Why the changes to the 18.04 desktop?

[Jared Norris]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 08:05, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 08:29, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Nup... something's really screwy this morning.
>>
>> I try to Alt-tab through my list of opened windows and for some very
>> strange reason, Alt-tab has reverted to toggling window maximise as it was
>> for 18.04. This is utterly frustrating!
>>
>> Really, Ubuntu should be mindful of how it can alienate people with some
>> of the insanity that prevails around its desktop.
>>
>
> Yes, I changed the mapping, but I shouldn't have to do this.
>
> It appears as if someone's esoteric use of Alt-tab has crept into the
> default settings to toggle window maximise. If one is familiar with the
> keyboard shortcuts then it can easily be changed. If one is new to Ubuntu,
> then...
>
> Alt-tab should be assigned to change focus to another window; it is what
> everyone (except the old salt who likes it to toggle maximise) expects!
>
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Hi Owen,

Odd the alt-tab behaviour in 20.04 has never been anything but changing the
focus for me on multiple installs of different flavours.

Are you sure you don't have a program or setting somewhere in your profile
that's over ridden this default locally?

Regards,
Jared
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