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On Monday 25 Jul 2016 06:09:32 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: |
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> On 07/25/2016 05:29 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > Every time I press <ALT><TAB> to switch windows, a great white box |
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> > springs out of the left edge of the screen to show me what windows are |
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> > available. But I can already see them by tabbing through them. |
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> > I could do without this visual slap in the face. Is there a way to |
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> > switch it off? I haven't found any way so far - I don't even know what |
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> > to call it. |
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> It's called the Task Switcher. You can go to System Settings > Window |
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> Management > Task Switcher to change it. The other choices are cover |
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> switch and flip switch (I think you can download otherrs) and they need |
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> to be enabled under Desktop Behaviour > Desktop Effects. |
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Ah, I see. All I had to do was to revert to "Show selected window" in Task |
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Switcher and disable all of the last group of Desktop Effects: the window |
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management ones. |
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No doubt some people enjoy flash effects, but to me, after no more than a |
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few minutes they become just a distracting irritation. Or an irritating |
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distraction; choose your pick (as my Dad used to say when the rock cakes |
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came out). |
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Many thanks, Fernando. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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