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I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity.

Switching between applications (Alt + Tab) works, but switching between windows of one application (Alt + ') doesn't. Tried to assign Alt + ' switching to another shortcut (Super + ', Ctrl + ', Alt + F1, using system settings) but nothing works.

After install, everything was working fine.

I have ' (apostrophe) instead of `. To get that, I edited files in the /etc/X11/xkb/symbols. Of course, if this matters.

Seems like there is a problem with assigning shortcuts using system settings. When I assign between windows of the same application to Alt + Tab, it still switches between different applications. No idea what's going on.

UPDATE: The problem is fixed. I've been changing different settings of my keyboard, and one of the settings changed was XKBMODEL. I set it to "latitude" (thought it would fit better, that was really stupid). After I changed it back to "pc104", everything worked normally again. Thanks everybody for your attention!

UPDATE 2: The ` symbol still needs to be in it's place for US layout. For Russian I was able to leave ' assigned to "TLDE" button.

UPDATE 3: Seems like I have got the same problem with "Switch between windows of the same application immediately" (which is Alt + Esc by default). It doesn't work, and assigning it to another shortcut doesn't help. Any suggestions?

Andrii Chernenko
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This was my problem too. Alt+<key above tab> didn't work to switch windows in the current application.

In addition, when i pressed and held down the super key to see the unity shortcuts, normally one would see this:

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I'm assuming that is for a US keyboard? I stole the screenshot from another post, and on my danish keyboard it now shows Alt + Onehalf.

But when I had this problem, I did not see the line pointed to by the red arrow!!!

So check if you see a keyboard shortcut for "Switch windows of current application". If you don't this is for you:

The fix was as hinted at above to change the XKBMODEL setting in /etc/default/keyboard where I changed from XKBMODEL="microsoft4000" to XKBMODEL="pc105".

I did that and ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. Not sure this last step was required.

Then I needed to reboot.

Now it works.

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Peter V. Mørch
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Suboptimal, but you can use the down arrow after Alt + Tab.

Octavian Helm
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Amanda
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You can change the short cut key of "switching windows" to Alt +Tab. Then you will be able switch between windows (not applications)

Exclusive for ubuntu 18.04 LTS - search keeyboard in settings and do the above change

Eranda Peiris
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Dulaj Dilshan
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In Ubuntu 18.04.1 the default shortcut to switch between windows of same app is

Alt + F6

See Screenshot Here

Kevin Bowen
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Akash Kumar
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In Ubuntu 18.04, at least with Vanilla Gnome3, press Alt+Esc for switching windows direct

pateheo
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Just use

Switch within same app (alt+tilt) = [Alt] + [`]

Switch with another app = [Alt] + [Tab]

Dharmendrasinh Chudasama
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What about then you Tab to your target window and Enter?

karel
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Bruno João
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Just press Super for 3 seconds and you will see the screen “Unity Shortcuts for Your Keyboard”:

Unity Shortcuts for Your Keyboard

There you will find your shortcut according to your keyboard and yes it's Alt+The key above Tab.

David Foerster
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