Un-minimize window on application switch

Jun 15, '10 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: minimalmadsen

Are you used to hiding windows instead of minimizing them because Command+Tab switching to an application does not bring up the document window?

When searching for a solution to this the only things that came up were applications like LiteSwitch and Witch. A bit of the functionality is also available in the built-in application switcher, but it's well hidden.

When you are cycling applications with Command+Tab, find the application you want to activate and press Option, then release the Command key and the window will un-minimize. Maybe there's a way for this to become default behavior by doing a defaults write command in Terminal, but I don't know how.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. It seemed to only open the most recently minimized window if there were several. There is an earlier hint about modifier keys, but it doesn't mention this function.]

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