Your message dated Wed, 20 May 2026 03:48:17 +1000
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has caused the Debian Bug report #388855,
regarding screen: Alt-Tab-with-cursor-keys-like-feature to let you see each
screen in turn until you find the one you want
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Package: screen
Version: 4.0.2-4.1
Severity: wishlist
I would love to have an Alt-Tab-like-feature in GNU Screen. It could
work like this:
Step 1. Press Control-A then Tab to start
Step 2. Use the right and left arrows, or Tab and Shift-Tab, to cycle
through all screens. As you press the arrows, each screen in turn will
become active. (optional extra: all screen names will be listed on the
bottom statusbar, and the active one will be highlighted in color)
Step 3. Press Enter when you've found the one you like, or Esc to
cancel and go back to the screen you were on before you started.
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tags 388855 + wontfix
thanks
Hi,
Thanks for the feature request.
As described in Gürkan's email, screen already provides interactive visual
window selection via windowlist (C-a "), including cursor-key navigation,
Enter to select, and Esc/C-g to cancel.
Existing commands (`next`, `prev`, `other`) also cover quick window cycling
(which you can map to keys, like F4/F5).
Closing this as wontfix.
Cheers,
Peter Dey
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