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## Summary of the Pull Request Introduces a new utility: AltWindowCycle to quickly switch between windows from the same process using Alt + `. In release notes give @wzhudev coauthor credits as he also had an earlier PR It works like Alt + Tab, but scoped to the app you’re already in. Perfect for juggling multiple browser windows, terminals, or editor instances. https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cd42f6af-fa5d-4f08-8f68-3c4e75c16d94 <img width="1835" height="971" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/adea59cb-6c8d-4b44-87e2-0a792c4c0b4f" /> ## PR Checklist - [x] Closes: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/278 - [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected - [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass - [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized - [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated - [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places - [ ] [JSON for signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json) for new binaries - [ ] [WXS for installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs) for new binaries and localization folder - [ ] [YML for CI pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml) for new test projects - [ ] [YML for signed pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml) - [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request on [our docs repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys) and link it here: #xxx ## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments This PR adds AltWindowCycle (in-proc module + Settings integration), then addresses follow-up check-spelling feedback without changing runtime behavior: - allow-list update for `ROOTOWNER` - comment text adjustment for forbidden-pattern compliance - local identifier rename (`wpx` → `whitePx`) for spelling compliance ## Validation Steps Performed - Verified `ROOTOWNER` is present in `.github/actions/spell-check/allow/code.txt` - Verified `wpx` is removed and updated occurrences in `src/modules/AltWindowCycle/AltWindowCycle.cpp` - Ran targeted diff/verification for both updated files - Ran final validation (code review + CodeQL trivial-change path) - Ran secret scan for changed files --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl> Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <crutkas@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: dd5080ea-5001-4efb-87f8-1e7218e10a4e
check-spelling/check-spelling configuration
| File | Purpose | Format | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow.txt | Add words to the dictionary | one word per line (only letters and 's allowed) |
allow |
| reject.txt | Remove words from the dictionary (after allow) | grep pattern matching whole dictionary words | reject |
| excludes.txt | Files to ignore entirely | perl regular expression | excludes |
| only.txt | Only check matching files (applied after excludes) | perl regular expression | only |
| patterns.txt | Patterns to ignore from checked lines | perl regular expression (order matters, first match wins) | patterns |
| candidate.patterns | Patterns that might be worth adding to patterns.txt | perl regular expression with optional comment block introductions (all matches will be suggested) | candidates |
| line_forbidden.patterns | Patterns to flag in checked lines | perl regular expression (order matters, first match wins) | patterns |
| expect.txt | Expected words that aren't in the dictionary | one word per line (sorted, alphabetically) | expect |
| advice.md | Supplement for GitHub comment when unrecognized words are found | GitHub Markdown | advice |
Note: you can replace any of these files with a directory by the same name (minus the suffix) and then include multiple files inside that directory (with that suffix) to merge multiple files together.