A comment on the Windows switcher

Configuration Help & General Discussion
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@Andreas_Hegenberg Let's say I open the menu with fn + tab. If I hold down fn, I can select a window with the mouse.

But once the mouse is over the menu, there is no way to close the menu again without selecting a window.

Wouldn't it be more practical if nothing was selected when the mouse left the menu again? I would find that more practical, at least :slight_smile:

Would it be possible to implement this? Thanks!

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you should always be able to close the window switcher by hitting esc

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Unfortunately not. When fn is pressed, esc does not work. And if I release fn, the window is selected … of course before I press esc.

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I could set a condition: if the menu is open, then fn + esc --> esc.
Is that what you mean?

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weird, it should also work while FN is pressed. Do you maybe have fn+esc remapped to something else?

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Ah, you're right... done. A quick look at “recently used” would have been enough, sorry.

While we're at it, what does the “symbol” in front of the window name mean?

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And is the red star just a visual indicator, or can it be used for something else?

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the star is just an indicator for windows that you have marked as favorite - just to make them easier to find. You can also search for favorite or star to only show starred windows.

the "viewfinder" / square dot icon marks the currently focused window (only if you are using sorting mode that doesn't have the focused window on top anyways)

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Ah, and if I remember correctly, you wanted to add an option for these menus to stay open. I still think that's a very good idea. You probably haven't gotten around to it yet :slight_smile: