KDE Plasma Alt-Tab behavior options - most of them are missing

Question

I just started using KDE plasma (on Debian Stretch). Now, I'm a simple, old-fashioned guy... ok, that's not true, but when it comes to Alt-Tab I am. I just want the plain old Alt-Tab behavior - like in KDE of old, like in LXDE, like in Windows - you know what I'm talking about. Nice row of icons in the middle of the screen.

so, I go to K > System Settings > Window Management > Task Switcher , and examine the 'Visualization' option. I see: Breeze, Flip Switch and Cover Switch. But none of them are what I'm looking for. I remember seeing other options on some other machine with Plasma - how do I get them to show up?

Answer 1

Installing kwin-addons solves this problem on [K]ubuntu 16.04:

sudo apt-get install kwin-addons

Answer 2

The below applies to KDE Plasma in Manjaro but most likely should work similarly in other distros with KDE Plasma:

1. Go to System Settings > Window Management > Task Switcher
2. Click on "Get New Task Switchers..."
3. Install "Medium Default" (there might be other themes offering similar functionality)
4. Switch Visualisation to "Medium Default" and hit the "Apply" button

You should get a centralised task-switcher that looks almost identical to macOS/Windows with the "nice row of icons in the middle of the screen"

Answer 3

As of Kubuntu 20.4 (KDE 5.18.5), there's a "Grid" option, that might be just what you need: