Keyboard Shortcut to Maximise Window??

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Keyboard Shortcut to Maximise Window??

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So I can Command - W and Command -M to close and minimise windows, what's the keyboard shortcut to maximise the size of the window I am in.

Aiming my mouse pointer at the little green glog in the top left hand corner of the front window is getting tedious!!

Wife's new iMac has 10.4.2 and I was kinda hoping that there might be a combination of keys that'd do the trick.

Posted on Sep 3, 2005 9:44 AM

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Answer 1

iBod

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Sep 3, 2005 11:57 AM in response to David Entermann

Hi David,

System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> [+]

Add a shortcut for 'Zoom' using whatever key combo you prefer. For the application to pick up the change you will have to restart it if it is alreay running.

Hope that helps.

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Answer 2

ds store

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Sep 3, 2005 12:58 PM in response to David Entermann

To zoom Safari winows to full screen, check out this page and scroll to the bottom, read the rather easy instructions to add the dots to your bookmarks bar.

http://www.apple.com/applescript/safari/bookmarks.html

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Answer 3

Sep 5, 2005 1:47 AM in response to David Entermann

Thanks to both of you!

Pity command - M wasn't good for one's choice of either zoom or minimize via a preference somewhere. I seldom minimize, often hide and frequently go looking for my mouse so I can click the little grren button!

These tips should 'minimize' my frustrations!

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Answer 4

Oct 16, 2005 11:06 PM in response to David Entermann

I'm a tad perplexed, I don't mind using the Green Dot, but it isn't consistent. 😟 Arggh! If I understand this correctly, holding Option, while clicking the green dot, should maximize the window.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61474

It doesn't produce what I want though. In iTunes it maximizes the screen horizontally, not vertically. In Hwlp Viewer it works. Safari maximizes vertically, not horizontally! Isn't there something that will maximize both directions for all apps?

Thanks,
Aaron R>

PS - This has got to be one of my most annoying conversion issues when going from a Windows platform.

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