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    How to cycle through windows in the same program?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by StrongerThanAll, Mar 18, 2009.

  1. StrongerThanAll

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    Is there a way to cycle through windows in the same program?
    for example, i have two safari windows open, and i want to change windows, is there a keyboard shortcut like alt+tab?

    this is one of the most annoying things in OS X that i miss from windows..
     
    StrongerThanAll, Mar 18, 2009
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    nevermind, found the answer

    for those curious: cmd + `/~
     
    StrongerThanAll, Mar 18, 2009
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    hold on, its not working on safari 4.0 Beta.
     
    StrongerThanAll, Mar 18, 2009
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    You mean like a 4 fingers swipe? Or like using expose(fn+F9)?
     
    Lyanowu, Mar 19, 2009
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    No he means switching tabs in ONE SINGLE PROGRAM NAMELY SAFARI

    lol Stronger, you should of said Safari, its different for every program...


    ^ + tab
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    CONTROL + TAB

    I never noticed how ^ (Control) makes me think of SHIFT at first...


    Its under the Window tab...
     
    Beatsiz, Mar 19, 2009
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    Yeah, if you mean cycle through tabs, then that varies based on the app.

    However, if you mean cycling through separate windows that belong to the same application (such as multiple Safari windows or Photoshop documents), then you can use Expose- F9 will show all windows, but F10 will show only the windows that belong to the same app that currently has focus.
     
    blabus, Mar 19, 2009
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    he was right with cmd+~ to switch between different windows in the same application.

    don't know why it isn't working in safari 4, my guess is a beta bug.
     
    RadcomTxx, Mar 19, 2009
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    Control + Tab works for Firefox.
     
    Khris, Mar 20, 2009
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  9. StrongerThanAll

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    yeah, this is what i mean..
    for example, if you have two finder windows open, you can cycle through them with cmd + ~
     
    StrongerThanAll, Mar 20, 2009
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    Cmd + ~ is by convention only used to switch between the same windows of the same program. All versions of Safari respect this. Cmd + Tab is of course to switch between different programs.

    To switch between different tabs in Safari the shortcut is Cmd + Shift + Arrow (left or right). It gets stuck if the cursor is in a form, but otherwise this works in all Safari versions. And personally, I find it's an inconvenient shortcut. Thankfully, Safari 4.0 has introduced Ctrl+Tab to scroll between tabs. Yay.

    Cmd + Tab = switch programs
    Cmd + ~ = switch windows in programs
    Ctrl + Tab = switch tabs in programs

    And of course Expose for true parallel, birds-eye view selection.

    Frankly I find this convention to be a much more organized workflow management scheme then jamming everything into the linear scrolling of Ctrl + Tab or Flip3D in Windows.
     
    ltcommander_data, Mar 21, 2009
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    i agree, but it doesnt work in safari 4.0
     
    StrongerThanAll, Mar 21, 2009
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    You mean Control-Tab doesn't work? It should since it's a new feature. Hard to advertise a new feature that doesn't work. Does Cmd-Shift-Arrow work at least?

    Are you sure the cursor isn't stuck on a form or field? If the webpage has a form or a field, Control-Tab or Cmd-Shift-Arrow won't work.
     
    ltcommander_data, Mar 21, 2009
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    Something may be wrong with your Safari 4.0 install. Both Ctrl+Tab and Cmd+~ work to switch between tabs and windows, respectively, for me. Maybe you should try reinstalling it?
     
    Paul, Mar 22, 2009
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