Timeline for Best app to switch between all open windows
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| Jun 13, 2019 at 16:19 | comment | added | worc | all of these "solutions" also completely forget that sometimes you're working in two different apps at the same time. and the default command+tab behavior brings ALL windows forward, but you were really just trying to side-by-side a single text editor window with a single browser window, and not the entire cascade of both. | |
| Sep 21, 2016 at 11:38 | comment | added | Srneczek | Is it so hard to make windows group management, where I could simply add apps (or app windows) I want to switch between into groups. It would be super simple and solve all windows management problem Apple has, and there are quite a few! | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 1:09 | comment | added | Joseph Hansen | For instance, assuming I'm switching between two Word docs and a webpage, I have to discover and remember the number of [command] + [`] switches between the two documents (possibly two distances: doc 1 to 2 and doc 2 to 1) and remember that to switch between Word and my browser is a different keyboard grouping. In Windows, I just remember [alt] + [tab] or [alt] + [tab][tab]. Easy. In other words, my personal opinion is that there is a terrible user experience in OS X keyboard shortcuts. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 1:07 | comment | added | Joseph Hansen | This is bad solution for people who work very quickly and want to switch back and forth, especially if the person has experience in Windows. The problem being that [command] + [tab] switches between apps which are ordered by order of use, and [command] + [`] has windows ordered by when they were opened. In other words, you have a deal-breaker of a problem: even if you have the wherewithal to be able to mentally switch between the two paradigms on the fly, there is no way to memorize the location of a window in your "mental" stack. | |
| S Nov 15, 2015 at 18:58 | history | suggested | Pierre Mardon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Replaced "Ctrl + `" keys by "Command + `" as it's the default in OS X (see http://superuser.com/questions/205644/os-x-keyboard-shortcut-to-switch-windows-between-same-application )
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| May 29, 2014 at 15:47 | comment | added | weston | Command + ` work for me. | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 11:03 | comment | added | Ilari Kajaste |
@Rabarberski Well at least in finnish locale (where the ` key is not near tab) the cycle-within-app shortcut instead uses the < key which is near the tab.
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| S Aug 22, 2012 at 11:11 | history | edited | jmlumpkin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
escaped out the ` and added instructions for non-US users, updated keys, removed Apple logo
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| S Aug 22, 2012 at 11:11 | history | suggested | krs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
escaped out the ` and added instructions for non-US users
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| Aug 5, 2011 at 9:23 | comment | added | Rabarberski | Too bad Apple didn't think about keyboards where the ` key is not near the TAB key, and worse, where you need a modifier key to select it :-( | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 18:45 | comment | added | Sergio Acosta | Thanks for your answer. I know about both shortcuts, but I'm specifically looking for a single keyboard shortcut solution to switch between all open windows. | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 11:52 | history | answered | JFW | CC BY-SA 2.5 |