Re: ALT-TAB working differently in XP

From: Quaoar (quaoar_at_tenthplanet.net)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:23:14 -0700

V S Rawat wrote:
> I was using 98 (c:) previously. I had set "activation
> follows mouse" by tweakui. It was working pretty well.
>
> If I have two ms word windows open, just by pressing ALT-TAB
> I was able to go to the other window, and then back by
> another press of that.
> ---
>
> Now I have installed xp sp2 in e:
>
> In this too, I have tweaked to select "activation follows
> mouse", but that is not changing the windows.
>
> If the same two ms word windows are open, and I press
> alt-tab, it shows the tab bar, but as soon as I release
> alt-tab, the focus is back to the window which has mouse
> pointer (I guess.)
>
> I want xp to respond to alt-tab and switch windows,
> irrespective of wherever my mouse could be. How to?
>
> It is office xp on both 98/xp.
>
> TIA.

In XP, do you see two task bar buttons, one for each window? Alt-tab
moves between instances of an application (more than one task bar button
with one window open per button, or multiple Word apps running), not
between windows within an application (one taskbar button but multiple
windows open in one running Word application).

Q