Non-Blocking Switcher

This extension works around bug 2057 in the Gnome Shell window switcher (cycle-windows & cycle-windows-backward – bound to <Super>Esc by default) where other keystrokes are blocked while the modifier key is held down.

This allows you to

1. Press and hold <Super>
2. Press Esc to begin a window switch.
3. Press 1 to change your mind about the window switch and jump to workspace 1 (<Super>1)
4. Release <Super>

Without this extension, you must release and re-press <Super> between steps 2 and 3.

This extension works by immediately ending the application-switch as soon as it has started. This means that you can only ever switch to the first other-window in the tab list! The default tab list order is most-recently-used, so by default you can only switch between two windows! Thus, it is highly recommended to use the Round Robin Tab Order extension with this extension so that all windows are reachable.