Can I alt-tab windows from all workspaces?

I put certain windows on certain spaces, but prefer alt-tab to switch between them. Is there a toggle or other option to turn on the alt-tab from all workspaces in unity?

Solution 1:

In 12.04, the switcher defaults to those windows co-located on one workspace/viewport.

You have a couple of options in ccsm

You can untick the bias option which will show windows in all workspaces.

Alternatively, you can use add CTRL to your ALT+TAB to achieve the same effect

Solution 2:

CompizConfig Settings Manager is deprecated, another tool to use is gconf-editor.

Navigate to

/apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/

and set the proper key bindings for alt_tab_forward and alt_tab_forward_all. By default, Ctrl+Alt+Tab switches between windows on all workspaces, and Alt+Tab between windows on current one. I'd just swap them.

Or from the command line:

gconftool --set --type=string /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/alt_tab_forward_all '<Alt>Tab'
gconftool --set --type=string /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/alt_tab_forward '<Control><Alt>Tab'

You may also want to fix alt_tab_prev and alt_tab_prev_all accordingly (I personally never use them).