Getting to Mission Control Space Thumbnails

In my experience, not yet with Tahoe, Mission Control behaves just as you describe.

Control-up arrow invokes the Mission Control view and exposes the applications that are open in a space, but the mouse pointer must be moved into place in the Spaces bar at the top to display the thumbnail view and visualize the contents of those numbered Spaces.

If the mouse pointer is already at the top of the screen when the keystroke or gesture is invoked, then the row of Spaces will display their thumbnail views.

If there is a way to have those Spaces display their thumbnails otherwise, I don't know what that is.

View open windows and spaces in Mission Control on Mac - Apple Support

Digital Gee wrote:

After uploading Tahoe 26.6, I've been having a problem with Mission Control Space Thumbnails above the menu bar. Control Up Arrow shows spaces, but only with numbered boxes. If I want to SEE the thumbnail, I have to scroll up and place my cursor in the boxes. Then I can see them. In the past, control up arrow would immediately display the thumbnails without any further action on my part.

Is there a fix, am I going crazy, or is this some kind of bug?

I suspect this is a n editorial error 26.6

Seems like a bug

The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.2

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

To be proactive you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

See some options here— search Mission Control

Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support

I use a trackpad 4 finger swipe up— first thing I see is: second thing I see when I move my mouse to the top

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Only Multiple Desktops get numbered, ex

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Your pics display exactly what i experience always with Mission Control using a trackpad and keyboard shortcuts.