Command clicking dock icons

[tech4all]

Ok I just noticed something that may or may not be known. But if you Command click an icon in the Dock a Finder windows comes up with that applications icon selected in the Applications window (or it's own folder in the Applications folder.

Is this a well-known thing? If so this is new to me 😀

BTW: This on Panther (maybe it works with Tiger to?).

 

[wrc fan]

I believe this feature has been in Mac OS X from the beginning. At least I think I remember doing it accidentally in the Public Beta.

 

[Diatribe]

And if you alt-click on a dock item it brings it up and hides all others.

 

[tech4all]

That's kinda neat, gotta love all these lil tricks!

 

[Doctor Q]

And if you alt-click on a dock item it brings it up and hides all others.

Command-click is short for control-click -> Show in Finder.

Option-click (aka alt-click) is a little more complicated:

1. If the application you option-click is visible and frontmost, it is hidden.

2. If the application you option-click is visible but not frontmost, the frontmost application is hidden and the one you clicked is made frontmost.

3. If the application you option-click is hidden, the frontmost application is hidden and the one you clicked is restored.

If you keep option-clicking it in the dock, the Finder will perform step 2 or 3 if appropriate, followed by step 1, step 3, step 1, step 3, step 1, step 3 repeatedly until eventually the target application is the only one visible.

 

[Diatribe]

Command-click is short for control-click -> Show in Finder.

Option-click (aka alt-click) is a little more complicated:

1. If the application you option-click is visible and frontmost, it is hidden.

2. If the application you option-click is visible but not frontmost, the frontmost application is hidden and the one you clicked is made frontmost.

3. If the application you option-click is hidden, the frontmost application is hidden and the one you clicked is restored.

If you keep option-clicking it in the dock, the Finder will perform step 2 or 3 if appropriate, followed by step 1, step 3, step 1, step 3, step 1, step 3 repeatedly until eventually the target application is the only one visible.

Neat. Who ever thinks about clicking stuff more often? Thanks for pointing that out.