Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
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Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
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Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#2I love all of the advanced functionality hidden just beneath OSX's user-friendly veneer. Sadly, it's been one of the first casualties in the post-Jobs Apple. Every new release of OSX along with Apple's own apps, the first thing I check is holding down the alt/option key while clicking the various menu items to see what nuggets of alternate functionality appear. Every day, every release - less and less, if any at all. So sad.
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#3This is interesting, though I'd be wary of calling it sane - you have to press cmd, then tab, release tab, then press option (without releasing cmd!).
What it appears to do it trigger the "reopen" command on an application, which tends to open a new window if one does not exist.
The "reopen" event is described here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/...
and here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/...:
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#4All I want from OSX is to be able to alt-tab between windows, not apps. Is this possible?
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#5I am a very happy user of HyperSwitch: https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch
Allows tabbing through individual windows (one icon per window, not just one per app) and doesn't have the problem of not showing anything after the selection. Downside: it does not include minimized windows.
Although it seems to have been in "beta" since forever, I've never really encountered any problems.
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#6All I want from OSX is to be able to alt-tab between windows, not apps. Is this possible?
You can with HyperSwitch: https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch
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#7All I want from OSX is to be able to alt-tab between windows, not apps. Is this possible?
I use witch https://manytricks.com/witch/
It's a must have app for me. I actually cannot use other people's laptops if they don't have it.
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#8This happens a lot with Mail.app. What I do now is just use Cmd+0 to show the main Mail window, or Cmd+1 for other apps - Evernote and Skype come to mind.
Another thing that annoys me to no end: alt-tabbing to Finder takes you to an open window in another desktop! I want to open a new window on this desktop. I guess the linked trick may help with this behaviour.
Edit: Found a solution. Alt+Cmd+Space brings up a Finder search window on your current desktop. Good enough.
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#9I am a very happy user of HyperSwitch: https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch Allows tabbing through individual windows (one icon per window, not just one per app) and doesn't have the problem of not showing anything after the selection. Downside: it does not include minimized windows. Although it seems to have been in "beta" since forever, I've never really encountered any problems.
Coming from Linux/Windows, I was always slightly annoyed that you could only command+tab through a single window for each application, but now that I'm used to it and have grown accustomed to command+tilda to switch between windows of the same app I find it nice.
Re: Mac OS X: Sane way to switch between windows
#10All I want from OSX is to be able to alt-tab between windows, not apps. Is this possible?
Try cmd + ` (backtick)