https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1787
* " Include minimized system tray apps in Alt+Tab switching"
How can I [at least try to] solve this problem? I _want_ the
KDE-style switcher [with visual feedback], not the CDE-style "silent"
and/or "invisible" one, but I _also_ want _all_ windows [or at least
as many as possible, given bug #1787] from _all_ screens to be
included in the switcher`s list and keyboard-selection choices.
Suggestions, anybody?
Regards,
Abe
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