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An other way to switch between running applications and their open windows, are through the Application List in the Deskbar.

Switching Between Applications

The true power of a graphical desktop lies in its enabling users to quickly and easily work with several open applications at once, so also with Zeta.

When you have multiple windows open in Zeta, each window's status is indicated in the appearance of its application title bar and that it is listed in the Deskbar's Application List. You can only preform tasks in the active window, the unactive windows are idle until you click on them or choose the window from the Deskbar. Unactive windows are grayed out.

The Twitcher
In most operating systems there is also a keystroke combination for switching quickly in between running applications. In Zeta this keystroke combination is holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the Tab key. For each time the Tab key is pressed a new running application will become the active one. By holding down Ctrl+Shift and then pressing the Tab key, you will move backwards in the process of choosing which application should be the active one.

Zeta doesn't stop here. By holding down both Ctrl and Tab, you will launch a powerful switch application, called Twitcher.

With Ctrl still held down, successive Tab strokes (or left/right arrows) will cycle through your open applications. You can also you the mouse to choose the preferred application from Twitcher's menu. The up/down arrows cycle through an applications open windows, as named in the bottom portion of the Twitcher's window.

To switch to the application that Twitcher is pointing to, simply release the Ctrl key. The application's window comes to the front on your desktop; if the window is in another workspace, you're taken to that workspace.

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