Skippy

Skippy is like a full-screen task switcher for X11, and it’s super handy when you have a ton of apps open. Sometimes those regular taskbars just don’t cut it. With Skippy, you can quickly see all your windows on the current desktop and easily pick one to focus on.

How Does Skippy Work?

When you activate Skippy (you do this with a hotkey—right now it’s set to F11), it shows snapshots of all your open windows. You can choose which one you want using either your mouse or keyboard. Just hover over a window with your mouse or use the arrow keys to navigate through them.

Modifiers for More Control

You can also use some cool modifiers with the hotkey! For example, if you hold down Control while pressing F11, Skippy will refresh the snapshots of all windows. If you press Mod1 (that’s the Alt key) while hitting the hotkey, it’ll only show windows from whatever app is currently focused. And if you're using multiple screens with Xinerama support, holding Shift lets you see windows across all monitors.

Requirements to Use Skippy

Before jumping in, make sure you have:

• An X11R6 server


• Xft - the X Font library


• Imlib2 (needed only for 'regular' Skippy)


• XRender, XComposite, XDamage, and XFixes extensions (specific for Skippy-XD)


• A window manager that follows NETWM or GNOME WM Specs.

What’s New in This Release?

• No more mini-windows hanging around when their client disappears!


• A new option to ignore applications that ask to hide from the taskbar.


• Fixed some funky grouping issues with Gimp and other apps.


• The Escape key now closes the Skippy window and brings back focus to where it was.


• Restores window stacking order after snapping.


• Tweaked behavior for sticky/omnipresent windows when using GNOME WM Spec WM.

If you’re interested in giving it a shot, check out this link here!