Application switching on a shared screen

I use Back to My Mac to share the screen of my iMac at home, and I am often frustrated with the inability to easily switch between application on the remote screen. I always use Cmd-Tab on my local computer, but in Screen Sharing this generally just brings me to the switcher on my local computer.
Strangely and inexplicably, however, I occasionally notice that Cmd-Tab switches between apps on the REMOTE computer instead. I have yet to work out why this happens; it's the classic "feature or bug" question. I'm HOPING that it is a feature, and I'm just hitting a key combination for a shortcut of which I'm unaware.
SO, my questions are:
Is it possible to use Cmd-Tab to switch between apps on the remote computer by using some preference or keyboard shortcut,
and if not,
Is there another way to easily switch between programs besides clicking the dock icon, which can be frustrating on a slow connection (it's like playing a game... which icon am I gonna get when I click...?). Admittedly, I have a LOT of icons in the dock, and use the Genie animation to expand them as I roll over the dock icons.
Thanks,
Ric

It depends on which application has the current focus when you CMD Tab. It's easy to click on the local desktop which switches focus to the local finder still leaving the remote screen apparently on top. In this case the CMD tab switches locally. Anytime the Screensharing app has focus it should switch the remote machine.
Regards,
Captfred

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