Comments on: Ctrl+Tab Switcher in Maia

By: Konstantin Bulenkov

Konstantin Bulenkov — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:51:12 +0000

2Steve: Ctrl+Tab is made similar to switcher controls. And all such controls require Ctrl (or Alt) holding when iterating. IntelliJ IDEA has nice action Ctrl+E which doesn’t require Ctrl holding

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:57 +0000

Is also a available shortcut available which keeps this switcher on top without holding the shift key down?
Pressing escape for example or selecting a open file could close then the window. So you have got one hand free instead pressing with one the shift key down and with the other hand selecting a file with the arrow keys. Maybe filtering like the eclipse open file list dialog does will be also useful.

By: Ronny L

Ronny L — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:41:17 +0000

Thanks Konstantin

By: Konstantin Bulenkov

Konstantin Bulenkov — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:37:26 +0000

I’ll fix it in the next build. Thanks.

By: Ronny L

Ronny L — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:31:27 +0000

Ahh, thanks, I found it.
Alt+Tab now works But with Alt+Tab I have to hit Enter to select a tab. With Ctrl+Tab it’s enough to just let go off the keys.

By: Konstantin Bulenkov

Konstantin Bulenkov — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:10:47 +0000

Ronny, you’re right. In old builds (like 10558) this action doesn’t have name. So, you’ve got two option: wait for a new build or find unnamed action in group “Other” (you can detect it by assigned shortcuts - should be Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab) and then change it.

By: Ronny L

Ronny L — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:59:58 +0000

There is no “Switcher” under “Other” in my IDEA, I’m running the latest EAP (10558). I tried the search field as well. Maybe this is added inn build 10560?

I know, Opera as well use Ctrl+Tab on windows, so I understand why this was choosen as the default keybinding in IDEA. Keybindings on IntelliJ IDEA for Mac is very Windows-like, which can be problematic on a Mac. E.g. “Resume” when debugging is F9, which on a Mac is reserved for OS functionality.

By: Konstantin Bulenkov

Konstantin Bulenkov — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:15:34 +0000

@Ronny: sure, you can! Go to IDEA Settings -> Keymap (IDE Settings) -> Other -> Switcher and assign your own shortcut. In case of any problems just let me know. I’m on Windows and Alt+Tab is Windows Application switcher. So, a lot of windows programs use Ctrl+Tab as a shortcut for it’s internal context switcher.

By: Ronny L

Ronny L — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:30:39 +0000

Nice feature Up to now I couldn’t live without the plugin TabSwitch, but now that this feature is standard I no longer need the plugin.
I would like to change the key binding for this feature though, but can’t find it in the keymap. On OSX cmd+tab is the OS integrated application switcher, and Opera for mac uses alt+tab, so I would like to keep alt+tab as my “tabs inside application switcher”.

Could this feature please be configurable in the Keymap settings?

By: jim popovich

jim popovich — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:27:23 +0000

Just looking at the feature. I would suggest the following feature enhancement:

(1) add a text box global somewhere or a popup w/ a means to input a filter pattern, that takes a sort of glob filename patter, if it is :
* that means match anything
e.g. *.xml that means we only want to see ending xml files
e.g. c:*JF*.java means *if camel casing* anything *J*F*.java (I would toy w/ JF*.java to mean the same) Anyway you could use it here to good speed advantage. for tool window, if I want a tool starting w/ T like Todo (shown above) I enter {_} {t} or maybe {/ aka fwd slash} {t} for alternative that is faster for many people.

(3) Then presentation, that above mentioned filter box also has a sort by: Z-a, a-Z, or LRU{ least recently used } sort order} and MRU {most recently used}

This fast filter / greedy match / flag could be used in other places when you need to filter down a large set. And I guess you could also have another key to flip it like press {^} to flip it on and off as you type. E.g. if the filter was on and you don’t see your match press {^} to temporarily turn if off.

Just an idea that came to me as I read this blog. But I think it would be simple and powerful.