Just find out how to switch window within the same program in Mac OS X. By default, you press Apple + Tab to switch window for different program (ex: switch from Firefox to Thunder and vise versa).
If you want to switch window within the same program (ex: I have 3 Firefox windows and want to switch among the 3 firefox windows), you can click on Window -> Select the Window name you want.
If you want to switch window within the same program using shortcut key, you can press Apple + ` key (` key is just located on top of Tab key).
Just hold Apple key and press ` key to change the application window.
Hi all,
Yes (and no). If my current Firefox window has a Video embedded, e.g. YouTube, I am unable to Command-` to a different Firefox window. If there is no video in the current window, Command-` works just fine.
Ideas on how to get rid of this ‘feature’?
thanks,
Scott
Thanks a million – it makes life really easy for me. I was looking for it since last two months and was planning to change my Mac with a PC just because of this switching reason
– you made my day.
Thanks!
HAHA! I feel like such a newbie! It suddenly dawned on me that when it says “double-click the shortcut”, it probably means the shortcut itself, and of course it does, silly me.
I think I’ve experienced a similar problem, hildi; when I double-click the shortcut in order to customize it, nothing happens at all.
My solution: select your shortcut of interest (e.g. “Move focus to next window …”) by clicking on it once, then hit “Return” (or “Enter” if you like), and voilà the customization box appears, and then all you need to do is to hold down your preferred new shortcut (e.g. Cmd+$ or Cmd+<).
I don't know if I can explain why your command jumps to "Application Shortcuts", but I know this is what happens if you press the add-button (i.e. the "+" immediately below the right column). I can't tell from what you are writing if what you've done in order to change the shortcut is anything similar to this, but it's my best guess based on your screenshot…
And when it comes to my double-clicking not working in this very particular instance, I have no clue. I could imagine that there are people out there with a sensible explanation.
(the link is a photo of how this looks on my screen – not spam :þ)
Hmm, tried Nikolai’s solution but it doesn’t seem to work at all – the command jumps to Application shortcuts and I don’t get the box to activate it. Got an Icelandic keyboard and OS 10.6
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hildigunnur/4684569463/
Any ideas why this wouldn’t work?
Thanks a bunch. This works on my mb pro.
Hm, this does not seem to work in Apple Mail (under Snow Leopard). Works in all other programs though, including Finder.
Anyone having the same problem?? Ideas?
Thank you so much!!! This was the one of only two things, I was pissed off at. The second the delete button, there you have to use a buggy addon, who crashes my mac.
Anyone know how to switch between windows across all open applications? It doesn’t make much sense to me to have to first switch to the right application (Cmd + Tab) and then switch to the window I want (Cmd + `).
Thanks!! This is AWESOME
Nikolai’s advice did the trick – and saved me twenty bucks! (I almost bought Witch for this one reason.)
The trick for changing the definition of the “Cycle through windows” is not perfect. I have a US physical keyboard layout and switch between US/Swedish. In US keyboard layout the Window Cycling works with Command+` (top left key, under escape), but when I switch to Swedish I have to press Shift+Option+Command+= (which is the key to the left of “delete”).
I use OS X 10.6.2 and cannot change the default keyboard shortcut. And frankly, I don’t want to change this, I only want to duplicate it and add the Option+< definition for the Swedish layout (yes, this is what the key under escape becomes with US keyboard and Swedish keyboard layout), while still keeping the Option+` for the US layout. This way the switching is done the same no matter which layout is chosen.
Anyone have any ideas?
On a German layout use: ‘Cmd + <' or if you like to call 'Cmd' the 'Apple key': 'Apple key + <'. The '<' key is on the right of 'left shift' and left of 'y'.
Have fun
I just recently bought a MacBook. The shortkey combination can be found in System Preferences-Hardware-Keyboard-Keyboard & Text Input-KeyboardShortcut. Like to switch between program: fn+control+F4; switch within same program: command+`
Was a great help. Thank you!!
Thank You. I have always meant to search for this shortcut and finally did. The answer was simple. I could have saved so much time of the past years! Happy to have it now. THANK YOU
Dude, this is the most useful blogpost I’ve found for the past many weeks – thanks a bunch!
Although the Cmd + ` didn’t work in my case (Danish keyboard setup is somewhat screwed), I follow Nikolai’s advice and changed it in the System Preferences to Cmd + $ so it’s right next to (over) Cmd + Tab – perfect!
So far this is the only shortcut key i know to switch window.
however, some application (like firefox) allow u to use Apple + #number to switch internal window or tab.
eg. Apple + 1, Apple + 2
How do you go back to the way it was before? Is there a shortcut code for that?
For those who have problems because of an other than US keyboard layout, you can always change this shortcut in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Keyboard & Text Input -> “Move focus to next window in application” to what ever you want !
I have been searching for this for months! Finally got the right search string to find you, I guess.
Thank you SO MUCH; I knew there had to be one out there, but I kept looking in Add-Ons.
Awesome! I have been looking for this for years! Not really searching that hard until today. Thank you!!!!!
I use two keyboard layouts, Swedish and English for writing mails and programming respectively. (The Swedish keyboard layout is an insult for anybody using [, ], { or } characters more frquently than letters, so I switch between layouts with Cmd-Space.) With US layout, the ` or ~ key is the key that says (the Swedish characters are printed on the keys). The funny thing is that in Swedish mode, the Cmd-` works! So I just had to try typing the equivalent of < key in US mode, and that worked! The mac has got this completely backwards.
This doesn’t work at all! All I get is a very, *very* annoying loud beep when I do this. If I have speakers attached it comes out through them at full blast. Ouch!
this works on every program but preview, does anybody know what’s the combination of keys for that?
Thanks!!
It works for me with Apple key + ^ key (right to the P). I have a mac book air with spanish keyboard.
I hope it would help.
Regards.
Thanks buddy but that didn’t really help me, since it’s a macbook pro I am on and the key right above the Tab key is a $.
I tried with the respective ´ and ‘ and `keys and none of them worked…
any idea?
Thanks in advance
God bless you for posting this! I’ve been working a lot in Firefox and getting really, really frustrated with having to use my mouse.
Great! I have been looking for this info for weeks. I have had a MacBook for a year, but I have not learned all the shortcuts yet. I was happy to have learned the Apple-tab shortcut last year. I never really liked Windows (TM). You rock.