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[stef <stefan@xxxxxxxxx>]

This issue creeped up on me in 13.10. It's SUUUUUUUUUUUUPER
annoying!!!!!!

Let me explain. It's the inconsistency that's the problem. It took me
several month to even conceptionalize why I am subliminally irritated by
Unity.  I use alt-tab and alt-backtick all the time to navigate between
apps and windows. For the most part it works well but after a alt-
backtick the behavior of alt-tab changes. Even after month this is never
what I expect. It's subjectively totally erratic. When I press alt-tab I
always want the "previous app." I have this intention a lot. I need a
"get me to the previous app" key, not a "sure back to previous app in
most of the cases" key.

I get the idea of focusing on the last window no matter what app it was
from. This feature may be a ok o the alt-backtick key.  It actually
makes a lot of sense there because I almost neve switch between windows
of the same app after switching the app. For this reason "take me to the
last window" feature would usually not interfer with what I expect the
button does.

I think way more people would complain about this if it wasn't sucha
subliminal annoyance.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998285

Title:
  Tapping alt-tab switches between windows of the same application
  sometimes

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Normally, tapping alt-tab switches between applications, and tapping
  alt-` switches between windows of the front-most application. However,
  if the two front-most windows are from the same application, then alt-
  tab will switch between these windows instead, instead of moving to
  the second-front-most application. Hence, in this case, alt-tab
  duplicates the action of alt-`.

  Here is an example:
  1) create the stack with two nautilus windows at the top, e.g. Nautilus window 1 (N1), Nautilus window 2 (N2), and Firefox window (F1) (but you can use any applications). Create the stack either by [clicking F1, N2, N1] or [switching to Nautilus with alt-tab, then alt-` to the other Nautilus window].
  2) Tap alt-tab.

  What happens: I switch to the other nautilus window.

  What I expected: to switch to the other application (i.e. Firefox).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: unity 5.12-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
  Date: Sat May 12 10:17:21 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (12 days ago)

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