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Keyboard switching between full screen application windows

If I have two windows of an application and open them in full screen, neither the CMD+TAB nor CMD+` switch between them.


How can I switch effectively between applications using the keyboard, without having to scroll through the list of desktops/full screen applications?


Thanks in advance


MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 7:27 AM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2020 7:56 AM

Thanks, I appreciate your reply, but unfortunately none of those give a solution to the problem:


  • Various answers regarding keyboard shortcuts for scrolling through spaces; this is cumbersome, slow and exactly what I'm trying to avoid.
  • "Mission Control -> When switch to an application, switch to space" doesn't address multiple windows for a given app
  • Apptivate tags per app, which doesn't help with multiple windows


I would like an option that's effectively "Treat all windows as separate apps, including full-screen apps" and I find it hard to understand why some accommodation isn't made for keyboard navigation between all open application window instances...


The spaces changing animation is too slow when I want to be switching between applications frequently.


If I use mission control (which is also cumbersome when I want to keep my hands on the keyboard) the shortened titles of a number of app windows are unfortunately too similar to be functionally useful...


Any further suggestions welcome, considering third-party applications as well as this is quite an irritation for me.



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Jan 9, 2020 7:56 AM in response to MrHoffman

Thanks, I appreciate your reply, but unfortunately none of those give a solution to the problem:


  • Various answers regarding keyboard shortcuts for scrolling through spaces; this is cumbersome, slow and exactly what I'm trying to avoid.
  • "Mission Control -> When switch to an application, switch to space" doesn't address multiple windows for a given app
  • Apptivate tags per app, which doesn't help with multiple windows


I would like an option that's effectively "Treat all windows as separate apps, including full-screen apps" and I find it hard to understand why some accommodation isn't made for keyboard navigation between all open application window instances...


The spaces changing animation is too slow when I want to be switching between applications frequently.


If I use mission control (which is also cumbersome when I want to keep my hands on the keyboard) the shortened titles of a number of app windows are unfortunately too similar to be functionally useful...


Any further suggestions welcome, considering third-party applications as well as this is quite an irritation for me.



Jan 9, 2020 8:02 AM in response to MrLiZaRd123

Four finger swipe left and right moves between full screen apps


Also four finger swipe down Exposé shows all open windows for that application:




>System Preferences>Trackpad to make modifications/see Gestures /demos & actions


How to use the Force Touch trackpad - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204352



Change Trackpad preferences on Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-trackpad-preferences-mchlp1226/mac


Use Multi-Touch gestures on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204895


Use trackpad and mouse gestures on Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-trackpad-and-mouse-gestures-mh35869/mac

Jan 9, 2020 8:00 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thanks for your reply.


Unfortunately it is too slow for me and requires moving a hand from the keyboard.


I don't want to view every app between the one I am in and the one I wish to reach... it's exactly that I'm trying to avoid having to do; it's the same at the keyboard shortcut to change them but with the added time required of moving to/from the trackpad.



Keyboard switching between full screen application windows

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