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How do you reverse the effects of "Cmd+H" without resorting to the mouse or trackpad?
by 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 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! :)