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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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id="shell-windows-switching">
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-windows#working-with-windows"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#apps"/>
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<desc>Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
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<revision version="13.10" date="2013-10-23" status="outdated"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Ubuntu Documentation Project</name>
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<email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>Switch between windows</title>
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<cite date="2012-02-19">shaunm</cite>
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<p>More prose, talk about Alt+`. Maybe a screenshot. 3.0.1</p>
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<section id="launcher">
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<title>From the Launcher</title>
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Show the <gui>Launcher</gui> by moving your mouse to the top left corner of your screen.
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Applications that are running have a small white triangle arrow on the left. Click on a
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running application icon to switch to it.
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If a running application has multiple windows open, there will be multiple white arrows on
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the left. Click the application icon a second time to show all open windows zoomed out.
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Click the window you want to switch to.
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<section id="keyboard">
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<title>From the keyboard</title>
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<item><p>Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> to bring up the
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<gui>window switcher</gui>.</p>
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<item><p>Release <key>Alt</key> to select the next (highlighted) window in
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the switcher.</p></item>
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<item><p>Otherwise, still holding down the <key>Alt</key> key, press
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<key>Tab</key> to cycle through the list of open windows, or
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<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> to cycle backwards.</p>
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<p>Windows in the window switcher are grouped by application. Previews of
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applications with multiple windows pop up as you click through.</p>
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<item><p>You can also move between the application icons in the window switcher
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with the <key>→</key> or <key>←</key> keys, or select one by
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clicking it with the mouse.</p></item>
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<item><p>Previews of applications with a single window can be displayed with
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the <key>↓</key> key.</p>
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<p>Only windows from the current <link xref="shell-workspaces">workspace</link> will be shown. To show windows from all workspaces, hold
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down the <key>Ctrl</key> and <key>Alt</key> keys and press <key>Tab</key> or
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<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>.
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Press <keyseq><key><link xref="windows-key">Super</link></key><key>W</key></keyseq> to show all open windows zoomed out.
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Click the window you want to switch to.
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