Some suggestions for using Win and other keys as modify keys

[xuziyang]

I am accustomed to using Win as the modify key. Of course, the documentation states that when Win is used as the modify key, it has side effects that can cause built-in system shortcuts to fail, such as Win+D, Win+E, Win+L, etc. Could the "Unconsumed Keys of AppSwitcher" be passed through to solve this problem?

[ipatalas]

Yeah, that would work. For some reason I did not do that before. I can't remember why now :) I think I was worried users would accidentally trigger system actions.
For instance you could have Win+F bound to some app but then accidentally pressing Win+D would show the desktop and potentially frustrate the users.
Now when I think about it, it doesn't make that much sense anymore. It's for power users mostly, they will figure it out. I'll update that in near future and let you know.

BTW how did you find the app? I did almost no marketing at all so I wonder how it got spread. Somehow it got to 1k+ downloads in total and I really don't know how it happened :)

[xuziyang]

Yeah, that would work. For some reason I did not do that before. I can't remember why now :) I think I was worried users would accidentally trigger system actions. For instance you could have Win+F bound to some app but then accidentally pressing Win+D would show the desktop and potentially frustrate the users. Now when I think about it, it doesn't make that much sense anymore. It's for power users mostly, they will figure it out. I'll update that in near future and let you know.

BTW how did you find the app? I did almost no marketing at all so I wonder how it got spread. Somehow it got to 1k+ downloads in total and I really don't know how it happened :)

I had AI recommend a similar app to Manico for Windows, and this is what it recommended to me.

[ipatalas]

I had AI recommend a similar app to Manico for Windows, and this is what it recommended to me.

Nice! AI is doing the marketing for me behind my back.. even better ;)

BTW just released 1.10.3 which should fix the problem. Tested it on Win and left Ctrl modifiers.

[xuziyang]

Thanks for 1.10.3 — passthrough works perfectly on my side.

One more small idea while I'm here: would you consider a fourth cycle mode, something like Toggle Window?

Unlike Hide (always the Z-order frontmost window), it would always show/hide the app's last active window and
never jump to other windows of the same process. Super useful for multi-window Terminal/browser setups where you just
want one sticky window to flip in and out of.

[ipatalas]

Well, maybe, but not sure when. 99% of the app was created when I had a longer break from job so I had plenty of time. This is no longer the case and I have some other side projects where I have currently more interest in so not soon for sure. The original issue was easy but this seems like a lot more time so definitely not anytime soon.