Welcome to skippy-xd!
Skippy-xd is a lightweight, window-manager-agnostic window selector on the X server. With skippy-xd, you get live-preview on your alt-tab motions; you get the much coveted expose feature from Mac; you get a handy overview of all your virtual desktops in one glance with paging mode.
Switch is similar to Alt-Tab:
Expose is inspired from Mac:
Paging shows you your entire desktop:
Check out the youtube videos:
skippy-xd works on anything X. See https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/Adoption#compatible-desktop-environmentswindow-managers for details.
Installation and usage is simple:
git clone https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd.git
cd skippy-xd
make
make install
skippy-xd --start-daemon
skippy-xd --switch --next
skippy-xd --expose
skippy-xd --paging
Check the wiki for documentation on basic use https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/Usage and advanced tips and tricks https://github.com/felixfung/skippy-xd/wiki/Customizations,-tips-and-special-set-ups.
And please! If you share our love for skippy-xd, please consider:
- Use it! Nothing is more rewarding to developers than widespread adoption of the app.
- Share it! Tell others about the app. Showcase screenshots and videos. Package it for your distros.
- Improve it! Make suggestions on feature improvements. Report bugs and they will be fixed. If you are a coder, start hacking!