pressing and holding alt does not show the switcher for me could you try 'unity --reset' in a terminal please and see if the issue goes away
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/835699 Title: Unity window switcher takes over <alt> key To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/835699/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs