Dime
13 discussion posts
Hi! I just bought DisplayFusion a few days ago on Steam, and I've noticed an issue with the Alt+Tab functionality. For clarification, I have it set to "Show on Current Monitor Only, Show All Windows" and I'm running Windows 7.
Anyway, I've noticed that sometimes when I alt+tab, sometimes it minimizes me to the desktop. By this I mean, if I have Chrome and Skype windows open, then I alt-tab, DisplayFusion will minimize both of them. I'm in the habit of rapidly pressing it over the years, so I thought this was a shortcut. Well, I managed to catch it once, and it turns out that the alt+tab was selecting the desktop (icon?) first. The desktop icon is at the very end, so it's kind of strange that it would select it first. I can't seem to notice a pattern, I believe it's random.
As for the suggestion: by default, Windows 7 let's you move to the left on the alt+tab screen by pressing Alt + Tab + Shift + Ctrl. This may seem like it's messy to press all those, but I've gotten used to it over the years. I noticed DisplayFusion replaces this with Alt + Tab + Shift. I would therefore like to request if you could add the option to use either hotkey. (Maybe this is already in the software. If so, please say where I could find it!)
I've run into this before as well, but haven't been able to find a way to reliably reproduce it. Are there any steps on your machine that will make it happen consistently? (switching from certain programs maybe?)
Yep, that did it for me! I've added it to our list and we'll be sure to let you know when we're able to fix it up.
Thanks for your help in tracking it down!
Dec 8, 2014 (modified Dec 8, 2014)
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#4
nbt
2 discussion posts
Just want to backup this issue with some of my experience. This had been occurring for months so when I finally reinstalled my computer I thought this problem was going to dissapear, although I was wrong.
Hopefully this can be fixed soon and please at least add an option to remove the Desktop from alt + tab as a (feature and) workaround, as already stated in a thread last year: http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/alttab-handler-program-disapper-from-taskbar/?ID=1f8befbe-b397-4d78-8295-9928c715fc9c
EDIT: I was able to reproduce this issue with the same procedure as Dime
Dec 9, 2014 (modified Dec 9, 2014)
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#5
nbt
2 discussion posts
Ooh, need to check more carefully next time. I'll use that as a workaround for now. Thanks
Dime
13 discussion posts
Confirmed fixed for me. Thanks!
Excellent, glad to hear it!
Dime
13 discussion posts
I would prefer to use Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Tab because it's what I've got muscle memory for after using Windows for all these years, and because Ctrl + Shift + Tab is also the key combination used to go to the previous tab in Chrome and Firefox. I don't think Windows has a response for Alt + Ctrl + Tab, I think without the Shift in there, it just treats it as a regular Alt + Tab.
Dime
13 discussion posts
I can confirm that this particular bug has been fixed in 7.0, and the feature I requested has been added. Thanks for that!
Unfortunately, I've found that this bug has also reared its head again. This time, whenever a video goes full screen (whether it's from YouTube or any other video site, it seems) the alt+tab handler defaults to the Desktop, just like when you opened a new tab.
Again, this happens every time I've done it, tested on Chrome and Firefox, it occurs with both browsers.