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   1 # Non-Blocking Switcher
   2
   3 This extension works around [bug 2057](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/2057)
   4 in the Gnome Shell window switcher (`cycle-windows` & `cycle-windows-backward` -- bound
   5 to `<Super>Esc` by default) where other keystrokes are blocked while the modifier key is
   6 held down.
   7
   8 This allows you to
   9
  10 1. Press and hold `<Super>`
  11 2. Press `Esc` to begin a window switch.
  12 3. Press `1` to change your mind about the window switch and jump to workspace 1 (`<Super>1`)
  13 4. Release `<Super>`
  14
  15 Without this extension, you must release and re-press `<Super>` between steps 2 and 3.
  16
  17 This extension works by immediately ending the application-switch as soon as it has started.
  18 *This means that you can only ever switch to the first other-window in the tab list!*
  19 The default tab list order is most-recently-used, so by default ***you can only switch
  20 between two windows!*** Thus, it is highly recommended to use the [Round Robin Tab Order
  21 extension](https://gitlab.gnome.org/chuck/round-robin-tab-order) with this extension so that
  22 all windows are reachable.