Shortcut for switching between windows (macOS Monterey)

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Shortcut for switching between windows (macOS Monterey)

Hello,

I received my new MacBook last week. On my Old Macbook I could switch between windows of the same App with COMMAND + <>.

Example: I have multiple windows open in firefox (Windows not Tabs). With the shortcut above I used to be able to switch between them. This does not longer work on my new MacBook. Is there a new Shortcut for this action? I tried different things but wasn't able to find anything.

This shortcut used to work for all different apps: All Browsers, Mail, Sticky Notes, ...

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Apr 19, 2022 3:15 AM

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Answer 1

fabrice226 Author

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Apr 20, 2022 3:14 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Unfortunately not on my end.

It only works for country/language where the key has both "accent character" on one key.

(Danish, German, Portuguese, ... they're probably others )

It seems to be a very odd issue.

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Barney-15E

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Apr 19, 2022 7:00 AM in response to fabrice226

Check this article in your language to see if there is another shortcut.

The shortcut is different for many of the keyboard layouts.

For a US Keyboard, it would be the key above the tab key. The actual key symbol is the backtick which is on the £ key on your keyboard.

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Answer 3

Apr 19, 2022 7:06 AM in response to fabrice226

This combination of keys works when using the US layout. As already pointed out, the shortcut is actually Command-`

which depending on your layout may not be easy to get (which layout is it, by the way? I am not recognizing it; it seems to be for a Latin language, given the é, but is not Portuguese, Spanish or French).

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Apr 20, 2022 1:10 AM in response to fabrice226

This may have to do with the fact that the grave key by itself is a “dead key”; it did work most of the time for me though. I will test also with the Portuguese keyboard, where the grave key acts similarly to the French keyboard, and will see if it works there.

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Answer 5

Apr 20, 2022 2:20 AM in response to fabrice226

I have tested a bit more, and I think I have a pretty good idea of what is going on.

In summary, the shortcut works, provided that the active window does not have an editable text.

For example, as I am typing this, I try Command-` in the Portuguese or French keyboard, and it does not work. The effect is to type the accent character.

But if the window does not have an editable text, then it works.

I tested this with a large number of windows in Mail, and it kept working over received e-mail just fine; until it got to a window where I was composing a message. That is when I figured out what is happening.

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