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I don't mind any of those problems and I map my escape to caps lock. I moved from Linux to a Mac for work a while ago, and I can't stand how terrible the dock

I don't mind any of those problems and I map my escape to caps lock. I moved from Linux to a Mac for work a while ago, and I can't stand how terrible the dock and window system is. * Alt-tab is useless. It has no way to choose a particular window without raising all the windows of the same application in the current workplace. * What's worse, it will move workflows if there's no window open in this one. * There's no way to say "open this application" to the dock without right clicking. Clicking an icon is a bet on whether it will open a new window, raise all the windows of the application over whatever you are doing, or move workspaces for no particular reason. The whole system seems to be done for a one-window-per-application workflow which doesn't exist in 2019. My usual workspace has a Vim window, a terminal, and several Firefox windows open; it's impossible to move comfortably between windows without using Mission Control each time. Windows 95 had better window navigation than MacOS Mojave.

hv42 8y ago
> Windows 95 had better window navigation than MacOS Mojave. it is crazy how bad windows management is on Mac. Every Mac users that I know have installed some softwares (like spectacle) to help with this. Some people must make a lot of money selling software that solve these issues. What's crazy is that it is still not built in. Snapping windows on the sides is something that have existed for a really long time on other systems.
- travv0 8y ago
  > Snapping windows on the sides is something that have existed for a really long time on other systems. You can do a side-by-side split of two windows by long-pressing the full-screen button, but it would be nice to have something with a little more versatility out of the box. I used to use a program that let me snap windows to the sides Windows-style, but it got in the way of other gestures and I almost always just want two windows side-by-side anyway so I just use the built-in functionality now.
mhermher 8y ago
Largely agree, window management on OSX is odd to me. However, you are looking for alt-~ (tilde), which will switch windows of the same application. That was a game changer. Still honestly don't see a reason to have those separated.
- FabHK 8y ago
  I find it much quicker to navigate to the app you want first, then the window you want, than through all open windows (as on Windows). Think about it, if you have N apps open with M windows each, then on macOS you need at most N+M key presses to reach your desired window, while on Windows you may need up to NM key presses.
  - mFixman 8y ago
    I almost never want to move to an arbitrary window. Most of the time I have 2 or 3 windows which I cycle between. 23 years ago, Windows allowed me to do this in 1 or 2 clicks without looking. Now it's either a lot of clicks and observation or making a mess of my workspace.
- mFixman 8y ago
  The problem is that there is no combined shortcut for both. Let's say I'm focused on my terminal, and I want to focus on the Firefox window that's besides me. The shortcut is Alt-tab Alt-~, but after doing the first key: 1. All Firefox windows in the current workspace go to the top of my screen 2. If there were no Firefox windows in the current workspace, OSX helpfully moves to the next one. 3. Even after that happens, I need to cycle among all Firefox windows. There's no way to Alt-tab repeatedly between pairs of windows of different applications.
  - achompas 8y ago
    You're looking for Cmd-Tab, then up/down arrow once you've selected the desired app. This will display a window selector. Once you pick the a window, it will be foregrounded. Everything else will stay the same.
knolan 8y ago
Use CMD ~ to move between the windows of the current app. I’ve also mapped a four finger down gesture to open App exposé.
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hv42 8y ago

> Windows 95 had better window navigation than MacOS Mojave. it is crazy how bad windows management is on Mac. Every Mac users that I know have installed some softwares (like spectacle) to help with this. Some people must make a lot of money selling software that solve these issues. What's crazy is that it is still not built in. Snapping windows on the sides is something that have existed for a really long time on other systems.

travv0 8y ago
> Snapping windows on the sides is something that have existed for a really long time on other systems. You can do a side-by-side split of two windows by long-pressing the full-screen button, but it would be nice to have something with a little more versatility out of the box. I used to use a program that let me snap windows to the sides Windows-style, but it got in the way of other gestures and I almost always just want two windows side-by-side anyway so I just use the built-in functionality now.

mhermher 8y ago

Largely agree, window management on OSX is odd to me. However, you are looking for alt-~ (tilde), which will switch windows of the same application. That was a game changer. Still honestly don't see a reason to have those separated.

FabHK 8y ago
I find it much quicker to navigate to the app you want first, then the window you want, than through all open windows (as on Windows). Think about it, if you have N apps open with M windows each, then on macOS you need at most N+M key presses to reach your desired window, while on Windows you may need up to NM key presses.
- mFixman 8y ago
  I almost never want to move to an arbitrary window. Most of the time I have 2 or 3 windows which I cycle between. 23 years ago, Windows allowed me to do this in 1 or 2 clicks without looking. Now it's either a lot of clicks and observation or making a mess of my workspace.
mFixman 8y ago
The problem is that there is no combined shortcut for both. Let's say I'm focused on my terminal, and I want to focus on the Firefox window that's besides me. The shortcut is Alt-tab Alt-~, but after doing the first key: 1. All Firefox windows in the current workspace go to the top of my screen 2. If there were no Firefox windows in the current workspace, OSX helpfully moves to the next one. 3. Even after that happens, I need to cycle among all Firefox windows. There's no way to Alt-tab repeatedly between pairs of windows of different applications.
- achompas 8y ago
  You're looking for Cmd-Tab, then up/down arrow once you've selected the desired app. This will display a window selector. Once you pick the a window, it will be foregrounded. Everything else will stay the same.

knolan 8y ago

Use CMD ~ to move between the windows of the current app. I’ve also mapped a four finger down gesture to open App exposé.

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