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Use `alt + tab` to select the active app (not window) and `alt + ~` to switch between windows of the active app.\n- MacOS-like application switching can be disabled if you prefer Windows style.\n- Customizable keybindings and display options\n\n**Tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11.**\n\n![](./Assets/ScreenshotWin11.png)\n\n## Launching AltAppSwitcher:\nGet the archive from the [release page](https://github.com/hdlx/AltAppSwitcher/releases/).\n\n**x86_64** and **ARM64** (AArch64) architectures are available. 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The application runs fine with external manifest (when not using Makefile `deploy` target). `mt.exe` is part of the Windows SDK.\n### Building:\n- Clone the repository.\n- Open a terminal at the root of the repository.\n- Run `mingw32-make.exe` (MinGW make must be used)\n- Binaries are found in `/Output/Debug_x86_64`\n### Debugging:\nI'm using VSCodium/VSCode to write and debug code, with 2 extensions:\n- https://open-vsx.org/extension/vadimcn/vscode-lldb for debugging\n- https://open-vsx.org/extension/llvm-vs-code-extensions/vscode-clangd for language server integration (code completion, errors...)\n  \nWith those, you should be able to build and run inside VSCode using the configurations defined in `.vscode\\launch.json` (at the moment, configurations are written for x86_64 but you can easily create arm64 equivalent)\n\nConfigurations refers to tasks defined in `/.vscode/tasks.json`\n","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fhdlx%2Faltappswitcher","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fhdlx%2Faltappswitcher","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fhdlx%2Faltappswitcher/lists"}