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Add Ctrl+Tab keyboard task switcher in emdash

Added a new Ctrl+Tab task switcher with a visual overlay, enabling fast task navigation via keyboard, plus an MRU-based ordering path through a MobX task-switching store.

Ctrl+Tabtask switcheroverlay UIMobX

What Happened

  • Added a new Ctrl+Tab task switcher with a visual overlay, enabling fast task navigation via keyboard, plus an MRU-based ordering path through a MobX task-switching store.
  • Added a new Ctrl+Tab task switcher with a visual overlay, enabling fast task navigation via keyboard, plus an MRU-based ordering path through a MobX task-switching store.
  • 1 evidence item attached for review.

What is Different

Before

Scattered source updates, isolated context, and manual follow-up across multiple feeds.

Now

Implemented a keyboard-first workflow for task switching: pressing Ctrl+Tab opens a task-selector overlay and chooses tasks through a MobX-managed ordering model that prioritizes recent and status-appropriate tasks, reducing manual task navigation.

Why Track This

Why It Matters

Task-heavy users can move between active tasks faster by using Ctrl+Tab instead of manual list browsing, which should reduce interruption time when jumping back to ongoing work; the implementation also changes task ranking to status+recency for faster access to likely targets. Continue watching for shortcut conflicts with existing bindings, correctness of MRU ordering in edge cases (e.g., rapid task changes), and whether overlay focus/accessibility behaves reliably across input-heavy sessions.

Impact

Task-heavy users can move between active tasks faster by using Ctrl+Tab instead of manual list browsing, which should reduce interruption time when jumping back to ongoing work; the implementation also changes task ranking to status+recency for faster access to likely targets. Continue watching for shortcut conflicts with existing bindings, correctness of MRU ordering in edge cases (e.g., rapid task changes), and whether overlay focus/accessibility behaves reliably across input-heavy sessions.

What To Watch Next

  • Watch whether Ctrl+Tab becomes a repeated pattern.
  • Track follow-up changes around AI IDE.
  • Compare future signals against this evidence trail.
  • Re-check risk flags: ctrl_tab_keybinding_conflicts, mru_ordering_regressions.
Open Topic TimelineOpen Technical EventOpen Original Sourcectrl_tab_keybinding_conflicts / mru_ordering_regressions / overlay_focus_accessibility / task_state_sync_under_fast_switching

Supporting Evidence