Jul 142007
To switch a task in Ubuntu, you could do it the Windows way: ALT-TAB. You could also go to the taskbar in the bottom of the screen, and click the right icon. But there’s another way. Move your mouse to the taskbar so it’s visible. Now use the scrollwheel of your mouse. It “scrolls” through your running applications, just like ALT-TAB would do, but faster. And without touching the keyboard.
Similarly, scrolling the wheel with the mouse arrow pointing at the desktop icons sequences through the available virtual desktops. It’s a KDE feature, not limited to Ubuntu.
Didn’t know that. And I’m using Gnome (otherwise I would be using Kubuntu) so I didn’t guess it was a KDE feature. Thanks for sharing. Makes live a little easier, again.