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Switch between open windows in Pharo

After search in the nautilus shortcut description:

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I searched in the forums to find something about this, but doesn't work in Pharo v3.

I still looking for a shortcut that I can use to easily change between open windows such as alt + tab/cmd + tab in a SO.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Solution

  • It is work in progress. Right now, it seems that the key combination has not yet been decided/implemented.
    When I explore the key mapping attached to the world,

    World kmDispatcher explore.

    I only see CMD+K reported as part of directKeymaps bound to [ self openAndCommitToMonticello ].
    If I browse senders of openAndCommitToMonticello, I discover some incantation:

    Komitter class>>initialize
    World 
        bindKeyCombination: $k command
        toAction: [ self openAndCommitToMonticello ]

    Apparently, CMD+K must be understood as lowercase $k... (?)

    The message for navigating thru windows is SystemWindow class>>sendTopWindowToBack (don't ask how I discoverd this...).
    There are two senders

    1. the old keymapping infrastructure PasteUpMorph>>defaultDesktopCommandKeyTriplets
    2. A window menu (triggered by upper right down triangle) WorldState class>>windowsOn:

    It seems the assigned key was \... So we can try and hook this key binding again.
    Since it is rather not convenient on my French mac keyboard (CMD+\ means holding four keys !!!), I'll do it with right arrow.

    If you look at KMSingleKeyCombination class>>specialKeys, you see that code for right arrow is 29.

    So let's try this:

    World 
    bindKeyCombination: 29 command
    toAction: [ System sendTopWindowToBack ].

    Et voila, you get a new shortcut for navigating.