The other questions asking the same thing are from many years ago and for different versions of MacOS.
Is it possible to completely disable the COMMAND+TAB shortcut for the app switcher? I want to remove/disable the app switcher entirely.
asked Oct 5, 2020 at 15:33
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According to Apple: "[...] you cannot define keyboard shortcuts for general purpose tasks such as opening an app or switching between apps."
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-global-keyboard-shortcuts-mchlp2262/mac
But maybe you can share your specific needs so we may find a solution.
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1Darn. I want to make COMMAND+TAB cycle through tabs in Chrome. Oh well. I'll have to figure out something else. Might have to try Better Touch Tool or something. Commented Oct 6, 2020 at 2:54
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@IMTheNachoMan you know you can use Control+TAB right? I do it all the time, and you can also add shift to cycle backwards. Commented Oct 6, 2020 at 14:51
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3I have a Windows, Linux, and Mac computer all connected through a KVM. I don't want to have to code switch every time I jump between a different OS. Instead, I'd rather make all the OSs work the same -- the same keyboard shortcuts. I was trying to avoid using tools like BTT but I think I'll have to. Commented Oct 6, 2020 at 20:32
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1No I didn't. I gave up on macOS and Windows. I moved my daily driver to Linux. :/ Commented Nov 28, 2023 at 19:30
You can easily disable or remap to whatever you want via BetterTouchTool.
brew install --cask bettertouchtool
This is my sample configuration to remap the default macOS app switcher (Cmd+Tab) to Select the next tab in the browser:
I was able to force command-tab as a tab switcher only in some applications with Karabiner-Elements feature 'complex modifications'.
You would need a browser that you can customize the tab cycler shortcut and set it to option+tab then map your command-tab to option-tab in applications you need. (I guess you can disable the switcher entirely based on the conditions you have set)
{
"description":"Use ctrl+tab as tab switcher in vscode and vivaldi",
"manipulators":[
{
"conditions":[
{
"bundle_identifiers":[
"^com.vivaldi.Vivaldi",
"^com.microsoft.VSCode"
],
"type":"frontmost_application_if"
}
],
"from":{
"key_code":"tab",
"modifiers":{
"optional":[
"control"
]
}
},
"to":[
{
"key_code":"tab",
"modifiers":[
"option"
]
}
],
"type":"basic"
},
{
"conditions":[
{
"bundle_identifiers":[
"^com.vivaldi.Vivaldi",
"^com.microsoft.VSCode"
],
"type":"frontmost_application_if"
}
],
"from":{
"key_code":"tab",
"modifiers":{
"optional":[
"control",
"shift"
]
}
},
"to":[
{
"key_code":"tab",
"modifiers":[
"option",
"shift"
]
}
],
"type":"basic"
}
]
},
