Ahab the Eskimo

Q: Clicking on app icon on dock

I'm going crazy. I swear I used to be able to click on an the application icon in the dock that is for the currently active application and it would toggle between all of the open windows If that app. Did apple get rid if this amazing and important workflow efficiency feature? For a few years now I've been clicking on it attempting to toggle between open windows and it does nothing, sometimes it may swap one other window, but never all the windows like it used to in 10.6.8.

 

Can somebody please tell me if Apple removed this important feature?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 9, 2016 8:47 AM

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  • by QuickTimeKirk,

    QuickTimeKirk QuickTimeKirk Sep 9, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Ahab the Eskimo
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    Sep 9, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Ahab the Eskimo

    To toggle between open windows in any app you first need to open, or switch to, the app and then use the command and tab keys.

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    Ahab the Eskimo Ahab the Eskimo Sep 9, 2016 9:09 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk
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    Sep 9, 2016 9:09 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

    hmm, I'm not getting this to work. For instance in Firefox tab button does (as expected) tabs though web content within the open window. Tapping command does nothing. Holding down command and hitting tab does that thing where I can tab through currently open apps.

  • by Ahab the Eskimo,

    Ahab the Eskimo Ahab the Eskimo Sep 9, 2016 9:48 AM in response to Ahab the Eskimo
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    Sep 9, 2016 9:48 AM in response to Ahab the Eskimo

    TThe crazy part is that it appears to have absolutely no logic to it anymorE. Clicking on a the firefox icon will bring the first widow in view, then clicked again it might make one window buried behind it appear but still behind the first window, click a third time and it does nothing at all. Whereas if I click on the finder icon it will toggle between 3 of the 8 open finder windows indefinitely.