Short: Windoze-like Alt-Tab 1.4 (w/ source) Author: s75735@cclinf.polito.it (Matteo Cortese) Uploader: s75735@cclinf.polito.it (Matteo Cortese) Type: util/cdity Requires: AmigaOS 3.0+ SHORT EXPLANATION ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ If you know what happens on a Windows-equipped PC when you press Alt-Tab, well you have the exact idea of what Altabber does, except that the Alt key is replaced by the left Amiga key. MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Press and keep pressed the left Amiga key. Press the Tab key. A box will open in the center of the screen, showing the title of one of the windows currently open on that screen. You can cycle through all the open windows by pressing the Tab key more times. When the box shows the title of the window you want to bring to the front, release the left Amiga key. Altabber only handles windows which do have a title. So the background Workbench window or your little bank of ToolManager's buttons will not be affected by Altabber. Altabber lets you cycle though screens instead of windows: just press also the Shift key. NOTE: if you release the Amiga key when the box shows the title of the currently active window (which is also shown in a different color), it will *not* be brought to the front. This is because selecting the window which is already selected is considered by Altabber the way to cancel the entire operation. INSTALLATION & USAGE ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This little commodity can be launched from Workbench or from Shell (in this case you need to "Run" it) and does not accept any ToolType or shell parameter. If you want to personalize it, you have to modify the source and recompile it. To have it running every time, it would be a good idea to put it in your WBStartup drawer. NOTE ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ It is intended to be compiled with the DICE C compiler and thus uses the automatic library opening feature. I do not guarantee that it will compile without errors with other compilers. AUTHOR ŻŻŻŻŻŻ This program (both the binary and the source code) is FREEWARE. Use it at your own risk. Report bugs and comments to: Matteo Cortese str. Torino 65 10024 Moncalieri (TO) ITALY Or better to my email address: s75735@cclinf.polito.it HYSTORY ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 1.3 (22.9.98) ------------- FIX: quitting Altabber caused a guru when launched from wb. ADD: active window shown in different color. ADD: 68020+ version included. 1.4 (11.10.98) -------------- ADD: now can also cycle through screens ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2523 1261 50.0% 11-Oct-98 19:44:06 Altabber.readme 3008 1968 34.5% 11-Oct-98 19:20:34 Altabber 2812 1800 35.9% 11-Oct-98 19:44:38 Altabber-020 845 269 68.1% 11-Oct-98 19:48:42 Altabber-020.info 845 270 68.0% 11-Oct-98 19:48:32 Altabber.info 9393 3631 61.3% 11-Oct-98 19:19:58 Altabber.c -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 19426 9199 52.6% 13-Oct-98 06:22:26 6 files