Kommer du från Windows-världen så kanske du är van vid att kunna hoppa mellan programfönster med Alt+Tab. Det är exakt det AltTab gör.
AltTab är översatt till svenska och en rad andra språk – och programmet är helt gratis.
Installation
Alternatively, you can use homebrew:
- Homebrew 2.5 or above:
brew install alt-tab - Homebrew 2.4 or below:
brew cask install alt-tab
Compatibility
- macOS version: from 10.12 to 12 (Monterey)
- Apple Silicon: yes, AltTab is universal
What’s new in version 7.31.0
- cmd+q would quit alt-tab instead of the selected app (closes #4867) (247f635), closes #4891
- title was truncated in app-icons appearance (closes #4860) (a1cfd1d)
- improve ar/de/fr/kn/ru/zh-tw localizations (173bc97)
- improve windows detection (cab591e)
- new cli command to focus a window using focus order (closes #4610) (84166ab)
- save resources trying to detect certain windows (33e5acf)
- improve nb/nl/zh-tw localizations (a9cb03c)
- improve fr/ja languages (c5286c3)
- focusing windows could fail after focusing a frozen app (#4520) (591ce52)
- improve detection of windows (closes #4405) (3c79840)
- keyboard selection now works with dragging + mouse hover (be077f1), closes #4711
- remove high-volume unactionable logs (closes #4697) (e93e42f)
- add gujarati localization (4ebd990)
- add hong-kong cantonese + improve other languages (78c8525)
- add preference to show only non-active apps (closes #4691) (4567550)
- improve norwegian localization (726e13e)
- more fine-grained cursor-follows-focus preference (closes #4734) (985a681)
- improve cs/th localizations (aa46a62)
- windowless apps can now be shown in focus-order (closes #4653) (5db53b5)
- improve da/fi/ga localizations (f376529)
- improve preference to show-apps-with-open-window (closes #4485) (67f5098)
- icons on thumbnails could sometimes be incorrect (b4bc0b0)
- clicking to focus windows/apps is now easier (closes #4407) (397457c)
- improve ca/pt/ro localizations (8b7d69c)
- avoid updating preview if not necessary (518f8b4)
- avoid crashing on uncommon keys in shortcuts (closes #4379) (9d852ee)
- window name would sometimes be empty (closes #4350) (911c3c1)
- improve hindi localization (dec0519)
- update ca/de/fr/ko/ru/tw localizations (9b3f936)
- update how feedback messages are sent (647f900)
- may crash when changing space or screen (b62cec0)
- better detect windows from other spaces (closes #1324) (2cd8b96)
- colored circles would go away on ui refresh (closes #4151) (dcea005)
- stage manager no longer skews the thumbnails (closes #1731) (93defcd)
- window might be noted to be on the wrong space (5413372)
- add javanese localization (8564ed2)
- improve performance and lower resources consumption (9d78700)
- improve thumbnails quality and performance (closes #4183) (9d6fc68)
- improve window focusing action (8dd63c7)
- update fr, kn, pt-br, uk localizations (fd0411b)
- add preference to toggle animation of preview (closes #4118) (c10ca2a)
- middle-click will now close windows and quit applications (2f8c014)
- don’t check screen-recording permission if unnecessary (f3b116e), closes #4113
- show shadows around thumbnails (closes #4068) (597b443)
- various issues with the app freezing or being slowly (121515c)
- window order on first display was wrong (db5644e)
- window preview was not showing in titles style (684cc66)
- improve polish localization (c712473)
- app icons could sometimes be at the wrong size (d5d1311)
- more robust screen-recording permission detection (d85ec7b)
- handle cli commands: –list and –focus=window_id (0f2c0e7)
- app badges could be incorrectly positioned on the very first launch (c2ccccd)
- app-icons wouldn’t show when permissions were skipped (837fa03)
- screen recording warnings shouldn’t appear with skipped permissions (f027b47)
- improve performance by caching preferences better (d653a54)
- better position preview for fullscreen windows (closes #4051) (3b0cba4)
- layout was sometimes broken in app-icons style (closes #4036) (be5eb26)
- improve chinese-taiwanese localization (dfcf9de)
- improve performance and order accuracy at launch (fc6d636)
- improve quality of thumbnails and performance (a138a92)
- reduce space between app icon and window title (295eb2b)
- switcher displays faster; other performance improvements (b51ff65)
- improve label display in app-icons style (7e501a4)
- title would sometimes not show when mouse hovering (dd05ba2)
- clear feedback form after submission (closes #4026) (42bbd0f)
- improve chinese, irish, italian localizations (18ef16f)
- swipes can now be horizontal or vertical (closes #4020) (fda3ada)
- acknowledgments tab was hard to read in dark mode (closes #4019) (4481d94)
- app crash from v7.13.0 (closes #4016) (d3b5bef)
- enabling previews with multiple screens could lead to flickering (87a2b21)
- prevent initial window lastFocusOrder overlaps (d32f953)
- previews on multiple screens could get misplaced (2a0a858)
- titles could sometimes be covered when in small size (c5e13cc)
- add fade-in for window previews (closes #2456) (40c9a18)
- allow vertical swipes as trigger (closes #4012) (9adf64c)
- improve localizations (6d9059e)
- reduce disk size of localizations (9ec2762)
- swiping won’t wrap-around to other rows (closes #3983) (6215b65)
- decrease shortcuts from 5 to 3 (d65f220)
- improve chinese localization (764e0f3)
- improve focus in show:apps mode (closes #3951) (cb191d6)
- support 3 or 4 finger swipes to use the app (closes #730) (903e758)
- switcher will now show in “show desktop” mode (closes #783) (9b85f00)
- improve catalan localization (7e199f6)
- make it more clear how to hide the menubar icon (closes #503) (9ca0649)
- improve catalan and taiwanese localizations (bf3a4dc)
- try to avoid launching multiple instances at login (closes #1840) (e4cfd85)
- bring back the cursor follow focus feature (#3882) (73382db)
- improve display of very small windows (closes #3902) (9bafd03)
- improve irish localization (89c02c9)
- switcher will show faster (closes #3845) (b694c83)
- better display on some external monitors (closes #3866) (165a669)
- improve keyboard handling when macos is overwhelmed (4a9b543)
- improve korean localization (22aafce)
- improve da, hu, tr localizations (ffdab44)
- in-app feedback form now requires a title (05851fb)
- update switcher max-width to 90% of screen, like windows 11 (a94eeb0)
- better switcher max-width at various monitor sizes (49178b5)
- improve ar, de, el, hu, it, ko, pt localizations (c4f98a1)
- better handle screen or space changes (closes #1254, closes #2983) (3c4aaf5)
- potential issues with key repeats due to concurrency (4cfe16a)
- switcher would not close, or cycle on its own (closes #3117) (d430f83)
- works without screen-recording permissions (closes #3819) (f7de2bb)
- can pass the –logs= flags at launch to show logs (81eb07e)
- improve el, fi, hi, it, pl, pt localizations (a9614c1)
- hide space labels when showing same-space windows (88c1595), closes #3766
- improve switcher layout and presentation (545b5db)
- blacklist could prevent app launch in v7.1.0 (8f4784f)
- fixed the rounded corners when the mouse moves over the table (dd379c4)
- add irish localization (19f59b2)
- add language preference (f33418e)
- allow to run the app without screen-recording permissions (129d061), closes #1082
- hide space labels when showing same-space windows (closes #3766) (ad64ced)
- i18n (d77fa67)
- improve appearance at the different sizes (2c857a6)
- improve display of wide/tall thumbnails (closes #3791) (45bbc93)
- improve localizations (9d1349b)
- avoid crashing in some cases (d46d903)
- block titles in preferences in rtl languages (ea5574b)
- preferences panel icons wouldnt show on old macos versions (9258acf)
- show titles > application name, in thumbnails style (closes #3667) (b4e97ea)
- avoid crashing in rare cases (9980ec6)
- The old preferences panel has been replaced with a brand new one
- closing alttab windows gives focus to previous app (closes #3577) (0e6f200)
- detect passwords app (closes #3545) (d0cd206)
- dragging files onto windowless apps was inconsistent (0a9fe9b)
- finder would sometimes not be listed (closes #3350) (eba5e42)
- focusing an app could open another version of it (9d5f11a)
- preview window could remain after focusing an app (closes #3505) (e890a60)
- add kannada and malayalam and localizations (5e27701)
- don’t show caps-lock indicator as a window (closes #3171) (2e15732)
- improve da/he localizations (3d98b64)
- restore default cmd+tab shortcut when alt-tab crashes (2c47b4e)
- showing permissions window would crash on macos < 10.15 (bb5215c), closes #3437
- traffic light icons could appear half-transparent (closes #2892) (1eef1e0)
- improve fr/he/it/ja/pt/sv localizations (35521a5)
- show de-fullscreen button on fullscreen windows (ad1e8d0)
- add utm-app to default blacklist (523bcbb)
- update fi, ja, ko, pt-br, th localizations (14d287a)
- preview.app window may not show when opening many docs (31b5a3d), closes #3276
- preview.app windows would sometimes not show (closes #3275) (785cf9c)
- improve ar/nb/nn/pl/tr/uk localizations (67a6d81)
- new thai and norwegian localizations (closes #3260) (d9aa319)
- add icelandic localization (7df1432)
- improve ru/cn localizations (c9fe54e)
- support autocad non-native windows (#3219) (bbaef6c)
- improved ca/de/es/ko/nl/sv/vi/zh localizations (f4ad2ea)
- update da/de/es/sv localizations (c88426e)
- users can check status of required system permissions (70ee681)
- don’t absorb key up events after summon (closes #2914) (3b0194d)
- stop vim keys preference disabling on launch (closes #2919) (53692ff)
- improve fr,de localizations (c4ae549)
- never screenshot windows if thumbnails are hidden (5e7f44b)
- improve ca/ko/ku localizations (865570f)
- better crossover windows detection (3f64463)
- add tamil and croatian localizations (e542da8)
- add vim key window navigation (closes #1229) (5cf7f99)
- improve bg,es,he,hi,ko,uk,cn localizations (31fb795)
- better identify tabs on macos versions older than 13 (3147a69), closes #2017
- don’t show empty color-slurp windows (01b3a42)
- improve german localization (1084d87)
- improve support for crossover windows (f9f1c19)
- improve support for scrcpy always-on-top windows (0673381)
- show the ui by right-clicking the menubar icon (closes #2647) (63502d5)
- improve support for color-slurp windows (8605b23)
- user can change window order in preferences (closes #515) (a67d123)
- show app icon for app with no open window (closes #2561) (44a5630)
- update vietnamese localization (7229b8a)
- update dutch localization (04948a2)
- drag-and-drop from a folder on the dock (closes #706) (ee6785f)
- preview window wouldn’t update in some cases (537ba26)
- add shortcut to toggle fullscreen selected window (closes #2521) (7327917)
- add uzbek localization (0e106e2)
- use plain number formatter for initial slider label (7cab722)
- allow batch removal from the blacklist (f53c070)
- allow to switch shortcuts while the ui is already open (b99c988)
- improved german localization (5d27a19)
- show dock badges when they don’t show a number (closes #2356) (84752e0)
- don’t focus window when dropping a file on it (c386a0c)
- allow status item removal by dragging (216c5d8)
- improve localizations (7a30b18)
- separate mouse hover from keyboard selection (3fb9a19), closes #2078 #1617
- scale app red badge with app icon size (closes #559) (4b2f134)
- some tooltips would remain on screen (closes #2190) (6526caa)
- add kurdish localization and improve russian/romanian (8217ad8)
- help support broken fl studio app (closes #2174) (4f26bc2)
- fullscreening windows stopped working (closes #2129) (a09dbbf)
- windows assigned to all spaces were not shown (closes #2123) (82cfb62)
- improve localizations (d2d5016)
- don’t show firefox tooltips as windows (closes #2110) (bf905b1)
- tabs show as separate windows sometimes on monterey (closes #2017) (0965a78)
- avoid accidental press of the “reset preferences” button (#2093) (f6fcac5)
- avoid confusion with native app-switcher (closes #2080) (f906c0e)
- improve localizations (2123af3)
- show alttab on display with active menubar when needed (#2107) (917e661)
- command+backtick not working if stage manager is on (closes #2053) (848ae5f)
- crash when setting some shortcut combinations (closes #2061) (8b2d659)
- hide minimize and fullscreen thumbnail buttons for tabs (b62c422)
- improve key repeat-rate when held (closes #2026) (1821dea)
- key-above-tab on international keyboards (closes #1190) (4c31740)
- thumbnails would sometimes be the wrong size (1065c0d)
- wrong focus after active app becomes windowless (closes #2065) (281b3ed)
- improve some localizations (292e6b0)
- play alert sound for unavailable thumbnail shortcuts (fd84a9a)
- support adobe after effects non-standard windows (closes #1982) (7b54873)
- alt-tab would show on the wrong screen (closes #2003) (b72c4db)
- discover windows when switching spaces (#1324) (9c26d54)
- shortcut tabs right margin (d207f86)
- show finder file copy windows (closes #1466) (c78481b)
- wrap thumbnail buttons when needed (ea05c03)
- improve many localizations and add romanian (71f1609)
- add bengali localization (2d32823)
- improve chinese and german localizations (69bfb41)
- improve tooltips on mouse hover (closes #1661) (38262f1)
- quitting an app twice force-quits it (closes #1529) (bfcbaac)
- blacklist table colors were wrong in dark mode (#1702) (95cc29f)
- don’t show space icon for apps (#1700) (f7d070b)
- round corners would be aliased after changing theme (#1698) (9ae76a9)
- update german and turkish localizations (b91696b)
- improve blacklist ux (closes #539) (892a168)
- improve german and chinese (tw) localizations (5133641)
- fade-out animation was broken from macos 11 (#760) (d701bc7)
- menubar icons in preferences handle dark mode (1653c16)
- add a button to reset the preferences (#1275) (82e9ca9)
- add galician localization (965b179)
- improve windows detection (de0497a)
- smoother rounded corners for the main window (5d0fff2)
- update czech localization (d7b6b7c)
- update spanish localization (1ac0494)
- middle-click a thumbnail to close that window (closes #1621) (bc4c0cc)
- update contributors (b1bf867)
- improve ukrainian, polish, albanian localization (b02972b)
- better anti-aliasing on traffic-light icons (022806b)
- libre-office would freeze with 2 open windows (closes #1508) (1bb9fd0)
- switcher could select the wrong thumbnail (closes #1198) (4c67778)
- update turkish localization (9129ff6)
- alt-tab could be relaunched in a loop (closes #1367) (cdb461a)
- reduce alt-tab cpu usage in some scenarios (closes #1481) (0569ed0)
- update indian and russian localizations (85210e2)
- issue with some apps launched before alt-tab (f97cd74)
- show window of some apps like jetbrains apps (#1249 #1079 #1392) (0b85b09)
- show windows of some defective apps like bear.app (9b5cd42)
- add greek and estonian, and update other localizations (fccae77)
- add hebrew localization (26b72e3)
- add localization in danish, catalan, persian, serbian (058a0f8)
- allow cursor follow focus behavior (be50758)
- update some localizations (17fbcc5)
- only make network calls to appcenter when necessary (closes #1265) (79c2906)
- prevent setting min width to 0% in preferences (see #1248) (467736c)
- add apple screen sharing to default blacklist (#1258) (d4780f6)
- add vmware fusion to default blacklist (closes #1258) (17f98b5)
- would sometimes crash when opening preferences > appearance (c66e106)
- native support for apple silicon (e.g. m1 mac) (6f93130)
- support login-at-start on macos 11, 12, and m1 macs (664c5b9)
- ghost windows in android studio (#closes 1224) (b668928)
- display all windows from android studio (e2d26f2)
- parallels windows wouldn’t switch sometimes (closes #1213) (21133ce)
- the app would sometimes freeze or lag (closes #563) (4a264ab)
- improved spanish localization (3709b62)
- feedback form messages got broken by github (1539727)
- add bulgarian and improve arabic localizations (f1be3cf)
- “show on active screen” could show the wrong screen (closes #1129) (23bbd64)
- windows from the iina app would not show sometimes (closes #1037) (47d283e)
- improve localization in hindi, arabic, vietnamese (2905f7d)
- improve voiceover and speech accessibility (194e726)
- fix situations from some crash reports (c18aa4d)
- ghost popup windows in android studio (closes #1056) (6f33e3a)
- hide window controls after a window is closed (closes #925) (0dad739)
- highlight right thumbnail when no window is focused (closes #1044) (f4d3db7)
- showing windows of other screens when it shouldn’t (closes #1052) (b5b3c38)
- add vietnamese and luxembourgish localizations (749db12)
- improve french, portuguese and chinese localizations (a7026a4)
- remove “active space” from filter list (4623e5b)
- support voiceover + “speak items under the cursor” (closes #1070) (c7911f3)
- update korean location (c1fc40d)
- update contributors (9847038)
- correct Wikipedia link (5a41561)
- intellij fullscreen windows sometimes not showing (#824) (4dcb6bb)
- rare crash when the ui was kept open during space transition (e869900)
- added NICE DCV to the don’t show list (3a98628)
- update german, russian, swedish localization (6f1a27a)
- update korean, polish, and brazilian localizations (5bc8f82)
- force new release (1a098af)
- more robust handling of custom shortcuts (339aeaa)
- windows launched already fullscreen sometimes didn’t show (#824) (62b43f2)
- remove unused localized text (e7ef15b)
- tell users about conflicting shortcuts (close #832) (b345648)
- better permission revocation detection (f6d75fb)
- avoid restarting alt-tab in some rare scenarios (#825) (4003df4)
- show windows of apps launched hidden (#390) (eb5d019)
- didn’t show skim app windows (closes #772) (fed2eb6)
- issues with the app mediathekview (closes #822) (0181547)
- live2d cubism editor stuck on startup (closes #813) (ee5c44f)
- update russian localization (909c123)
- crash in very rare data-race (e9e61af), closes #1
- didn’t show windows on same screen (closes #794) (b02e8be)
- update korean, portuguese, swedish localizations (81a33b8)
- app would sometimes quit while in the background (closes #704) (d621ce5)
- disable standard tab detection for all JetBrains apps (25343ea), closes #716
- prevent macos 11 from terminating alt-tab randomly (2447140)
- restarting the app would sometimes fail to start again (56d47fc)
- show window controls, even when mouse hover option is disabled (c256933)
- add app category meta-data (96572a8)
- add swedish and czech localizations (00e95d6)
- add ukrainian localization (e576ca1)
- display windows partially on screen correctly (closes #727) (2f92936)
- show window partially on-screen (closes #727) (b121162)
- update japanese, turkish, chinese localizations (7226c25)
- add slovak localization (06027dc)
- add preference to show visible spaces (closes #583) (545437e)
- added slovenian localization (8b22d41)
- improve french, hungarian and polish localizations (bf21a4e)
- don’t show glitchy windows from non-native apps (closes #562) (84dbaa0), closes #456
- update chinese localization (9240040)
- update french localization (e9a6f54)
- rare crash at launch during permissions grant (6120418)
- update dutch localization (8cf9954)
- shortcuts temporarily stuck in intellij eap (closes #652) (7c171c2)
- show the android emulator (closes #653) (16c7a93)
- apparition delay preference would sometimes not be respected (3019dd5)
- ui would sometimes stay open (closes #588) (8912c70)
- crash in rare unknown scenario scenario (08581f5)
- crash on blacklisted app with main shortcut cleared (c3f0686)
- ignore more non-user-facing apps (xpc processes) (8417564)
- key repeat rate was too fast on high fps monitors (closes #633) (b408f14)
- keynote was not showing while in slideshow mode (closes #636) (ec7b69f)
- space transition sometimes absorbed the shortcut (closes #588) (5e6a0c2)
- crashes when some shortcuts was set to nothing (9b3e4b1)
- cpu usage higher than normal for 2min after quitting an app (2f4c56c)
- crash on launch in some rare scenarios (closes #615) (5d4b2b0)
- make shortcuts repeat when held down (closes #556) (6803b02)
- show openboard window (#621) (5b35601)
- update japanese and portuguese (brazil) localizations (85638df)
- update russian localization (40ef009)
- update japanese localization (473e08f)
- update russian and dutch localizations (eaa0cc9)
- update chinese, korean, and german localizations (1514eca)
- adobe audition windows were not showing up (closes #581) (6edced0)
- crash from appcenter in rare scenario (c49a2bc), closes #1
- load app badges asynchronously to avoid system lag (closes #563) (29eff03)
- prevent rare crash seen in app center (6ca58b1)
- show minimized/hidden windows last in the list (closes #289) (4fea943)
- split max screen size preference into width/height (closes #579) (6e2e5b4)
- update es, ja, ko, nl, pt, pt-br localizations (af5ed9b)
- apps would not quit properly sometimes (regression from 10b2c71) (41384d9)
- avoid random delay after releasing shortcut (closes #563) (cbc4c39)
- crash on launch if the user didn’t have sf symbols font (58e9026)
- focused wrong window in rare scenario (66820a1)
- issue when selecting windowless app from fullscreen window (657c9e5)
- smoother behavior when summoned during a space transition (e6ded6c)
- thumbnail sizes could be wrong when switching between screens (e13a263)
- triggering alt-tab during space transition failed (closes #566) (d66d788)
- windowless apps would rarely show despite the blacklist (355225b)
- workaround a quick in photoshop (closes #571) (7218418)
- allow per-shortcut release action preference (closes #573) (2a9c33b)
- first blacklist can now match prefixes instead of full ids (10693d0)
- new preference to hide thumbnails (closes #384) (877c93c)
- show about item in menubar menu (closes #574) (78d1d8f)
- show apps with no open window (closes #397) (f0fa02c)
- update fi, hu, nl, pl, ru, zn-tw localizations (df3010a)
- update japanese and korean localizations (2a2368d)
- add preferences cache to reduce app latency by a few ms (17863b5)
- menubar takes a few frame less to compute (3b7350f)
- reduce image assets size even further using optimage (63d8545)
- crash when user click a specific spot of shortcut ui (closes #495) (959a8ae)
- focusing alt-tab own windows with alt-tab had jank (closes #501) (c927920)
- some users have corrupted preferences, crashing on launch (3062566)
- compress the 3 colored circle icons (20e474b)
- alt-tab own windows were not shown in alt-tab (closes #555) (8bcbc04)
- clicking the main window would steal focus (de02e5b)
- display firefox develop edition fullscreen windows (closes #558) (3250d37)
- guarantee alt-tab window is always up-to-date on display (be4c5f1)
- ignore zombie processes (50c8c82)
- moving some of the preferences sliders was very laggy (a552c4c)
- shortcuts stop working if active app is quit (closes #557) (023561d)
- display quickly even with many open windows (closes #171) (da16a0b)
- improve the 3 colored buttons when hovering (closes #516) (3ddedff)
- update chinese localization (e150a9a)
- alt-tab appears quicker when summoned (c2bb896)
- main window appears (a few frames) faster on trigger (2bc09e6)
- the window thumbnails are now updated after the UI is shown. AltTab will first display its window, with the first 3 thumbnails up-to-date, then asynchronously update the rest of the thumbnails one-by-one. This improves the experience of users with lots of windows open.
- app badges would sometimes not be up-to-date (8ad03a5)
- rare crash when alt-tab is triggered when the dock isn’t running (9c02ceb)
- second blacklist was too tall on some systems (522633b)
- the ui would not hide if capslock was active (closes #551) (b4b82b2)
- add norwegian localization (c344da7)
- blacklist mcafee safari host by default (closes #386) (a7ef4c7)
- blacklisting apps can use start of the bundle id (closes #549) (de9cf46)
- update french and portuguese localizations (7a02ea5)
- remove no-longer-used localization strings (ce7836a)
- update korean and portuguese localizations (32ff753)
- fix very small memory leaks (8b7da21)
- app icon was not showing on macos 10.12 (see #522) (2a45dec)
- battle.net installer and wow were not showing in alt-tab (793b10b), closes #536
- portuguese from portugal was shown to brazil users (e54c2de)
- rare crash when the os was not providing the current space id (cf05044)
- rewrote the preference window to fix crashes and jank (closes #502) (f9f5b8a)
- change default key to select window from
