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How is ⌘` buggy?

by __david__ 12y ago

How is ⌘` buggy?

Synaesthesia 12y ago
It would be nice to be able to switch between full screen windows with the keyboard.
- statusgraph 12y ago
  Ctrl + left or right arrow
rsync 12y ago
I don't know which of the two are "buggy", but command-tab and command-tidle have different behaviors: command-tab will let you toggle back and forth between last two apps - sort of a classic alt-tab behavior from Windows and various UNIX WMs. command-tilde goes through your windows in a stack, in one direction, and you have to modify it with shift to go a different way. Further, if you destroy a window after command-tilde to get to it, suddenly the direction gets reversed, and you will then command-tilde back the other direction. So ... one of these is "wrong". I'll leave it to you to decide which. From my perspective, the ability to rapidly switch back and forth between two windows of the same application is valuable, and I hate having to modify it with shift as I go back and forth...
- ics 12y ago
  In a comment above you said that you're still using Snow Leopard on at least one machine and I can't recall if it works there (though I don't remember the last time this feature changed and I've been using since 10.1)... Command-Shift-` will reverse the order Command-Tab will flip back and forth unless you exceed the delay while still holding command, at which point you can cycle through the stack. Holding shift reverses the direction. That being said, I agree that swapping back and forth in between windows of the same app is very useful and it's a pity that the two features aren't made to work in the same way. I'd like to do a quick Command-` to toggle two windows, or hold it down to see the list of windows for the current app.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
  Thanks for putting your finger on that niggling feeling I've always had that command-tilde isn't quite right. The really obvious difference, of course, is that command-tab gives you a nice preview of what you're about to switch to, helping you make the decision in the first place. command-tilde just dumps you somewhere else and hopes you're not too upset with where you end up.

How is ⌘` buggy?

Synaesthesia 12y ago

It would be nice to be able to switch between full screen windows with the keyboard.

statusgraph 12y ago
Ctrl + left or right arrow

rsync 12y ago

I don't know which of the two are "buggy", but command-tab and command-tidle have different behaviors: command-tab will let you toggle back and forth between last two apps - sort of a classic alt-tab behavior from Windows and various UNIX WMs. command-tilde goes through your windows in a stack, in one direction, and you have to modify it with shift to go a different way. Further, if you destroy a window after command-tilde to get to it, suddenly the direction gets reversed, and you will then command-tilde back the other direction. So ... one of these is "wrong". I'll leave it to you to decide which. From my perspective, the ability to rapidly switch back and forth between two windows of the same application is valuable, and I hate having to modify it with shift as I go back and forth...

ics 12y ago
In a comment above you said that you're still using Snow Leopard on at least one machine and I can't recall if it works there (though I don't remember the last time this feature changed and I've been using since 10.1)... Command-Shift-` will reverse the order Command-Tab will flip back and forth unless you exceed the delay while still holding command, at which point you can cycle through the stack. Holding shift reverses the direction. That being said, I agree that swapping back and forth in between windows of the same app is very useful and it's a pity that the two features aren't made to work in the same way. I'd like to do a quick Command-` to toggle two windows, or hold it down to see the list of windows for the current app.
oneeyedpigeon 12y ago
Thanks for putting your finger on that niggling feeling I've always had that command-tilde isn't quite right. The really obvious difference, of course, is that command-tab gives you a nice preview of what you're about to switch to, helping you make the decision in the first place. command-tilde just dumps you somewhere else and hopes you're not too upset with where you end up.