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Well they should dogfood their own rules and add such a button to Safari. Every time I end up mistakenly tapping Open in New Window (which I NEVER want) instead

Well they should dogfood their own rules and add such a button to Safari. Every time I end up mistakenly tapping Open in New Window (which I NEVER want) instead of New Tab, I have a very frustrating time figuring out how to gesture that new window TF off my screen.

tonyedgecombe 6y ago
Cmd-M or Cmd-W to close it. Or click that little orange button in the top left corner to minimise it or the red one to close it.
- Chlorus 6y ago
  He's referring to the mobile version of Safari, which for some reason labels 'open in new tab' as 'open in background'. If you hit 'open in new window' by mistake you end up with a split screen view that can't be swiped away with a gesture; you have to long-press the tab icon to tell it to merge the tabs in the new window together with the old one.
wlesieutre 6y ago
Safari does have a minimize button. It's the yellow one that sends it down to the dock, and is present on every single window on macOS that I can find. Even the mini-UI palette windows like "Safari User Guide" have a mini version of the same three window controls. But if you're trying to close a window that you didn't want to open, you probably want the red button not the yellow one. If what you're trying to do is move a page from its own window to another window, you can drag its tab. But that's not possible if you have "Show tab bar" disabled in the view menu, the tab bar will be hidden for windows with a single tab. Alternate workaround if you find yourself accidentally opening things in a new window by accident frequently: instead of right clicking and picking from the menu, command-click on the link to open it in a new tab. If you have a 3-button mouse, middle click will do this as well.
- chrisweekly 6y ago
  How do you reverse the effects of "Cmd+H" without resorting to the mouse or trackpad?
  - adanto6840 6y ago
    "CMD + Tab" seems to reverse it just fine for me regardless of which app (ie I just tested it in Chrome).
  - wlesieutre 6y ago
    Cmd+Tab and select the program you hid. Hold cmd and keep hitting tab if you need to cycle through multiple things, but if you've just done it the hidden app should be the first one.
  - chrisweekly 6y ago
    Thabks for the suggestion, but IME cmd+tabbing till the hidden app is selected, then releasing (ie, standard cmd+tab ux) does precisely nothing. Hence the question.
    - wlesieutre 6y ago
      Not sure what to tell you then, since I've never had it not work. If you tap the command quickly it should happen immediately without even bringing up the app switcher, and if you hold cmd and tab through the app switcher it does the same thing when you let go: https://streamable.com/pn8rjb https://streamable.com/pn8rjb Video recorded on Big Sur beta, but I'm sure this behavior isn't new.
    - wlesieutre 6y ago
      Another thought - if you meant to ask how to restore a window after minimizing it to the dock with cmd-M (rather than hiding the app with cmd-H), there's an even less well known shortcut: Open the command-tab switcher, select the app you want, then hold down option and release command. Doesn't handle multiple windows gracefully (if the app has another window not minimized it won't do anything, just switch to that window as normal). But if you have an app with a single window and you've minimized it, this will pop it back up. Alternatively, you can access the whole dock directly with a keyboard shortcut using ctrl-F3 (add Fn if needed depending on your keyboard setup).
egypturnash 6y ago
I hate “open in new window” on iOS so much, I turned off multiwindowing because every way to close the window felt incredibly awkward. I still have the “open in new window” item there when I long-press a link. It now does absolutely nothing if I hit it by accident. Which feels inelegant but is a lot better than “oh fuck I just made another goddamn new window when I wanted a new tab”.

tonyedgecombe 6y ago

Cmd-M or Cmd-W to close it. Or click that little orange button in the top left corner to minimise it or the red one to close it.

Chlorus 6y ago
He's referring to the mobile version of Safari, which for some reason labels 'open in new tab' as 'open in background'. If you hit 'open in new window' by mistake you end up with a split screen view that can't be swiped away with a gesture; you have to long-press the tab icon to tell it to merge the tabs in the new window together with the old one.

wlesieutre 6y ago

Safari does have a minimize button. It's the yellow one that sends it down to the dock, and is present on every single window on macOS that I can find. Even the mini-UI palette windows like "Safari User Guide" have a mini version of the same three window controls. But if you're trying to close a window that you didn't want to open, you probably want the red button not the yellow one. If what you're trying to do is move a page from its own window to another window, you can drag its tab. But that's not possible if you have "Show tab bar" disabled in the view menu, the tab bar will be hidden for windows with a single tab. Alternate workaround if you find yourself accidentally opening things in a new window by accident frequently: instead of right clicking and picking from the menu, command-click on the link to open it in a new tab. If you have a 3-button mouse, middle click will do this as well.

chrisweekly 6y ago
How do you reverse the effects of "Cmd+H" without resorting to the mouse or trackpad?
- adanto6840 6y ago
  "CMD + Tab" seems to reverse it just fine for me regardless of which app (ie I just tested it in Chrome).
- wlesieutre 6y ago
  Cmd+Tab and select the program you hid. Hold cmd and keep hitting tab if you need to cycle through multiple things, but if you've just done it the hidden app should be the first one.
- chrisweekly 6y ago
  Thabks for the suggestion, but IME cmd+tabbing till the hidden app is selected, then releasing (ie, standard cmd+tab ux) does precisely nothing. Hence the question.
  - wlesieutre 6y ago
    Not sure what to tell you then, since I've never had it not work. If you tap the command quickly it should happen immediately without even bringing up the app switcher, and if you hold cmd and tab through the app switcher it does the same thing when you let go: https://streamable.com/pn8rjb https://streamable.com/pn8rjb Video recorded on Big Sur beta, but I'm sure this behavior isn't new.
  - wlesieutre 6y ago
    Another thought - if you meant to ask how to restore a window after minimizing it to the dock with cmd-M (rather than hiding the app with cmd-H), there's an even less well known shortcut: Open the command-tab switcher, select the app you want, then hold down option and release command. Doesn't handle multiple windows gracefully (if the app has another window not minimized it won't do anything, just switch to that window as normal). But if you have an app with a single window and you've minimized it, this will pop it back up. Alternatively, you can access the whole dock directly with a keyboard shortcut using ctrl-F3 (add Fn if needed depending on your keyboard setup).

egypturnash 6y ago

I hate “open in new window” on iOS so much, I turned off multiwindowing because every way to close the window felt incredibly awkward. I still have the “open in new window” item there when I long-press a link. It now does absolutely nothing if I hit it by accident. Which feels inelegant but is a lot better than “oh fuck I just made another goddamn new window when I wanted a new tab”.