Fans of Linux eye-candy will be thrilled to hear that a brand new version of the Coverflow Alt Tab GNOME shell extension is available.
The updated CoverflowAltTab extension debuts a redesigned Preferences panel using libadwaita. The extension’s settings are now organised by relevance and divided into pages to make navigation easier. This GUI rejig is necessary as there are more features and settings to play with.
For instance, you can now choose to highlight the window under the mouse, and optionally raise the app window under mouse to the top, so you can tell which one you’re about to focus.
The add-on also lets you set a window easing mode (there are a ton to choose from), and adds a duration slider to adjust the time animations take to complete. Both of these also come with a “randomise” option should you want to spice things up a little.
Further effort helps improve the experience of using Coverflow Alt+Tab on multi-monitor setups, including much-requested per monitor task switching. You can also specify a maximum ratio of window to monitor size (previously hard-coded); change the overlay icon size and opacity; and enable optional icon shadows.
Bug fixes, performance tweaks, and some other misc UI changes (like a new symbolic coverflow icon) also feature. For full details check through the official release notes on the extension’s GitHub releases page.
You can install Coverflow Alt-Tab on GNOME 3.36 or above from the GNOME Extensions website using a compatible web browser, or via the (perennially phenomenal) Extension Manager desktop app (available in the Ubuntu repos or from Flathub).