I want to cycle trough the windows of the currently active application on Mac OS X. Some applications respond to Ctrl + Tab but they all seem to do something else. I want to switch between the Entourage mainscreen and the message I am writing for instance. Is there a such a keyword shortcut?
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Command + ` (the ~ key) works with many programs.
4Depends on the application but most of them support:
Command + Shift + [
Command + Shift + ]
for switching between tabs.
2There is a piece of shareware called Witch that emulates Windows alt+tab. It shows all windows in all applications, sorted by application. It costs €9.95.
1It depends on your settings. Default settings depend on your locale.
See System Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts to see what the keys are on your system for e.g. "Move focus to next window in active application"
Thought I'll consolidate the various responses for this:
- To switch focus between windows in the current application, use CMD + ` combination (like multiple ppt files opened)
- To switch between applications use CMD + TAB combination
- To switch between tabs within an application (like Chrome), use CMD + Shift + [ (OR) CMD + Shift + ]
Use CMD + `. It switches focus between windows in the current application. To switch between applications use CMD + TAB.
Not quite the same as Windows' switching between all active windows, but close enough once you get used to the distinction.
Alt+ Shift + TabFor putting in tabs in table boxes to avoid jumping to the next column.
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