[In-app feedback]

[alt-tab-macos-bot]

This issue was opened by a bot after a user submitted feedback through the in-app form.

Message:

I would love a more distinct visual difference between the currently selected window compared to the others. I turned on window preview and that greatly helps, but the difference in shading between the active one and the others is not sufficient for me, even on my 2021 MBP's beautiful screen. :)

I love the app! Thanks so much for your work on it.

Debug profile

• App version: 6.56.0
• App preferences:
  • MSAppCenter310AppCenterUserDefaultsMigratedKey: 1
  • MSAppCenter310CrashesUserDefaultsMigratedKey: 1
  • MSAppCenterInstallId: 8017F40A-D9CA-4B5E-A2D1-4658D88890E6
  • MSAppCenterNetworkRequestsAllowed: 0
  • MSAppCenterPastDevices: {length = 1157, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000391 }
  • MSAppCenterSessionIdHistory: {length = 460, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000156 }
  • MSAppCenterUserIdHistory: {length = 455, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000151 }
  • NSStatusItem Preferred Position Item-0: 538
  • NSWindow Frame SUStatusFrame: 556 620 400 135 0 0 1512 944
  • NSWindow Frame SUUpdateAlert: 446 423 620 398 0 0 1512 944
  • SUHasLaunchedBefore: 1
  • SULastCheckTime: 2023-04-10 15:39:33 +0000
  • SUUpdateGroupIdentifier: 3336206063
  • SUUpdateRelaunchingMarker: 0
  • preferencesVersion: 6.56.0
  • previewFocusedWindow: true
  • updatePolicy: 1
  • windowMaxWidthInRow: 30
• Applications: 64
• Windows: 9
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
  • {isFullscreen: true, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 3, spaceIndex: 2}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceId: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndex: 9223372036854775807}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
  • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceId: 1, spaceIndex: 1}
• OS version: Version 13.3.1 (Build 22E261)
• OS architecture: arm64
• Locale: en_US (current)
• Spaces: 2
• Dark mode: Light
• "Displays have separate Spaces": checked
• Hardware model: MacBookPro18,3
• Screens: 1
  • {x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: 1512.0, height: 982.0}
• CPU model: Apple M1 Pro
• Memory size: 17.18 GB
• Active CPU count: 10
• Current CPU frequency: nil
• Resource utilization:
  • CPU: 0.0%
  • Memory: 71M
  • Threads count: 14

[scottaw66]

This was my feedback and I should clarify this: it really depends a lot upon what's in the background when I trigger alt-tab. On lighter backgrounds, the distinction is clear. On darker backgrounds, not so much. So as not to ruin everyone else's experience who does like the current selection indication, maybe a couple higher contrast options could be added to the settings or something.

Just a thought.

[lwouis]

You can use the Windows 10 theme in the preferences. It has high contrast.

For a longer discussion around your suggestion, please see #1901 (comment)