wow! expose continues to amaze me! [Archive]

hob

Nov 9, 2004, 01:47 PM

Wow ... and I thought I'd seen all the Expose tricks already!

That's kinda cool!

I know!! now I can use expose completely without my mouse - something I'd not really explored before - try using cursor keys and enter... you can browse round real fast!

Shame they don't publicise these things (unless I just missed em)

Hob

johnnyjibbs

Nov 9, 2004, 02:19 PM

Wow! I've never noticed this trick either! That's quite useful. Thanks!

tech4all

Nov 9, 2004, 02:23 PM

What is this "trick" with expose you speak of? I can't try it out right now because I'm on a PC right now :mad: :rolleyes: And I don't wanna wait till I get home! :D :p

johnnyjibbs

Nov 9, 2004, 02:41 PM

What is this "trick" with expose you speak of? I can't try it out right now because I'm on a PC right now :mad: :rolleyes: And I don't wanna wait till I get home! :D :p
Just activate "windows of current app" expose by hitting F10 and then click the tab key to alternate between all your current apps while still in F10 expose mode.

So if you have 1 Safari window and 2 iChat windows open, for example, you'll F10 while on iChat and get the two exposed windows, then press tab for it to jump to the Safari window being exposed. You get a neat little zoom effect when the app only has one open window too.

Counterfit

Nov 9, 2004, 02:43 PM

Didn't Steve mention this at WWDC 2003? :confused:

I guess we all forgot about it :D

paulypants

Nov 9, 2004, 02:46 PM

OMG :eek:

Chip NoVaMac

Nov 9, 2004, 02:47 PM

Didn't Steve mention this at WWDC 2003? :confused:

I guess we all forgot about it :D

Some of us need a reminder of the "power" of the Mac.

I like being told (reminded) of this "trick".

tech4all

Nov 9, 2004, 02:55 PM

Just activate "windows of current app" expose by hitting F10 and then click the tab key to alternate between all your current apps while still in F10 expose mode.

So if you have 1 Safari window and 2 iChat windows open, for example, you'll F10 while on iChat and get the two exposed windows, then press tab for it to jump to the Safari window being exposed. You get a neat little zoom effect when the app only has one open window too.

Thanks! Can't wait to get home and try it out! :D

logicat2001

Nov 9, 2004, 03:48 PM

This will work whenever you're looking at either "All Windows" or "Application's Windows" via Exposé.

You can also just hit the back-tick/tilde key to view each single application's windows, in turn.

Best,
Logicat

fradac

Nov 9, 2004, 03:59 PM

if you hold shift down when you hit the expose Keys everything goes in slow motion

i wonder if it would happen even with TAB(after F10) hmm... going to go try that

slooksterPSV

Nov 9, 2004, 04:01 PM

*cries* stupid panther, I want you on my Wallstreet. I want a new laptop just for that reason.

tech4all

Nov 9, 2004, 04:04 PM

if you hold shift down when you hit the expose Keys everything goes in slow motion

i wonder if it would happen even with TAB(after F10) hmm... going to go try that

I actually just found that out yesturday! :D

timnosenzo

Nov 9, 2004, 04:33 PM

Funny, this works if I press F9 or F10 :confused:

Cool trick either way!

slooksterPSV

Nov 9, 2004, 04:35 PM

Doesn't F9 hide all windows? *wishes he had Panther*

krhodus

Nov 9, 2004, 04:35 PM

The shift trick does work when hitting tab. It does this trick in slow motion.

Kevin

hob

Nov 9, 2004, 04:55 PM

The shift trick does work when hitting tab. It does this trick in slow motion.

Kevin

I was trying to get it to work earlier - but I guess I was being stupid, cos I got it to do it now... unless stuff only starts to work if you write it on a forum...

What's that? If you press cmd+shift+eject you get an ipod coming out of your cd drive? You're joking, right? :eek:

dmbmikee

Nov 10, 2004, 02:15 AM

SAAAAAWEEEET:)

DJY

Nov 10, 2004, 02:49 AM

Doesn't F9 hide all windows? *wishes he had Panther*

Nope that is F11!

This is a cool little trick - that I had forgotten about!
And yeah I use F9 alot more then F10!

broken_keyboard

Nov 10, 2004, 03:13 AM

Nope that is F11!

This is a cool little trick - that I had forgotten about!
And yeah I use F9 alot more then F10!

And next year we will have F12 = Dashboard.
Expose for Widgets!

paxtonandrew

Nov 10, 2004, 04:13 AM

And next year we will have F12 = Dashboard.
Expose for Widgets!

I like where Konfabulator's Konsposé's command is. I will set dashboard to F8, because F12 is used from Print Screen off my Windoze days. I woonder how many other 'Easter Eggs' are inside Mac OsX?

BWhaler

Nov 10, 2004, 04:59 AM

Very cool. Apple rocks. No question about it.

hob

Nov 10, 2004, 12:58 PM

so did noone know about this? I feel quite proud of myself!!

Hob

Hemingray

Nov 10, 2004, 01:16 PM

The shift trick does work when hitting tab. It does this trick in slow motion.

Kevin

Holding down shift while hitting F9, F10, or F11 does the exposé tricks in slo-mo.

But if you hit shift while hitting tab, it cycles backwards through the windows by order of apps (just like command+shift+tab).

Either way, I didn't know about using tab with F9 or F10. Very cool! :cool:

decksnap

Nov 10, 2004, 01:30 PM

joepunk

Nov 10, 2004, 02:31 PM

Also, if you hold down the shift key and minimize the window it will travel in show motion towards the dock :D

very nifty tricks to discover all over again.

Thanks

johnnyjibbs

Nov 10, 2004, 02:45 PM

Also, if you hold down the shift key and minimize the window it will travel in show motion towards the dock :D
That's one of Steve Jobs' personal favourites ;)

Dan8302

Nov 10, 2004, 03:12 PM

I noticed this one also, if you hold the open apple, and it tab, it brings up all of the runnig programs so you can switch easy. Everyone probably knew this one but I think it's fun

Flynnstone

Nov 10, 2004, 03:26 PM

If you're bored ...
F10 then Tab, but hold the Tab key down :cool:

Poeben

Nov 10, 2004, 03:49 PM

Hmm, good job Hob. Great to see that people are still finding cool things happening in OS X. This is my new favorite thing, as I use Exposé quite a bit. This is much more exciting than when I tell people that Windows-D will show the desktop :P

flyfish29

Nov 10, 2004, 04:01 PM

Funny, this works if I press F9 or F10 :confused:

Cool trick either way!

F9 shows all open windows and F10 only shows current app windows...but if you only have one apps windows open then it will look the same of course.

JeffTL

Nov 10, 2004, 04:18 PM

...You know, tabbing in exposé just never occured to me. Insanely great!

rickvanr

Nov 10, 2004, 06:22 PM

It seems like a lot of people have the expose features set to F9-F11 or whatever (the default). I don't know about you guys but the first thing I did in Panther was switch expose over to the left side of the keyboard- F1-F3, because that is where key commands and app switcher are done anyway. I wonder why Apple put them where they did. Seems like a bad place.

Educated Guess... Apple placed expose on F9-11 because on laptops the f1-f2 control screen brightness, f3-f5 control sound, f6 is num lock, and f7 is mirror displays...

hob

Nov 10, 2004, 07:18 PM

Educated Guess... Apple placed expose on F9-11 because on laptops the f1-f2 control screen brightness, f3-f5 control sound, f6 is num lock, and f7 is mirror displays...

Yeah, I use an apple laptop 99% of the time (I only used emacs briefly at my old school - they weren't as good as my pb, and the uni i'm at now has no macs...) and keys f1-f7 are filled with other features, and on the 15" most of the F keys have second functions...

Hob

rickvanr

Nov 10, 2004, 07:31 PM

Yeah, I use an apple laptop 99% of the time (I only used emacs briefly at my old school - they weren't as good as my pb, and the uni i'm at now has no macs...) and keys f1-f7 are filled with other features, and on the 15" most of the F keys have second functions...

Hob

exactly, I just wrote out whats on my 15' tibook..

thecow

Nov 10, 2004, 08:19 PM

Also, if you hold down the shift key and minimize the window it will travel in show motion towards the dock :D

very nifty tricks to discover all over again.

ThanksHere's a little trick you can do with that. First, open the terminal and type in "killall Dock" Don't hit enter yet. Open a window and move it so that the terminal is active, but you can still get to the buttons on the window. Hold shift and click minimize. When you want to freeze the window, hit enter in the terminal. You can actually use the window too! The power of OS X!

Mechcozmo

Nov 10, 2004, 09:30 PM

All UI (user interface) actions can make use of the holding Shift trick, BTW.

You can also use the arrow keys to determine what window is selected, then press enter. Voila! Exposé magic!

I have something to go brag about now...

ryan42

Nov 11, 2004, 07:14 AM

also, if you press f9 and then tab, you can switch from All Windows to Current App Only.

arvidvdb

Nov 11, 2004, 08:34 AM

hob

Nov 11, 2004, 08:46 AM

I know you guys all know this is possible, I just want to say hiw terribly handy it's become for me to have f8 f9 and f10 assigned to 3 sreencorners. It takes a bit getting used to, but you'll be mousing like speedy gonzales!
Plus it's a lot of fun seeing pc-people going nuts when they're on my mac, not understanding what the hell is going on with all thes windows flying around :D

Haha yeah, I ended up having to make a guest account with all my trackpad enhancements and hot corners turned off just for that reason!!

Diatribe

Nov 11, 2004, 09:07 AM

I know you guys all know this is possible, I just want to say hiw terribly handy it's become for me to have f8 f9 and f10 assigned to 3 sreencorners. It takes a bit getting used to, but you'll be mousing like speedy gonzales!
Plus it's a lot of fun seeing pc-people going nuts when they're on my mac, not understanding what the hell is going on with all thes windows flying around :D

I only have one corner left after having set desktop to lower left, all windows to upper left and screensaver to upper right. Dashboard will be lower right, so Apple... better not be inventing any other nifty things... I am running out of corners :D

Pedro Estarque

Nov 11, 2004, 10:53 AM

Here's a little trick you can do with that. First, open the terminal and type in "killall Dock" Don't hit enter yet. Open a window and move it so that the terminal is active, but you can still get to the buttons on the window. Hold shift and click minimize. When you want to freeze the window, hit enter in the terminal. You can actually use the window too! The power of OS X!

:eek: :eek: :eek:
The window is totally functional ! I'm writing this on a distorted safari window ( tabbed )

rickvanr

Nov 11, 2004, 11:19 AM

:eek: :eek: :eek:
The window is totally functional ! I'm writing this on a distorted safari window ( tabbed )

wow, thats messed up!

iProbot

Nov 11, 2004, 12:08 PM

so did noone know about this? I feel quite proud of myself!!

I did...... :rolleyes:

thecow

Nov 11, 2004, 04:37 PM

:eek: :eek: :eek:
The window is totally functional ! I'm writing this on a distorted safari window ( tabbed )When I showed that to my pc using friend, he said that he was going to switch to OS X just to do that all day. He was just joking, though. He's a gamer and wouldn't switch because of the delayed and more expensive games for mac.