Alt-tab switching workspaces if Chrome is in focus
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MATE 18.10
I have workspaces set up so that alt-tab cycles through windows in the current workspace. However if I am in a chrome window, alt-tab sends me to another chrome window on a different workspace.
Alt-tab does not appear as a shortcut in any chrome documentation I've seen.
So it looks like Chrome is grabbing the alt-tab or that some layer of MATE is passing it on rather than acting on it.
Does anyone have an idea about what's going on? And / or how to fix it?
shortcut-keys google-chrome workspaces
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
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MATE 18.10
I have workspaces set up so that alt-tab cycles through windows in the current workspace. However if I am in a chrome window, alt-tab sends me to another chrome window on a different workspace.
Alt-tab does not appear as a shortcut in any chrome documentation I've seen.
So it looks like Chrome is grabbing the alt-tab or that some layer of MATE is passing it on rather than acting on it.
Does anyone have an idea about what's going on? And / or how to fix it?
shortcut-keys google-chrome workspaces
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
I don't think it's Chrome doing it. Try reproducing the problem with another application.
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 15:47
@wjandrea Hm... I'm at a different machine right now (same configuration) and cannot replicate the issue. I'll take a look when I get back to the other machine. I should probably put this question on hold but don't know how to do it.
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:14
No need to put it on hold or anything, just edit it once you have the info and it will get bumped to the homepage
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 19:32
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MATE 18.10
I have workspaces set up so that alt-tab cycles through windows in the current workspace. However if I am in a chrome window, alt-tab sends me to another chrome window on a different workspace.
Alt-tab does not appear as a shortcut in any chrome documentation I've seen.
So it looks like Chrome is grabbing the alt-tab or that some layer of MATE is passing it on rather than acting on it.
Does anyone have an idea about what's going on? And / or how to fix it?
shortcut-keys google-chrome workspaces
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
MATE 18.10
I have workspaces set up so that alt-tab cycles through windows in the current workspace. However if I am in a chrome window, alt-tab sends me to another chrome window on a different workspace.
Alt-tab does not appear as a shortcut in any chrome documentation I've seen.
So it looks like Chrome is grabbing the alt-tab or that some layer of MATE is passing it on rather than acting on it.
Does anyone have an idea about what's going on? And / or how to fix it?
shortcut-keys google-chrome workspaces
shortcut-keys google-chrome workspaces
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
edited Feb 12 at 19:31
wjandrea
9,33842664
9,33842664
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
asked Feb 12 at 15:37
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8422720
8422720
I don't think it's Chrome doing it. Try reproducing the problem with another application.
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 15:47
@wjandrea Hm... I'm at a different machine right now (same configuration) and cannot replicate the issue. I'll take a look when I get back to the other machine. I should probably put this question on hold but don't know how to do it.
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:14
No need to put it on hold or anything, just edit it once you have the info and it will get bumped to the homepage
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 19:32
add a comment |
I don't think it's Chrome doing it. Try reproducing the problem with another application.
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 15:47
@wjandrea Hm... I'm at a different machine right now (same configuration) and cannot replicate the issue. I'll take a look when I get back to the other machine. I should probably put this question on hold but don't know how to do it.
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:14
No need to put it on hold or anything, just edit it once you have the info and it will get bumped to the homepage
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 19:32
I don't think it's Chrome doing it. Try reproducing the problem with another application.
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 15:47
I don't think it's Chrome doing it. Try reproducing the problem with another application.
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 15:47
@wjandrea Hm... I'm at a different machine right now (same configuration) and cannot replicate the issue. I'll take a look when I get back to the other machine. I should probably put this question on hold but don't know how to do it.
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:14
@wjandrea Hm... I'm at a different machine right now (same configuration) and cannot replicate the issue. I'll take a look when I get back to the other machine. I should probably put this question on hold but don't know how to do it.
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:14
No need to put it on hold or anything, just edit it once you have the info and it will get bumped to the homepage
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 19:32
No need to put it on hold or anything, just edit it once you have the info and it will get bumped to the homepage
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 19:32
add a comment |
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According to the official Google Help Center there is no Alt+Tab
Do a search in the Chrome web store for Shortkeys there ARE answers there. Which will allow you to override any default chrome shortcut keys. I found a couple. I can not make any suggestions though.
I would avoid asking questions like this in the future as this is a Chrome issue not Ubuntu.
According to this: https://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/chrome.htm
They can be set to alt+tab.
Edited: Moved stuff around to better show my answer.
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
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Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
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In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
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According to the official Google Help Center there is no Alt+Tab
Do a search in the Chrome web store for Shortkeys there ARE answers there. Which will allow you to override any default chrome shortcut keys. I found a couple. I can not make any suggestions though.
I would avoid asking questions like this in the future as this is a Chrome issue not Ubuntu.
According to this: https://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/chrome.htm
They can be set to alt+tab.
Edited: Moved stuff around to better show my answer.
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
3
Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
2
In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
|
show 2 more comments
According to the official Google Help Center there is no Alt+Tab
Do a search in the Chrome web store for Shortkeys there ARE answers there. Which will allow you to override any default chrome shortcut keys. I found a couple. I can not make any suggestions though.
I would avoid asking questions like this in the future as this is a Chrome issue not Ubuntu.
According to this: https://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/chrome.htm
They can be set to alt+tab.
Edited: Moved stuff around to better show my answer.
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
3
Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
2
In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
|
show 2 more comments
According to the official Google Help Center there is no Alt+Tab
Do a search in the Chrome web store for Shortkeys there ARE answers there. Which will allow you to override any default chrome shortcut keys. I found a couple. I can not make any suggestions though.
I would avoid asking questions like this in the future as this is a Chrome issue not Ubuntu.
According to this: https://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/chrome.htm
They can be set to alt+tab.
Edited: Moved stuff around to better show my answer.
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
According to the official Google Help Center there is no Alt+Tab
Do a search in the Chrome web store for Shortkeys there ARE answers there. Which will allow you to override any default chrome shortcut keys. I found a couple. I can not make any suggestions though.
I would avoid asking questions like this in the future as this is a Chrome issue not Ubuntu.
According to this: https://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/chrome.htm
They can be set to alt+tab.
Edited: Moved stuff around to better show my answer.
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
edited Feb 12 at 19:45
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
answered Feb 12 at 16:53
dewddewd
277
277
3
Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
2
In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
|
show 2 more comments
3
Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
2
In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
3
3
Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
Questions related to applications used on Ubuntu are not off-topic. We have questions about Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc here.
– DK Bose
Feb 12 at 17:29
2
2
In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
In addition, an answer here should be an answer. If merely a comment, it should be posted as a comment.
– vanadium
Feb 12 at 17:35
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
@vanadium I am not allowed to post as a comment.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:46
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
Fine install this extension Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) and you should be able to override the Chrome shortcut keys. If they are really there.
– dewd
Feb 12 at 18:53
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
@ChrisSmith Thanks Chris. I appreciate your help and understand your confusion. My Title was confusing so I've changed it. The issue is not Chrome shortcuts, it is that the desktop manager is not behaving to spec. The alt-tab is a desktop shortcut so the desktop should be handling that event and pulling it off the dispatch queue. It should not be reaching Chrome. So how is Chrome getting that keystroke? Is the DM failing to recognize that the Chrome instances are running on different workspaces? Maybe. Or...
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:06
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I don't think it's Chrome doing it. Try reproducing the problem with another application.
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 15:47
@wjandrea Hm... I'm at a different machine right now (same configuration) and cannot replicate the issue. I'll take a look when I get back to the other machine. I should probably put this question on hold but don't know how to do it.
– Stephen Boston
Feb 12 at 19:14
No need to put it on hold or anything, just edit it once you have the info and it will get bumped to the homepage
– wjandrea
Feb 12 at 19:32