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I found out that hitting the Escape key after first hitting Command-Tab will exit from the switch without switching -- useful when you realize that the program you planned to switch to is not actually running and you don't want to move from the current frontmost app.
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10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
command-Q while in the process of selecting an application with command-tab will quit the application whose icon is currently selected, unless the selected application is the Finder.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
Yes, and typing "H" will hide the selected app, but that wasn't the focus of this hint. To the original poster, thanks for the hint, I hadn't thought to hit Esc to get out of a switch.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
Also, if many applications are running, you can use the mouse to select a specific one.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
is there any way to turn off this feature? it always gets in my way when i accidentally hit the mouse or trackpad while switching apps.
Use LiteSwitch in stead ;-D
I like to use LiteSwitch in stead - there is a lot more features!
Just switch and switch back.
Since your fingers are already on the cmd key and the tab key, wouldn't the fastest solution be to let go and switch to any app at all, and then hit cmd-tab again to go back to the previous one that you didn't want to leave?
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
Um...If an app wasn't actually running, it wouldn't show up in the App Switcher list, would it?
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
>Um...If an app wasn't actually running, it wouldn't show up in the App Switcher list, would it?
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
Ah! Got it now. Thanks for the clarification. :)
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
hehheh.. very much like the windows "alt-tab" (the appley key is even in the same place on the keyboard) .. which can also be backed out of by hitting esc while still holding alt (or appleykey on os x)
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
You could, just as in Windows 9x and OS X since at least 10.1, plop your pinky on the Shift key whilst holding that Command key and type Tab again to switch in the opposite direction...
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10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
You can also use the arrow-keys to switch between the apps. Command-tab to show the application switcher, left/right arrow to move the selection. "h" will hide the selected app.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
And if your fingers don't stretch that far...you can then add the SHIFT key into the mix, and it'll cycle backwards through the applications list.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
After you've activated application switching, you can also switch backwards by pressing command-`.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
BTW, Command-period works the same as Command-escape. i.e. it cancels the operation.
10.3: Cancel a command-tab application switch
Also, slightly easier (for me at least) than Cmd+Shift+Tab is Cmd+` |
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