Re: KDE keyboard

On Tuesday, 2 June 2026 12:48:34 British Summer Time Michael wrote:
> On Sunday, 17 May 2026 15:23:57 British Summer Time Peter Humphrey
> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > A new box here is acting strangely. If I press ALT-TAB to switch
> > windows, nothing happens until I release the keys. I haven't seen
> > this behaviour before.
> > 
> > How do I change this?
> 
> You can modify your windows switching via Plasma's SystemSettings >
> Window Management > Task Switcher.

That isn't it, Michael. It's at a lower level, in the way key-presses actually 
work. On every other machine I've used, pressing a key causes immediate 
action; it doesn't wait for me to release the key.

> When I press Alt+Tab I get a pop-up in the middle of the screen showing
> a horizontal list with thumbnails of all the open windows.  The window
> next to the one which is active is highlighted in the thumbnail list.
> Also, this is the only window remaining on the desktop, all the others
> are no longer visible.

I've switched all that stuff off.

> If I press Tab again while keeping Alt depressed, the next application's
> window will be selected in the thumbnail pop-up and the corresponding
> application window will be become visible on the desktop.  All other
> application windows will be invisible.
> 
> I think this is the default Plasma desktop/Window Manager behaviour.


-- 
Regards,
Peter.