[FEATURE] or clarification: using this for title search only (without touching original Alt-Tab behavior)

[novoid]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I just found this cool tool but got struggles when I tried to mimick the behavior of https://karl-voit.at/2022/10/28/window-teleporting/ (my old X11 workflow on xfce).

Therefore I'd like to kindly ask here, if I got it wrong or not.

Describe the solution you'd like

• invoke a shortcut to start this tool which is not Alt-Tab (my current preference would be Ctrl-F8)
  • this tool should keep the original Gnome Alt-Tab behavior untouched
• I'm directly in Search Mode: I may type substrings of a window title
  • (title search is what the default Alt-Tab can't do AFAIK, just application search)
• on pressing Return, I should switch to the workplace + raise/focus the title-matching window

In short: press shortcut, type search query, confirm (or select different match from search results), teleport to the matching window.

What I think I got (please do correct me!):

• This app can be associated with additional keyboard shortcuts to be invoked but still overwrites Alt-Tab in any case
• For search mode I need to:
  1. press Alt-Tab
  2. keep holding Tab (otherwise the whole thing is gone again), then additionally
  3. hold Shift,
  4. type "e" to enter search mode and then
  5. I may enter a search query for a window title
  6. press Return to teleport

Describe alternatives you've considered

DIY: I found https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/activate-window-by-title which sounds like a part of the solution: it should allow me to query for window titles. However, I'm not certain how I may implement the rest of the solution. I asked on lucaswerkmeister/activate-window-by-title#12

Additional context

None.

[G-dH]

The search mode in AATWS is active by default (can be changed in Settings) - that means you press Alt+Tab, release Tab and while still holding the Alt just start typing and release the alt to activate result.

[G-dH]

I also developed the Windows Search Provider extension that adds open windows to the GNOME overview search results.

[novoid]

I also developed the Windows Search Provider extension that adds open windows to the GNOME overview search results.

Perfect!

The Windows Search Provider extension from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6730/ is exactly what I was looking for.

So from the comments above, I understand that advanced-alttab-window-switcher is not able to be configured according to the requirements I wrote down above.

Anyhow, I now am able to search for window titles using the default search functionality. Thank you very much!

[G-dH]

AATWS replaces the default app and window switchers - so no, you can't use the default switcher while AATWS is enabled. However, you can use AATWS more efficiently.