One computer annoyance solved
Jun. 27th, 2010 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveglassI post this as a public service announcement for Mac users who are frustrated like I was until a few minutes ago. As most of you who use keyboard shortcuts know, command-tab will let you switch between applications, and command-` will let you switch between windows within the same applications. You can even switch tabs within a browser: command-shift-] or command-shift-[ for Firefox and Safari. But I could never figure out, using a keyboard shortcut, how to select a window that I'd previously minimized.
Apparently there are two ways, one built-in and clunky, and one freeware that's nice and sleek.
The built-in and clunky way is to press control-F3, which selects the dock, move the cursor over to the minimized window, and press spacebar or enter. Note: You have to press escape after selecting the window, or you'll still be navigating through the dock.
The nice, sleek, freeware way is a program called Witch, which lets you scroll between windows all windows -- even minimized ones -- using keyboard shortcuts. The default is option-tab, but it's super-customizable. I've only been using it for about five minutes, but I love it already. (Here's a review on LifeHacker.)
Anyway, like I said, just a public service announcement for those who were annoyed by the same thing as I was.
Apparently there are two ways, one built-in and clunky, and one freeware that's nice and sleek.
The built-in and clunky way is to press control-F3, which selects the dock, move the cursor over to the minimized window, and press spacebar or enter. Note: You have to press escape after selecting the window, or you'll still be navigating through the dock.
The nice, sleek, freeware way is a program called Witch, which lets you scroll between windows all windows -- even minimized ones -- using keyboard shortcuts. The default is option-tab, but it's super-customizable. I've only been using it for about five minutes, but I love it already. (Here's a review on LifeHacker.)
Anyway, like I said, just a public service announcement for those who were annoyed by the same thing as I was.
