How do I move between windows in IRSSI?

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In IRSSI, I've always been able to use alt3 or alt5 to jump directly to specific windows. That seems to have stopped working. I think it probably happened with the update to 15.04, but I can't swear to that.

I can still use alt-> or ctrln to cycle through windows but I don't see a way to hop right to the window I want anymore. So ... how do I get that functionality back? Or is there a new way I can hop straight to a specific window in irssi?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '15 at 17:08

Finally worked this out. The alt+number conflicts with gnome-terminal's keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs. That was always the case, but in older versions of gnome-terminal the combo would switch tabs if there were tabs to switch to and switch IRSSI windows if there weren't.

If you disable or re-map the "Switch to Tab ..." shortcuts (at Terminal > Preferences > Shortcuts) you can use alt2 in IRSSI again.

Double-click on the shortcut key and you'll see "New accelerator..." -- from there Backspace will disable the shortcut, or you can create a new shortcut. I used ctrlalt2.

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '18 at 09:00

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You can also use the commands /1, /2, ... /N, which is what I like to do.

answered Feb 18 '18 at 09:00

Tyler

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 23 '19 at 19:34

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Click on Terminal icon > Preferences > Shortcuts

Then, uncheck Enable Shortcuts

Alt + 1 for example will work now. The problem for the terminal window is that the alt keys are mapped to switching to the terminal tabs (if you use those).

edited Apr 23 '19 at 19:34

Jeff

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answered Apr 23 '19 at 16:59

craft

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How do I move between windows in IRSSI?

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