Preference to open the switchpanel without selecting a window.

If the new preference SwitchPanelOnlyOpen is set to YES, pressing
alt-tab or similar shortcut will only open the panel without
automatically switching to the next window.  Shortcuts will continue to
function normally once the panel is open.

Users can enable the new preference if they find themselves regularly
opening the switchpanel just to visualise which windows are open, or to
initiate same-class cycling.

The default value of the new preference is NO.  Behaviour is unchanged
unless the preference is explicitly enabled with the following command:

  $ wdwrite WindowMaker SwitchPanelOnlyOpen YES

NEWS

@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ command:
 
 $ wdwrite WindowMaker StrictWindozeCycling NO
 
+If you find yourself regularly opening the switchpanel just to visualise open
+windows, you can run the following command to force the first "FocusNextKey"
+or similar shortcut to open the panel without switching to a new window.
+
+$ wdwrite WindowMaker SwitchPanelOnlyOpen YES
+
 
 --- 0.95.2
 

src/WindowMaker.h

@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ typedef struct WPreferences {
     char cycle_active_head_only;        /* Cycle only windows on the active head */
     char cycle_ignore_minimized;        /* Ignore minimized windows when cycling */
     char strict_windoze_cycle;          /* don't close switchpanel when shift is released */
+    char panel_only_open;               /* Only open the switchpanel; don't switch */
 
     /* All delays here are in ms. 0 means instant auto-action. */
     int clip_auto_raise_delay;         /* Delay after which the clip will be raised when entered */

src/cycling.c

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void StartWindozeCycle(WWindow * wwin, XEvent * event, Bool next, Bool class_onl
 
 	if (swpanel) {
 
-		if (wwin->flags.mapped)
+		if (wwin->flags.mapped && !wPreferences.panel_only_open)
 			newFocused = wSwitchPanelSelectNext(swpanel, !next, True, False);
 		else
 			newFocused = wSwitchPanelSelectFirst(swpanel, False);

src/defaults.c

@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ WDefaultEntry optionList[] = {
 	    &wPreferences.single_click, getBool, NULL, NULL, NULL},
 	{"StrictWindozeCycle",	"YES",	NULL,
 	    &wPreferences.strict_windoze_cycle, getBool, NULL, NULL, NULL},
+	{"SwitchPanelOnlyOpen",	"NO",	NULL,
+	    &wPreferences.panel_only_open, getBool, NULL, NULL, NULL},
 
 	/* style options */