Title: Coolswitch
Short: Windows(TM) style Alt-Tab task switcher (v1.05)
ShortName: coolswch.zip
Author: Andy Armstrong (andy@armswalk.demon.co.uk)
Date: 4-jul-95
Status: Freeware
Archiver: SparkFS
Size:

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Description:

This is the 1.05 version of CoolSwitch, a little utility which came out of a
discussion on comp.sys.acorn.programmer about why there was no utility for
RISC OS which did the same thing as the Windows Alt-Tab task switcher.

I thought about this for a bit and decided that

   a) the Alt-Tab behaviour was fine for Windows, but didn't really have all
      the functionality needed for RISC OS and

   b) it would be nice to have a list of tasks to step through so you could
      see how far you have to go to get to the one you want. I think I heard
      that Windows 95 works like this but I haven't seen it yet (as of late
      June 95, the time of writing).

So here's CoolSwitch. Pressing Alt-Tab presents a list of tasks which have
open document windows, and pressing Ctrl-Tab presents a list of open windows
for the task which owns the topmost window. Beyond that I think things are
pretty predictable. To summarise, keep hitting (Shift-)Tab while the little
CoolSwitch viewer is on screen to step through the tasks / windows. When you
get to the one you want release Alt/Ctrl and that window / task will be
placed at the front of the pile.