At no time did I want to suggest that people should donate to help me get a new laptop !

Of course not; all my idea.
Nobody interpreted it as you with your hand out.
At least I don’t think so.
I’ll cease with the joking around as perhaps it is making you feel awkward; apologies.

In fact, I feel a bit silly because because I just flew over your idea, Alan and my answer really needs to be understood in the first degree :

At no time did I want to suggest that people should donate to help me get a new laptop !

I just wanted to say that it was time to stop bothering, you all, with my old Win XP machine and that it was urgent for me to change times ! ( probably for Christmas )

I know…, I must have already said that, last year ;-)))

Cheers,

guy038

you’re teasing me, but you’re right! I’m almost ashamed ! So 2021 should be a big year — for me — with a brand-new Win 10 laptop !

2021 ??
You really need a gofundme.
All these slackers/takers that have milked you for regexes over the years should be hounded up and asked to donate.
You’d surely get your new laptop before 2020 is out.

Ah… OK ! So, certainly, the Alt + Tab combination must be Win XP specific !

For instance, let suppose I’ve just opened Notepad++ and the Calc software, on my Win XP laptop :

• Hit CTRL + F => The Find dialog opens

• Hit Alt + Tab => Focus is now on the Main Editor

• Hit CTRL + F, again => The Find dialog is back, on the foreground

• Hit Alt + Tab => Focus is back , again, on the Main Editor

• Hit Alt + Tab, again => Calc.exe is selected

• Hit Alt + Tab, a last time => Notepad++.exe is selected and focus is , again, on the main editor window, with the Find dialog in the background

Alan, you’re teasing me, but you’re right! I’m almost ashamed ! So 2021 should be a big year — for me — with a brand-new Win 10 laptop !

BR

guy038

The Alt+Tab may have been a Windows change at some point

I have no specific memories of WinXP as it has been close to a decade since I used it, but it seems like Alt+Tab has pretty much always been an “app switcher” in Windows?

@guy038 still uses WinXP

Guy should have a “Donate” button for when he provides regex help. Get himself a new Win10 capable box very quickly. :-)

The Alt+Tab may have been a Windows change at some point. IIRC, @guy038 still uses WinXP, and it may be that Microsoft allowed Alt+Tab to work with sub-dialogs in a version from that long ago; I don’t remember. But I can confirm with my Win10 that Alt+Tab will not take you from the Find dialog back to the main NPP window.

I’m confused about the Alt+Tab ones.
For me this switches apps, not windows within an app…

Here is a non-exhaustive table of the ways to switch from a panel to the main editor window and vice-versa

I surely forgot some obvious ways ! For instance, modifying a localization file in order to use the Alt + Letter method

•---------------------------------------•-----------------------------•------------------------------------------------------•
|                 Panel                 |  From Panel to Main Editor  |              From Main Editor to Panel               |
•---------------------------------------•-----------------------------•------------------------------------------------------•
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Project                              |  Window key, twice          |  Click on Panel's title                              |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Folder as Workspace                  |  Window key, twice          |  Click on Panel's title                              |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Function list                        |  Window key, twice          |  Click on Panel's title                              |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Character panel                      |  Window key, twice          |  Click on Panel's title  or hit a User Shortcut      |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Clipboard History                    |  Window key, twice          |  Click on Panel's title  or hit a User Shortcut      |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Incremental search                   |  Window key, twice          |  ALt + Ctrl + I                                      |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Find Result                          |  F7                         |  F7                                                  |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Find / Replace/ Find in Files/ Mark  |  Alt + Tab                  |  Ctrl + F / Ctrl + H / Shift + Ctrl + F / Ctrl + M   |
|                                       |                             |                                                      |
|  Go to                                |  Alt + Tab                  |  Ctrl + G                                            |
•---------------------------------------•-----------------------------•------------------------------------------------------•

Best Regards,

guy038

Afaik, ALT+W+W+ENTER works most of the time. (I know in document map it doesn’t)

Hi @Ekopalypse, @Alan-Kilborn

FWIW, it doesn’t work in my setup, though ALT+N, then N then Enter works. In other words, take into account that it’s language dependant.

Have Fun!

Afaik, ALT+W+W+ENTER works most of the time

Maybe better said as Alt+w then w then Enter.

I would like to know if there is a keyboard shortcut to change the focus from a side panel

Afaik, ALT+W+W+ENTER works most of the time. (I know in document map it doesn’t)