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Q: Command-tab pop-up list of apps switches monitors

The command-tab pop-up list of apps switches monitors sometimes on my two-monitor system. Why? Why doesn't it always appear on the monitor with menubar specified in Displays preference panel? How do I switch it back when it moves to the wrong monitor? Very annoying because I can't figure out why it moves to the other monitor in the first place!  (actually running OS X 10.9.4 -- not Mavericks -- but you don't seem to have a community for OS X 10.9)

Posted on Sep 4, 2014 9:04 AM

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Q: Command-tab pop-up list of apps switches monitors

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  • by Allan Eckert,Helpful

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Sep 4, 2014 9:09 AM in response to RiversidePines
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    Sep 4, 2014 9:09 AM in response to RiversidePines

    The list of apps appears in the monitor which has cursor and is the center of interest

  • by RiversidePines,

    RiversidePines RiversidePines Sep 4, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Sep 4, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Allan Eckert

    That unfortunately doesn't work. I just tried it. For the last couple minutes, the command-tab app list has been appearing on my "main" monitor (the one I selected in Display prefs to have the menu bar). When I click in my "secondary" monitor to highlight its menu bar and then type command-tab, the app list still appears on the main monitor. Doesn't make a difference whether I click on the desktop background or a Finder window or an app window on the secondary monitor, when I hit command-tab the app list still appears on the main monitor. And all of that is OK. I'd like to have the command-tab app list ALWAYS appear on the main window.

     

    The problem is that sometimes the app list switches to the secondary monitor and I don't know why. And after that happens, I can click all I want on the main monitor -- desktop, Finder window, application window -- and the app list still appears on the secondary window when I type command-tab. I'll give up trying to make it switch to the main window and then, at some point, I'll notice that it has switched back to the main window. I can't figure out why it has this behavior, which seems to be random. Or at least I can't figure out what to do to make the pop-up app list return to the main window.

  • by Homich,

    Homich Homich Feb 5, 2015 2:48 PM in response to RiversidePines
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    Feb 5, 2015 2:48 PM in response to RiversidePines

    The Command-Tab popup list appears to which monitor you last used the app dock.  Try it by bringing up the dock on you main monitor then hitting command-tab then try the same with the second monitor.