[fizlebit]

Any chance of a window manager that lets you alt tab between windows instead of between applications. So Alt-tab-tab-tab takes you 3 windows ago, not 3 applications ago, or worse 1 application ago and 2 unrelated windows of that application?

Man I really mis application menus being at the top of windows and being able to layer different windows from different applications in any order that I wish. VNC screen connections just make it into an even worse jumble.

[notpushkin]

Looks like AltTab is what you're looking for. https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ (free, GPLv3)

[Hamuko]

There's at least Witch and Contexts.

https://manytricks.com/witch/

https://contexts.co/

[emmanueloga_]

I use both Witch and Rectangle. It's surprising how much you need third-party utilities to make macOS usable. The default window management is almost unusable without them. I also dislike the "one-button" philosophy and all the hidden behaviors, like menu items that only appear when you press the Option key. Sigh.

[DavideNL]

Having tried a lot of them, Contexts is one of the best Window Switcher replacements i could find, have been using it (and Rectangle) for a long time;

It’s fast, great quick search abilities, including `fn + [key]` to quick switch (acronym), etc.

And it doesn't constantly get updates, it just does its thing and does it well.

[philsnow]

You can DIY and get any level of customization/integration you want

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40713603

[aloer]

macOS has built in shortcuts to switch through windows of the currently focused application. I have it reconfigured to alt+tab

This is not exactly what you are looking for but I personally like it more this way. So for example, I can switch between editor and browser via cmd tab but then I can cycle through browser windows via alt tab. These are two separate actions and it prevents me from having to cycle too much (compared to a solution that cycles through all windows of all applications)

Also helps to build temporal and spatial muscle memory. The first browser window is the main one, the next one was the one before that and so on

[janci]

Wait, what? Are all windows of an application positioned in the same layer on macOS?

[zarzavat]

No, all window of an application are not positioned on the same layer.

But when you tab into an application, all of its windows are brought to the front.

If you want to bring one specific window to the front you are supposed to use Exposé, but some power users don’t like this because it uses the mouse instead of the keyboard.

[notpushkin]

Yeah, when you press ⌘ Tab, you are switching between applications (and ⌘ ` switches between windows of the applications). Super weird IMO.