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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
by 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 agoHow 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 agoCmd+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 agoThabks 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 agoNot 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 agoAnother 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).
- chrisweekly 6y ago"command-tab switcher, select the app you want, then hold down option and release command" bingo! thanks! :)
- CodeWriter23 6y agoYep that works for macOS. Not iPadOS.
- wlesieutre 6y agoAh, yes, iPad Safari has the same problem but no option to show the tab bar with a single tab. If you hit the "show tabs" button in the corner you can drag it back from one Safari instance to the other, but it'll open up a new empty tab to replace it. You have to take the other copy of Safari back to full screen (to separate it from the new copy) and then use the app switcher to kill the accidental one. I don't love this either, it's my biggest complaint about iPad's multitasking system.
- captainredbeard 6y agoThe thread you are replying to involves macOS.