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[PowerToys Run] Prioritizing running applications over launching new ones #3312

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TheAkis opened this issue May 20, 2020 · 3 comments
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Product-PowerToys Run Improved app launch PT Run (Win+R) Window Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.

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@TheAkis
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TheAkis commented May 20, 2020

Summary of Issue

As WindowWalker and Run have been merged, searching for an application almost always puts the option for launching a new application above the current running instance of the application.

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This results in multiple keystrokes being required to switch to an active running application compared to WindowWalker's results usually putting the required window on top of the results
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As this does not have a definite solution, there are a few possibilities for an implementation:

  1. Putting the results from WindowWalker on top of results from Run, or prioritizing them in some fuzzy manner
  2. Launching a subset of Run that only searches for running application using a different keyboard shortcut/having a key that switches to only showing running applications
  3. A prefix in the search that only allows running applications to be visibe (open: or run: or something similar)
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parmsib commented May 20, 2020

This is an issue for me as well, especially together with the fact that I have to hit tab two to three times to get to the next option in the list, and that all windows have the same icon. Unfortunately, it's annoying enough that I still prefer Switcheroo, despite its age and slight bugginess.

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With WindowWalker, I would also get the titles of open browser tabs, and I could quickly switch to those, like by searching "gmail" or "github"...it would switch to the chrome window with that tab open.

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jyuwono commented May 20, 2020

Closing this issue in favour of #3169

@jyuwono jyuwono added the Product-PowerToys Run Improved app launch PT Run (Win+R) Window label May 20, 2020
@jyuwono jyuwono closed this as completed May 20, 2020
@jyuwono jyuwono added the Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing. label May 20, 2020
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