Managing open windows and applications is pretty easy in Windows. One can either use the taskbar, use the new Flip 3D feature to preview all open Windows in a fancy way, or simply press the old Alt + Tab hotkey to quickly view and switch between apps and windows.
With Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced the Flip 3D feature, a feature that displays open windows in a stack, and lets you switch between apps. Even though the feature is present in Windows 7 as well and can be accessed by pressing Windows + Tab keys, majority of Windows users prefer to use the good old Alt + Tab hotkey.
Long time Windows users would know that Microsoft has also enhanced the Alt + Tab dialog by adding Aero borders and thumbnail preview features. While the default look of Alt + Tab is pretty neat and works flawlessly, you might want to enable classic style Alt + Tab dialog and change the margins and thumbnails spacing.
For users who regularly use the Alt + Tab feature and want to tweak it, here is a small utility to fine tune it. Alt + Tab Tuner is a small tool to tweak Alt + Tab settings with ease.
With Alt + Tab Tuner one can tweak Alt + Tab margins, thumbs grid, spacing, icon shift and size, thumbs size, and transparency. On top of that, it also allows you switch to the old Alt + Tab dialog. An option is also available to restore the original look of Alt + Tab dialog.
This is a standalone program and works great on Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. We encourage you check out how to add Flip 3D shortcut to Windows 7 taskbar and how to enable Flip 3D feature in Windows 8 guides.
Huge says
I don’t like the result of “Old style Alt+Tab” option.
It just brings a plain icon-based switcher with none of the features like arrow navigation, window-title display etc. This switcher is familiar to me from times when explorer is down. What I wanted to achieve was to have the switcher used when Aero is disabled (but explorer running). That’s imho the nicest.
Faisal says
thank you very much for this software which make the alt-tab to old style.