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rcmd looks cool. Good work. I use Windows + Number to go to the same apps, your idea of letters is a definitive improvement.

alin23 3y ago
Thanks! That's where I got rcmd's inspiration from, I was previously a Windows power user and sorely missed the WinKey+number hotkey.
- criley2 3y ago
  As a windows power user using OSX for work, does your tool allow you to cycle through open windows by repeating the button? While I do love cmd+` for window switching in OSX, I still prefer Win+#### (repeated taps of the same number like Win+1,1,1) to cycle through my chrome windows in a known order. (So Win+1,1 always opens my second chrome window). Also for anyone else in this situation, is there a way to click on an app in the OSX dock and have it not surface every single window all at once? 2 years of OSX and I still struggle when all 6 chrome windows are surfaced and drown out my perfectly arranged other work.
  - alin23 3y ago
    By default it doesn't do that, because window focusing needs special privileges that App Store apps don't have. There is an addon thing that you can install by clicking on the Switcher button and scrolling all the way to the bottom to find the Install experimental window switching button. After that is installed, a new "Cycle Windows" button will appear: https://shots.panaitiu.com/klbRwgTG https://shots.panaitiu.com/klbRwgTG The addon will also assign the Right Option key for focusing specific windows of the focused app, by letter: https://shots.panaitiu.com/j9cgRP9C https://shots.panaitiu.com/j9cgRP9C
jtha 3y ago
I've been using a simple home-made Autohotkey script for years (decade?) to do it more like rmcd is doing. Here's an example for opening Chrome or switching to it if it's open. If there is more than one Chrome window open it cycles between them by minimizing the current one, then opening the next one etc. SetTitleMatchMode, 2 #c:: IfWinExist, Google Chrome IfWinActive WinMinimize else Winactivate else run,"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" return
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alin23 3y ago

Thanks! That's where I got rcmd's inspiration from, I was previously a Windows power user and sorely missed the WinKey+number hotkey.

criley2 3y ago
As a windows power user using OSX for work, does your tool allow you to cycle through open windows by repeating the button? While I do love cmd+` for window switching in OSX, I still prefer Win+#### (repeated taps of the same number like Win+1,1,1) to cycle through my chrome windows in a known order. (So Win+1,1 always opens my second chrome window). Also for anyone else in this situation, is there a way to click on an app in the OSX dock and have it not surface every single window all at once? 2 years of OSX and I still struggle when all 6 chrome windows are surfaced and drown out my perfectly arranged other work.
- alin23 3y ago
  By default it doesn't do that, because window focusing needs special privileges that App Store apps don't have. There is an addon thing that you can install by clicking on the Switcher button and scrolling all the way to the bottom to find the Install experimental window switching button. After that is installed, a new "Cycle Windows" button will appear: https://shots.panaitiu.com/klbRwgTG https://shots.panaitiu.com/klbRwgTG The addon will also assign the Right Option key for focusing specific windows of the focused app, by letter: https://shots.panaitiu.com/j9cgRP9C https://shots.panaitiu.com/j9cgRP9C

jtha 3y ago

I've been using a simple home-made Autohotkey script for years (decade?) to do it more like rmcd is doing. Here's an example for opening Chrome or switching to it if it's open. If there is more than one Chrome window open it cycles between them by minimizing the current one, then opening the next one etc. SetTitleMatchMode, 2 #c:: IfWinExist, Google Chrome IfWinActive WinMinimize else Winactivate else run,"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" return

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