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Command-Tab cycles active dock items
Authored by: Marz on Sep 05, '02 02:42:17PM

Something similar just 'happened' over here: Command-Tab enlarges and cycles through the active dock items, really handy! Never noticed this before.



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Somewhat annoying
Authored by: SeanAhern on Sep 05, '02 03:14:22PM

With 10.2, Apple prevented other apps from "rebinding" this. This is really annoying for people who were used to using things like DragThing or Keyboard Maestro to do their application switching. Now we can't use their features without rebinding to a different keystroke.



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Command-Tab cycles active dock items
Authored by: AndreasG on Sep 05, '02 05:09:51PM

...yes, I think this is a new feature of 10.2! And the best thing is: Cmd-Tab always brings you back to last active app. This means, if you have 5 apps open, Cmd-Tab lets you back and forth between the las two of them. That's very handy!

Andreas



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Command-Tab cycles active dock items
Authored by: toddsnc on Sep 05, '02 06:51:29PM

actually this was present in 10.1 as well, at least on English keyboards. What's new is that Cmd-Tab takes you quickly back to the *last* app you were using, as opposed to the top of the list.

The problem remains with this feature that you can only cycle through active *apps*, not windows that have been minimized to the Dock (below the line, as it were). To get to those one must enable Full Keyboard Access and use the (assignable) keystroke combo. Once the dock is open and keyboard focus is on it the arrow keys can be used to get quickly to any icon on the dock.



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Command-Tab cycles active dock items
Authored by: Miga on Sep 05, '02 08:30:54PM

Not exactly, only the last two applications used.
Shift-Cmd-Tab cycles reverse.

And by the way, Cmd-tilde does not work on a French keyboard.



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