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I often use the Cmd+Tab shortcut to switch between different applications (for example: Xcode and Google Chrome), but is there a shortcut to switch between different windows of the same application (for example, from one window in Google Chrome, to another)?
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The default shortcut is Cmd` (that's a backtick).
You can always change that shortcut if the given one does not work out for you. Go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts.
Here, assign a custom combination to
This will allow you to toggle between the open windows of any application.
Note
Cmd` works only if all windows are on the same workspace (comment @thias)
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This is what I found on my default US english keyboard setting.
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So I have found that sometimes certain applications do not want to cycle through the different open windows using Cmd+Tab or Cmd+' - VMware is one example, especially when one of the windows has been minimized to the dock. So what I have found is using expose to view all windows helps - there is a mouse gesture for this which is a four finger clinch I think - or F3.
Then you can select which window you want to view.
Hope this helps!
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I'm on Mavericks and I was looking for a keyboard shortcut to quickly switch between tabs in Chrome. Cmd +` didn't work for me, although I made sure it was correctly setup in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts. What I found is that Ctrl + Tab works! So for me it's Cmd + Tab to switch between applications, and Ctrl + Tab to switch between the same application's windows, try this if other suggested solutions don't work.
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On my Macbook Air, with OSX Lion, to switch application windows:
press
CMD+FN+F6
Funnily enough, the option 'Move focus to next window in application' has gone from System Prefs → Keyboard → Keyboard and text input.I just played around with various keys until I found the right one!
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Press^ + ↑to show all open applications
Press^ + ↓to show all open instances of the current applciation
(it's not perfect but I found this better than the cmd + ` way, also if you have apps open full screen use ^ + left or right)
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I believe
command + option + ` change the tab between one app windows
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My OS is Mac.
I have opened several projects in AndroidStudio, sometimes I wanted to switch between the projects to choose a project, is there any keyboard shortcuts to do it just like 'command/ctrl + tab' ?
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Use Cmd + ` (Cmd + Backtick). It switches between all the projects that are open on Android Studio.
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I'm not familiar with the Mac version of Android Studio, but the standard key combo for switching between windows within an app on the Mac is cmd-` (cmd-backtick) unless the app maps that to something else.
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In Android studio command to switch between diffrent project windows (i.e. windows those are not minimised) is as following :
You can add your preferable shortcuts in Android studio -> Preference -> Keymap
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⌘` is the default shortcut. But since I have Android Studio 3 installed it doesn't work anymore. I solved this by replacing it through ⌘^ which is the same key combination.
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On a MacBook Pro keyboard getting the backtick requires pressing Shift so stock shortcut doesn't work (Studio 3).
But you can remap it to use the 'tick' instead : ´So it becomes ⌘ + ´ for next projectand ⌘ + shift + ´ for previous project (equivalent of ⌘ + `)
That is probably what the designer had in mind.A forward tilted tick to indicate a forward navigation and thebacktick symbolizing 'backwards'.
See Android Studio -> Preferences -> Keymap -> Main Menu -> Window
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Reader David Utts has recently emigrated from the Land of Windows and poses a question about Macintosh windows management. He writes:
I have a hard time moving between open Microsoft Word documents on my new Mac. In the Windows environment I am used to going between open documents with a keyboard command. Can you offer any suggestions for more easily switching between documents?
Sure. Start by memorizing this keyboard shortcut: Command-` (that’s the Tilde key next to the 1 key at the top of the keyboard). This is a universal Macintosh shortcut for moving through open windows within an application or the Finder. Just hold down the Command key and bang the Tilde key each time you want to move to another open document. Press Shift-Command-` and you’ll move in the opposite direction through those open windows.
Or you can use your mouse. Word lists all open documents in its Window menu. Regrettably, it doesn’t assign keyboard shortcuts to these open documents as does a program like Bare Bones Software’s BBEdit. Still, you’ll find them listed in this menu so feel free to mouse up and choose the one you want.
Or you can click and hold on the Word icon in the Dock. Do so and at the top of the contextual menu that appears you'll see a list of all the open documents. Choose the one you like and it becomes the active document.
Finally, locate the F10 key on your Mac’s keyboard and give it a press (or Fn-F10 on a laptop). This invokes Exposé’s Application Windows function, a handy feature that exposes all of an application’s open documents (except for those you've minimized). To select a different document, just drag the cursor over the window you want. Its name will appear when the cursor moves over it. Let go of F10 and the document you were hovering over will come to the fore.
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This feature is so useful that I’ve assigned my mouse’s scroll button to invoke it. You can make that kind of assignment in the Exposé & Spaces system preference.
I opened two Google Chrome windows (because I am using multiple Gmails) and when I do the Cmd ⌘Tab ⇥ shortcut it just shows me other applications that I opened but does not show me the other Chrome windows that are already opened.
How to switch to the other Google Chrome window that I opened using keyboard shortcut?
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UK Keyboard
[see below for other languages]
Cmd ⌘ `
Cmd ⌘ Shift ⇧ ` to go the other way.
Left of z on a UK keyboard [non-shifted ~ ]
Note: This only works if all windows are in the same Space, not if they are spread over multiple Spaces, which includes fullscreen. To overcome this, use Cmd ⌘Tab as usual and on the icon of the application you want to switch windows in press the down arrow key (with Cmd ⌘ still pressed). Then use left/right keys to navigate to the desired window across spaces and desktops.
You can also achieve this by clicking the app's icon in the Dock - this method will also switch to fullscreen windows, which the other methods will not.
From comments - You can check which key command it is for your language by switching to Finder, then look at the Window menu for 'Cycle through windows'..
BTW, specifically in Chrome & Safari, but no other app I know of on Mac, Cmd ⌘ (number) will select individual tabs on the frontmost window.
It also would appear that Cmd ⌘ ` is yet another of those language-specific shortcuts; so if anyone finds any more variants, please specify for which language & keyboard type.
If anybody finds new combos for different languages, please check Keyboard layout here - Apple KB: How to identify keyboard localizations - & add that as well as which Input Source you use in System Prefs > Keyboard > Input Sources.
Add a keyboard picture from the KB page too, if that would help. That will make it easier for future Googlers.
Further info:
You can change the keys in System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Keyboard.. though it doesn't list the reverse direction, it does still work when you add shift to that new combo. I tested by moving mine from ` (and ~ ) to § (and ± )
You can use the alternative of Ctrl ⌃ F4 [visible in the prefs window above] but that almost indiscriminately marches through every single open window on all Spaces, without switching to the correct Space each time. It's really not too useful unless you use a single Space, just included here for completeness.
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On US keyboard:
Next window: Command ⌘ `
Previous window: Command ⌘Shift `
` is the key on top of Tab key, so it's similar to Command ⌘Tab shortcut.
On other language:
Go to
System Preferences ->Keyboard ->Shortcuts -> on the left menu, select Keyboard -> on the right menu, select Move focus to next window . You can now change the shortcut to which ever key is on top of Tab in your keyboard to work like intended.
Attention:
Doesn't work when window is in full-screen. In that case, you have to use Mission Control shortcuts, e.g. Ctrl ⌃ → and Ctrl ⌃ ←
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Cmd+` of course will work but I do it in different way.
I do the Cmd+tab when i do that, I dont release the Cmd so the opened apps are still visible.While it is visible, I will press ▼.
This way it will show all your opened application with animated displayed so you can navigate using arrow keys.
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I figured out why cmd + ` doesn't work half the time. Your applications can not be in full screen mode, which is kinda silly but I tried it on the Finder window like mentioned above, no problem. Took both chrome windows out of full screen and the shortcut works like a charm.
UPDATE
The best I could come up with is pressing control + left or right on your keypad. It cycles through all your full screen windows, but hey at least it's something.
Also North American keyboard settings, though I don't think that actually matters since the issue, assuming at least, is the app was fullscreen.
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Command+± (the one above tab) does the job.OSX Yosemite 10.en-US language layout
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On a French Canadian Keyboard layout, it's option+cmd+à
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On Slovenian keyboard it's cmd+` which is impossible to click and won't activate on a Slovenian keyboard. The only solution i found it to change the shortcut to cmd+<. How to change the shortcut: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/280221/214825
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Command+` is the way to go on OS X to change between windows of the same application.
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The key combination to switch between app documents in the Spanish keyboard is Cmd+^`[ (the key next to the letter P, which is the actual backtick key in the Spanish keyboard and also prints the '^' and '[' symbols when used in conjunction with Shift and Alt respectively).
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command + number works for me, just make sure that your caps lock is not 'on'. I am using macOS Sierra 10.12
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