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Send window to background? (Z-order)
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I very much like a tip/application which somehow allows me to send windows to the background.
That is, not minimizing or anything, the window should remain in place, it's just that all other overlapping windows should appear on top of it.
Is there such a feature or an application which has such a feature?
I'm an old BeOS user, and I miss the feature from it dearly. It really increased the speed of working with multiple windows.
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Not a bad idea. I don't think you can do this in OS X, I'm not aware of any app that does this. You can cycle windows (as you probably know) with command-` and cycle backwards with command-shift-`
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Originally Posted by Apfhex
Not a bad idea. I don't think you can do this in OS X, I'm not aware of any app that does this. You can cycle windows (as you probably know) with command-` and cycle backwards with command-shift-`
Thanks for the tip, but it seems that it's something else on Swedish keyboards.
Originally Posted by msuper69
Exposé. Press F9.
Not what I'm asking for.
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You could write an applescript to do this fairly easily i think.
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You can't eat all those hamburgers, you hear me you ridiculous man?
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Thanks for the tip! I'll read up on Applescript.
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Yep an applescript should work - and then you can add it to your finder toolbar so you have it there as a icon to click.
(expose would be much faster tho.. i know i know, its not what you want  )
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I free'd my mind... now it won't come back.
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Originally Posted by eobet
Thanks for the tip, but it seems that it's something else on Swedish keyboards.
Try Apple-< and Apple-shift-<, respectively.
Regarding the solution you're looking for, I'm interested in hearing the original problem (from a usability pov). Do the windows generally belong to the same app? Typically, how many windows? What kind of work do you do?
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2000
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Originally Posted by eobet
Thanks for the tip, but it seems that it's something else on Swedish keyboards.
It is, but I can't remember what it is. You can check for yourself in the Full Keyboard Control settings in System Preferences.
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