[openbox] switch to a window and then switch back

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Łukasz Grabowski <graboluk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:27:28 -0700
> Ian Zimmerman <itz at primate.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-09-23 12:14, Łukasz Grabowski wrote:
>>
>> > The better solution would allow to do the following: let's say I'm
>> > in desktop 2. Then I press C-A-s and I see firefox window on
>> > dekstop 1, then if I press C-A-s again then I should go back to
>> > desktop 2.
>>
>> I learned to do all window switching in two ways: with the Windows
>> menu, or with the directional focus keybindings.  This almost always
>> gets me to the target window in 3 keystrokes, in a few cases I may
>> need 4.
>
> Good it works for you but for my use cases this is just not quick
> enough (say I work in a latex editor, I want to very quickly switch to
> firefox to look up an obscure amstex environment syntax, then go back).
> When there are just two windows and both are on the same desktop then
> the standard alt+tab is obviously quick enough, but usually I'd have at
> least 3 windows (say pdf viewer with a compiled pdf) and then having a
> chord for switching to firefox is the way to go imo.

If you keep firefox on another virtual desktop, then using the go to
desktop action with a specific number is very easy, or the one that
goes to the last visited desktop.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson