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I just install rectangle and don't bother with mac's weird window mgmt. I install powertoys on Windows but I wouldn't say its required compared to osx. Windows

I just install rectangle and don't bother with mac's weird window mgmt. I install powertoys on Windows but I wouldn't say its required compared to osx. Windows by default groups windows of the same app in the task bar, isn't this what you're asking for? I can still access the other windows of the same app by clicking or using keybinds (win+number). On osx if a settings window is behind the main window I need to press some keybind to cycle through windows or go into the menu to get it on top again.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago
The problem is that in Windows, the taskbar is the only place where there’s any kind of grouping. This greatly limits what you can do with windows belonging to an application. You can’t hide, minimize, or restore all windows belonging to an app for example, and you can’t move all windows belonging to an app to a different virtual desktop, either, all of which macOS is capable of. The per-app grouping also enables OS-provided tabbing for apps that want it, giving you browser-style tabs in non-browser apps with the ability to merge all windows into a single tabbed window. The Win+number key shortcut for cycling through app windows is better than nothing, but falls short in that it’s only reasonable to remember the shortcut for apps pinned to your taskbar, since non-pinned apps will shift around, it’s limited 10 apps, and is awkward to use for numbers in the middle. Command-` doesn’t have these issues. For closing inactive windows, if its corner is peeking out is behind your other windows, you can hold down Option and click the close button to close it without bringing it forward. This isn’t very helpful for users who keep their windows tightly tiled and is more aligned with the style that the Mac desktop has always been developed around, which is to let windows pile up organically and be sized to fit their content rather than keeping every pixel of the screen filled at all times.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago

The problem is that in Windows, the taskbar is the only place where there’s any kind of grouping. This greatly limits what you can do with windows belonging to an application. You can’t hide, minimize, or restore all windows belonging to an app for example, and you can’t move all windows belonging to an app to a different virtual desktop, either, all of which macOS is capable of. The per-app grouping also enables OS-provided tabbing for apps that want it, giving you browser-style tabs in non-browser apps with the ability to merge all windows into a single tabbed window. The Win+number key shortcut for cycling through app windows is better than nothing, but falls short in that it’s only reasonable to remember the shortcut for apps pinned to your taskbar, since non-pinned apps will shift around, it’s limited 10 apps, and is awkward to use for numbers in the middle. Command-` doesn’t have these issues. For closing inactive windows, if its corner is peeking out is behind your other windows, you can hold down Option and click the close button to close it without bringing it forward. This isn’t very helpful for users who keep their windows tightly tiled and is more aligned with the style that the Mac desktop has always been developed around, which is to let windows pile up organically and be sized to fit their content rather than keeping every pixel of the screen filled at all times.