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Comment by wcarss | Hacker News Reader

Just in case, did you know cmd+tilde will cycle through unminimized windows of the currently active application?

I originally hated Mac alt+tab behavior, but after learning to combine cmd+tab and cmd+tilde, I actually hate going back.

I still dislike a lot of mac UX, and use divvy for keyboard driven window placement, but that one thing became a huge highlight for me.

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Yeah I'm aware but I find it awkward and hard to use when I routinely have a browser and two editors open I have to remember to mentally switch keys to shift between the two sets

It's just not for me

Thank you that's a really useful shortcut to know. I just switched "back" to mac. My last mac being a PowerBook G4.

While I generally like the UI/UX I didn't know about this shortcut and I have been missing it. I started using multiple desktops which works better for me on macOS than on Windows because of the way Alt + Tab works on macOS. But switching between Windows was a bit annoying in clamshell mode without the touchpad. This will be gone once I get used to the shortcut.

Still no way to switch to a window that is minimized. I forget all the time that I have windows minimized, and lose them, then find them days later when I right-click on the dock icon for the app. Every other OS lets you task switch through minimized windows. Feels like Apple hasn't touched the dock in about 20 years.

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