Is there any way to go to the old switcher behavior?

Question

The new switcher in 11.10 looks really great, but I feel like it is a loss in productivity to me. I have multiple instances of several applications open at once (especially browsers) many times and I like to be able to switch quickly between the all with one hand. Now I have to either alt-tab and pause for a long time for the grouped windows to automatically expand, or I have to use my other hand to press down while holding alt to expand the windows.

Is there a way to go back to selectively go back to the old behavior where each process gets its own separate entry in the switcher where things are not grouped together?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:36

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Alt+` (the key above tab) does the same as hitting down and only requires one hand.

edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:36

RAOF

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 03:33

Dason

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:35

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Alt+Tab switches between different applications. You can use Alt+` (the key above Tab) to switch between the different instances in an application.

edited Oct 17 '11 at 03:35

RAOF

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 03:33

jokerdino

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '11 at 18:54

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You can turn off Unity Alt-Tab switching in Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM), then activate any other window switching plugin in the Window Management section.

answered Nov 10 '11 at 18:54

Jay

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score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 18:39

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you can always use Super-Tab which is all of the windows in a circle

edited Nov 10 '11 at 18:39

Kris Harper

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 03:25

Brendan Samek

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Is there any way to go to the old switcher behavior?

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