Firefox issue

[Martok]

So this has been bugging me for a while now:


The Alt-Tab function doesn't work worth a damn in FF3. Whenever I use it, it almost never takes me to the window I wanted, but rather to one I didn't want.

It's not critical, of course, but it sure is annoying.

[Pannonian]

Set tab browsing, and the arrow on the right of the tab bar gives a drop down list of all your tabs. On mouseover it says "List all tabs".

[Martok]

Set tab browsing, and the arrow on the right of the tab bar gives a drop down list of all your tabs. On mouseover it says "List all tabs".

Where do I set tab browsing at? I looked under Tools --> Options --> Tabs, but I didn't find it.

[Pannonian]

Where do I set tab browsing at? I looked under Tools --> Options --> Tabs, but I didn't find it.

New pages should be opened in:

a new tab

[Xiahou]

Do you mean Alt-Tab as in to switch between different programs? If so, Firefox should have no impact on how that works.....

[Martok]

No. I'm referring to using Alt-Tab to switch between multiple Firefox *windows* (not tabs). That's what's not working properly.

[LeftEyeNine]

Are you sure it isn't CTRL-Tab ?

[seireikhaan]

Odd. Mine works perfectly fine.

[Martok]

Are you sure it isn't CTRL-Tab ?

Yep, I'm sure.

[Xiahou]

No. I'm referring to using Alt-Tab to switch between multiple Firefox *windows* (not tabs). That's what's not working properly.

Right, Alt-Tab is a function of Windows, not Firefox.
It's functionality should not change no matter what version of Firefox you're using. One Alt-Tab switches to the next open window. Pressing it again switches back to the previous one. Holding Alt and pressing Tab allows you to choose from all open programs.

[Whacker]

@ Brother Martok

What LEN and Xhole said mate. Alt-tab is a key specifically intercepted by Windoze and provides switching between applications. I am using FF3 and just verified it's ctrl-tab that switches between tabs. You haven't tried this? Does alt-tab not switch applications? (like FF to Paint to Word, etc)

[Martok]

@ Brother Martok

What LEN and Xhole said mate. Alt-tab is a key specifically intercepted by Windoze and provides switching between applications. I am using FF3 and just verified it's ctrl-tab that switches between tabs. You haven't tried this? Does alt-tab not switch applications? (like FF to Paint to Word, etc)

Yes, I already knew that Ctrl-tab switches between tabs. Yes, Alt-Tab switches between applications. Yes, Alt-Tab switches between multiple IE windows.

But Alt-Tab does not switch between multiple Firefox windows. That's what I find perplexing: If Alt-Tab works for multiple sessions of IE, why not FF3 as well?

Like I said, though, it's not that big a deal to me. I was more curious than anything else.

[LeftEyeNine]

Well, me thinks your first message was not clear about that you were trying to switch among multiple Firefox instances (windows).

You've got a find over there, though, I guess. I can count myself a FF despiser rather than a fan -not much into its scene.

[Geezer57]

Odd, Alt-Tab switches fine between three different FireFox 3 windows (each with 6+ tabs) on my WinXP (32-bit) machine. Sounds like something out-of-the-ordinary is going on with your computer.

[pevergreen]

Alt tab, as said before, will switch bewteen your current window and your last visited window. Press twice to get to the third last used window etc.

In Vista, it will look like this, with 4 firefox windows open (I dont use tabs) and Outlook.



Each one will have the titlebar listed as the window name when you select it, with tab (or in vista, the mouse as well) the final one is the desktop.