microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Keyboard Manager - Open app: Enhance Window Selection

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Needs-Triage Product-Keyboard Manager
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Description

### Description of the new feature / enhancement

Enhance keyboard managers capability to open and navigate apps.

### Add option to 'If already running:' Cycle
* Works similar to Win+<0-9>
* If multiple windows exist a small cycle menu will pop up for selection, multiple calls cycles the menu

### Add option: 'If already selected: '
Suggested options:
* Windows default: Windows will by default cycle if multiple windows and minimize if single window
* Minimize: Minimize window
* Cycle : Cycles app windows
* Do nothing

### Scenario when this would be used?

Use Keyboard remapping to navigate between multiple instances of a running app.
Use Keyboard remapping to navigate away from app after done.

### Supporting information

_No response_

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Research direction

Start by locating Keyboard Manager's app-opening and window-selection entry points; the issue names no files or tests. Compare the requested Cycle and If already selected behaviors with the existing Windows default behavior. Done means the options support cycling windows, showing the selection menu, minimizing, or doing nothing as described for single and multiple windows.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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