When a set of grouped windows are active pressing alt+tab misbehaves

[Crunchbits]

When a set of grouped windows are active pressing alt+tab does not go to last used program like it should. Instead the current window deactivates and then reactivates. Current workaround is to do alt+tab+tab when on a set of grouped windows, however, that is not desirable.

Combine Icons in Taskbar is on. Group windows in task switcher is on.

WindowTabs v2024.08.25 Windows 10 19045

[leafOfTree]

I've removed the task switch preview function to solve the breakdown issue mentioned by https://github.com/leafOfTree/WindowTabs/issues/8.

I'm not sure if this issue is caused by the same, but it works fine for me after the fix. Can you try the latest release v2024.10.06 at https://github.com/leafOfTree/WindowTabs/releases?

[Crunchbits]

Issue https://github.com/leafOfTree/WindowTabs/issues/8 has the Replace ALT+TAB with WindowTabs task switcher feature on while my issue has it off as I prefer to use the native switcher. So my issue is a bit different.

I believe that on the previous versions of WindowTabs, the WindowTabs task switcher was not working for me but now it is working.

But as I was saying, I prefer to be able to use the native switcher if possible.

[leafOfTree]

I see that the native switcher does have the issue with grouped windows.

WindowTabs creates a taskbar button for all grouped windows, and shows it at task switcher. Whenever you activate it, it will go and activate the first grouped window. The problem is that the taskbar button has its window, too. Somehow, the native alt+tab sees only the grouped window is active. That's why it focuses on the taskbar button window at first and you have to alt+tab+tab.

I've tried several ways to fix it but no luck yet. Not sure if this is can be fixed as this may be limited by how the native alt+tab works.

Anyone interested can take a look at https://github.com/leafOfTree/WindowTabs/blob/master/WtProgram/GroupPlugins/SuperBarPlugin.fs