http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/2205/
Some fullscreen apps grab most of keyboard shortcuts under their control. Especially 3D games, Sauerbraten for example. So it is impossible to use Alt+Tab with them.
It is also not good if app uses alt+tab in own purposes, but WM overrides it. Or there is high probability of accidental key press.
There should be some way to minimize such apps. Override control over alt+tab, or/and make another shortcut, that would be accessible from anywhere.

There are also situations when popups brake normal work of fullscreen app. Especially when using compiz.

So summing all:
- WM must have *switchable* ability to override alt+tab so it will work everywhere.
- it must have *customizable* alternative hotkeys that would work like alt+tab everywhere.
- it must have ability to turn off/on (and may be override too) other desktop hotkeys in fullscreen (may be customized for different hotkeys)
- it must not interfere in work of fullscreen app if user does not want it. When in fullscreen, new windows must be created minimized, and notify bubbles must be just drawn over fullscreen. No forced minimization because of popups!
- minimization, or popups must not break the app.
- if fullscreen app's resolution is similar or greater than desktop's, it must be minimized when pressing alt+tab (or custom replacement). If resolution is smaller, it *can* be shown in own window (switchable).
- it must have ability to lock/unlock mouse focus when in some windowed app that needs to grab mouse. Do it by some hotkey, like ctrl+F10 in Dosbox. (this addition based on idea #4642)

[643 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2205


]]> en-us Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:04:58 +0000 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:32:01 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2205/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:38:31 +0000 About freeze situation I wrote here: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2067/]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:01:13 +0000
Windows like? So. what.]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:46:43 +0000 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:29:18 +0000 When using compiz, libnotify popup or any new window forces fullscreen app to minimize. This is very annoying! And minimize process is buggy in compiz, so sometimes it is not possible to return back - app becomes entirely black or hangs.
And the metacity just draws notify popups over fullscreen app without any consequences and does not show new windows over it - the best variant! Why compiz can't do that?]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:46:32 +0000 - WM must have *switchable* ability to override alt+tab to work everywhere
- it must have *customizable* alternative hotkeys that works like alt+tab everywhere
- it must not interfere in work of fullscreen app when some new objects pops up, just draw notify bubbles over it like metacity does]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:57:41 +0000 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:25:19 +0000
This idea is more to do with the individual applications rather then anything Ubuntu can do. I suggest filing bugs on the game you're having problems with.]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:24:53 +0000 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:39:03 +0000 This allows for more desktop market share, and helps in bringing more games to Linux platform. Game developers are users, too. And they get a strange impression of the platform if such a crucial functionality is missing.
]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:15:58 +0000 But by default - yes - alt+tab should work everywhere. ]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:00:20 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:39:39 +0000
In fact, I think it is true ideologically. Alt + Tab doesn't work because you can't switch to another window if you are not in a window (you are "over" them, in the fullscreen mode).]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:41:53 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:43:50 +0000 In Sauerbraten - nothing!
In Openarena - wrong colors on desktop, and no mouse and keyboard release.
But in UrbanTerror every desktop hotkey works, even alt+shift keyboard layout select, which is not handy. So it is not an ideology, it is the matter of WM flexibility.]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:03:46 +0000 http://hem.bredband.net/b400150/
etswitch.

Check it out. Maybe it could be integrated into Ubuntu.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:46:16 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:57:33 +0000 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:17:47 +0000 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:00:16 +0000 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:53:21 +0000
I wonder what are games doing to steal the fullscreen like that...]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:31:20 +0000 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:30:56 +0000 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:13:01 +0000 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:39:36 +0000 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:32:01 +0000