The Alt+Tab handler changes in beta 6 were perfect and removed the duplicate windows in the list, however, after updating to Beta 7 the handler is not working properly.

For example let's say that I have 4 folders and 2 apps already open in my taskbar. I'm not sure how to best describe the issue but here we go: let's say I click on folder #1, then I click on folder #2, then I click and make app#1 active. At this point when I do a single Alt+Tab I usually expect to go back to folder #2 which was the last active window BUT often the handler goes directly to folder #1 or even one of the folders/apps I didn't even open in the last steps

This behavior is quite annoying and for now I'd like to go back to Beta 6 but I don't see any way to download old betas and I've already deleted the old installer unfortunately. Any help please?

Thanks for the old version Jon

I'll let you know in a couple of days how it goes.

A little update: with Beta 6 I had this issue randomly happen only a few times which is much much less compared to Beta 7.

But I have noticed one more minor issue now: the Alt+Tab handler in beta 6 is (almost) correctly selecting the proper previous active window, however, I noticed that randomly that previous window becomes 'active' but it's not brought on top of the old window. To fix that I must click manually on the previous window (which is the one on top even thought it's inactive) and then I must re-click on the window I want to make it active.

I noticed one more issue now with Alt+Tab. I have windows media player open in background and every time the song changes WMP gets set as the previous active window in the Alt+Tab handler.

This is with Beta 6.

Glad to hear this, once Beta 8 is out I'll try it immediately

Just installed Beta 8. I'll let you know how it goes

So far Beta 8 is much better and I haven't had any of the 3 issues I mentioned in my previous replies. Not even once.

After updating to 6.1 stable I'm experiencing again issues with the order in the alt+tab handler unfortunately. So far it's quite random however so I'm not sure how to reproduce consistently yet...

For example I had my PHP IDE open, I clicked in the taskbar to open the chrome window I had opened before. After checking I then hit ALT+TAB and my PHP IDE app was listed as last in the ALT+TAB handler (and still selected) and hitting "alt+tab" once went to the "Desktop" entry and reduced to icon all my open windows.

For starters Chrome should have been the current active app in the handler (and it was my PHP IDE), then my PHP IDE should have been the second in the ALT+TAB handler list (but it was the last one right before the DESKTOP entry), hitting ALT+TAB should have chosen my PHP IDE (or at least the second item in the list since chrome was supposed to be the active app).

I read in the changelog that you fixed some issues with ALT+TAB and made some more optimizations, but whatever you made broke something

So far I noticed it happen 1-2 times every ~3 hours. But I can't see any way to always reproduce it yet. Random issues are the worst to track down, I know it well being a programmer myself

I wanted to install 6.1.1 first just in case but I can't get the download. I've been trying since yesterday but all I get is this kind of url with an error "the webpage is not available":

6.1.2 is downloading properly now. I'll enable the debug log and let you know.

6.1.2 is downloading properly now. I'll enable the debug log and let you know.

EDIT: Not sure why it posted twice, I clicked only once you can delete this duplicate

Well, I just found a way to always reproduce the issue.

Here's the preliminary steps:

• Open an application window (I used Notepad++ but any will do)
• Open a phpDesigner 8 window (this is a REQUIRED step/window)
• Open an explorer window, another application or anything else

Now the steps to reproduce the issue are the following:

• Click on Notepad++ in taskbar (or any app you choose above)
• Click on phpDesigner 8 window in taskbar
• Click on explorer window (or anything you choose)
• Use ALT+TAB and the handler will go back directly to Notepad++, phpDesigner is completely skipped and also in the ALT+TAB order the position is random (or rather the first position you opened the window in).

The phpDesigner app can be downloaded here: http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php - I am a programmer and this is the IDE I use daily, which is why I was always getting the issue consistently.

Also to note that with this app I was affected by the double-window bug but this has been since fixed with version 6.0.0+.

EDIT: If you want I can attach the debug log but doing the steps above I am always able to reproduce now, it's probably quicker for you to see yourself the issue trying directly than from the logs

To expand a bit more, based on further observations I made after discovering how to reproduce the issue, here's a few things:

• When you first open the phpDesigner 8 (PHPD8 from now) window it never gets repositioned/moved at the top of the ALT+TAB handler list, it remains where you opened it first. The same happens also when you click directly on it in the taskbar entry. If you then click, tab or open new apps those get listed properly at the top of it.
• Because of the above when I am inside PHPD8, and I press ALT+TAB, since the app was not re-ordered at the top in the handler I TAB to the app/folder listed as active right before I opened the PHPD8 window. After I ALT+TAB to the app/folder active before PHPD8 that gets properly moved moved to the top and ALT+TAB again opens the previously opened app/folder before PHPD8 because it was not repositioned as mentioned above.
• The only way I can get the PHPD8 app to get re-listed as first in the ALT+TAB handler is to ALT+TAB to it. After that anything else you ALT+TAB or click or open gets listed at the top and PHPD8 falls at the bottom of the list until you ALT+TAB again to it to get it first.

Basically the whole issue is how DisplayFusion handles the PHPD8 window.

A little update: I have noticed that the same issue happens also with chat windows from Trillian (I am using the latest beta their released a little while ago).

Same behavior as PHPD8: the position in the ALT+TAB handler remains as it is and is not moved at the top on select. The trillian chat window was a gtalk account but I assume it happens with any. I tried with an AIM chat window and it does the same too.

Oh, I forgot to mention I'm using Win8. I haven't updated to 8.1 yet. I plan on formatting soon and install directly 8.1 at that point

I see you've released a new 7.0 beta version but no mention of ALT+TAB improvement in the changelog. Any news about this?

I was hoping you'd get a 6.1.3 version out sometime soon but if you're starting a new major version it's gonna take a while. If it still requires a lot of time I think I best go back to 6.0 for now since the issue is quite annoying for me as I use the IDE all day along.

Unfortunately I deleted the old 6.0 installer, could you provide a link to get the old version?

Oh, you not being able to reproduce is a bad news

Do you want me to export my current configuration? Or even add a log of the issue which might help?

And thanks for the old download. It will do as a work-around for now

Here's the log, I couldn't get it sooner since I was away

I reproduced the issue around 14:53 / 14:54.

EDIT: do you want an export of my configuration too in case a specific setting is the cause of the issue?

For the ALT+TAB handler for example I have that it shows all windows only on the monitor I'm in, though all tests I mentioned above were done all in the SAME monitor.

Yes. In the log I sent the first time I wasn't able to reproduce, but the second time I could. So you might see a part of the log where it worked at first.

Great

I am having a similar or identical issue with version 7.0.0 (Beta 5).
It's been going on for quite a while and is really annoying, especially when working on multiple monitors, as the flow gets interrupted by switching to the wrong windows and continuously having to double check the Alt+Tab dialog for the correct selection

Hope to see a fix to this soon

Great, I'll be sure to test it right away once it's out

I see Beta 6 was released, downloading it now. I'll let you know if I still have issues