Using Alternate-Tab in Gnome 3.32 or later

Environment

• RHEL 8.3+

Issue

• Want to use alt-tab to switch windows instead of only applications
• Cannot install gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab
• Extension gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab is installed, but cannot enable in Tweak tool or browser

Resolution

1. Open Keyboard Shortcuts in Settings
2. Scroll down to "Switch Windows" (under Navigation section)
3. Click on "Switch Windows"
4. Press key sequence desired (Alt-Tab or Super-Tab is common)

Root Cause

The Content from extensions.gnome.org is not included.gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab package was obsoleted in RHEL 8.3 by the gnome-shell-extension-common package. This is because, as per Content from blogs.gnome.org is not included.the Gnome blog, the extension is no longer needed. Instead follow the Resolution steps above.

Diagnostic Steps

• Alt-Tab or Super-Tab only move between different applications and you must use Alt- or Super- to change between different windows of the applications.
• Running "yum install gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab" results in "Package gnome-shell-extension-common is already installed." / "Nothing to do." but package is not actually installed on system

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