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I can't switch back to Teams chat with Alt+Tab on Mac
I can't switch back to Teams chat with Alt+Tab on Mac, becose Teams have two windows: the chat and the Microsoft Teams Notification. Microsoft Teams Notification is the default window, and this windo...
Ok, I found a "solution" to force Teams to use the notifications.
Simple version:
01. You go to your teams https://teams.microsoft.com02. When it asks for notifications, give the permission and that's it.
As an App in your dock:
02. You copy the URL from your logged-in teams-tab (01.)
03. You install Epichrome
(Very useful, you can wrap a Website as a App and it appears in the dock. Basically is MS doing the same with their "App" except it uses Electron, Epichrome uses Chrome or Brave.)
04. Start it, go through the wizard, when it asks for the URL, give your Teams-URL and a fine name for it.
(Icon can be automatically downloaded)
05. Start the new app, log in, give permission for notifications. Since it is basically a browser, it is forced to use the default MacOS Notifications. Alt-Tab works again.
Alternatively, there is a way to make a WebApp with chrome. But I never use chrome.
I went in and disabled GPU and unchecked New meeting experience - I no longer have a Notification Window...
Alt - Tab works again.
Alt - Tab works again.
Just unchecking the "New Meeting Experience" worked for me... thanks for the tip, this has been maddening.
- What a sad sad solution.
jthames This seems to be a temporary solution. After a while, alt-tab stops working again. I hope MS can fix this. It's a non-trivial impact to my work flow.
- If you have an efficient workflow, M$ is a hurdle to it.
hartmms Yeah... same here.
I also noticed that the alt-tab problem only (in my case anyway) happens when Teams is on another desktop. I can alt-tab to Team IF I'm in the same desktop Teams is in. Seems that the alt-tab short cut brings Teams to the front but does not switch focus to the proper desktop. MS Outlook works fine. - You've figured out the exact scenario — It happens when Teams is on another desktop. This has been driving me crazy! Thank you. Now all we need is Microsoft to fix it 🙁
hartmms Yes mine was good for two weeks and yesterday it came back, but I quit teams and restarted it and alt-tab was working again.
- Right. Microsoft's office cartoon clip could give this kind of suggestion. And it wouldn't solve the problem. Just make it more opaque and intermittent.
