How to switch between panels of same app on mac? command tab will switch between panels of different apps. is there a shortcut to do so when having more than one panel for the same app? (e.g.: switching between 3 documents opened using Preview app)

I am using a Swedish keyboard and did this to fix the issue. Should work on other non-US keyboards, too!

There IS a shortcut to switch between windows, however - the assigned shortcut did not work, so I decided to change the shortcut instead. Believe me, it is easier than it sounds 😀 This is how it goes:

• Open "System Preferences" (the grey icon) from the program menu on the bottom of your screen -> click "View all" -> Keyboard
• Open Shortcuts-tab once the Keyboard is open. You should be presented with a list of shortcuts.
• Click on the "Keyboard" again on the left side of the window (Mac tends to open "Mission Control" as a default)
• You should see another list of shortcuts. Choose "Move focus to another Window" from that list and click on the assigned shortcut of that line in the end - it will allow you to type now
• Type in your preferred shortcut. My recommendation: just retype the one there is and do that by holding down your Apple (CMD) button and clicking ~ tilde (the key above tab key on your keyboard, has a paragraph symbol on it in the Swedish keyboard - it's left from the 1 key on your keyboard). You should now see ⌘ˇ there, just as before - but this time it'll actually work!).
• You can close the system preferences and try it out

Now you have a situation where you can hold down the CMD/Apple key and click tab to switch between programs, and you can also switch between active windows within a program just by clicking CMD and the "paragraph" key just above the tab-key).

Alternatively, you can choose a shortcut that works for you - I find it faster to work with if switching between programs and switching within programs are close together on my keyboard (tab and ~ are on top of each other).

Hope it solves the issue for at least some of you 🙂

Try CMD - '<' for the German keyboard layout or look up what is defined under System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and select "Keyboard" in list on the left, then look for "Move focus to next window".

Hi guys! Im currently using OS X Yosemite and the COMMAND+` didn't work for me either but try using CONTROL+TAB to move between panels within the same app because this worked for me. I hope this helps ;-)

There's no shortcut to do what you want to do.

However, you can enable Exposé to show all the windows of an app with a hot corner or trackpad gesture.

To enable it as a hot corner, open System Preferences > Mission Control > Hot Corners, select one of the corners and choose "Application Windows". Then, move the cursor to the selected corner to show all windows of the app.

You can also use a trackpad gesture. Open System Preferences > Trackpad > More Gestures, and mark "App Exposé".

This ain't work with multiple windows in Mavericks.

For example, I have Firefox on main screen and Firebug opened in different window on second screen.

When I switch by [cmd+tab] to other app in other space on main screen, then I want to switch back to Firefox, press [cmd+tab] and... OSX focuses me on Firebug window on second screen! And [cmd + tilda] doesn't work, if app's windows on different spaces.

Now, to open main Firefox window, I must use trackpad, must open Mission Control, then select my main space, then again switch to Firefox by [cmd+tab]. It's annoying.

Please, fix!

Hi,

I noticed that this did not work when one of my windows was minimized, however once I made sure to keep both full screen [command]+[`] worked

For example, open iTunes, open a second window for a playlist, and then it should work, but if you click the yellow button on one of the two iTunes windows it will not work.

You have the real answer here, not the other with the [Key above tab], as this is not correct for anyone.

Appreciate it a lot my man. I've been wanting this for years, but gave up after a few months, because though mac wouldn't allow this.

In Maverics I used ⌘+`. After upgrade to Yosemite it stops working. It was not working in El Captain too. The solution for me was to redefine the shortcut in System preferences/Keyboard/Shortcuts/Keyboard/Move focus to next window to the same shortcut and it works now.

Awesome response. I'm a PC user with his first Mac. There are so many things I can do on PC that just don't translate to Mac, and to make it harder, I've got a non-standard keyboard.

Thank you for your elegant solution.

holy sh*t this changes everything.

This shortcut not working anymore.....

Awesome!

this working on yosemite ! oh my god you define new ways i interact with my mac !

command + `

Please help... I'm using a 10.10.2 Yosemite & a (Swiss)German keyboard. The shortcuts mentioned above don't work 😟
Thank you!