switch windows in preview.app

[evileule]

Hello Macrumors forum

I noticed that in the Preview.app (and as far as I know only there) the standard keyboard shortcut for window switching (COMMAND + < on a german keyboard) now hides/shows the toolbar. Is there any way to change it back to the old behaviour? I found nothing online and I can't imagine I'm the only one who uses this A LOT.

 

[bytewise]

I don't have a solution, but I just wanted to say that this is bugging me now as well.

This worked fine before Mavericks. In Mavericks, the new default shortcut to switch to the next window in the foreground application is "CMD+`" (Accent), as can be seen e. g. in the terminal.app menu:

Which is really strange, because in the settings, the old shortcut is still listed, and it is also the default (and it also actually works in terminal.app still):

I think the old shortcuts, > to go to the next window and < to go to the previous window, were a lot more intuitive. Now in Mavericks there is no shortcut to switch the previous window anymore.

See also http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343:

Command-Shift-Accent (`): Activate the previous open window in the frontmost application

Anybody knows a solution?

 

[w0lf]

The answer is quite simple

1: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
2: Click + button
3: Select which app you want this to apply to (or all applications)
4: Follow the instructions
5: Enjoy the ability to remap any and all keyboard shortcuts with ease

 

[chabig]

I recommend you reset the keyboard shortcuts to defaults. The default keyboard shortcut to switch windows in OS X is and always has been cmd-`

 

[w0lf]

I recommend you reset the keyboard shortcuts to defaults. The default keyboard shortcut to switch windows in OS X is and always has been cmd-`

How does that help him at all?

 

[chabig]

How does that help him at all?

It resets the system to default behavior, from which he can change it if he wants to.

 

[w0lf]

It resets the system to default behavior, from which he can change it if he wants to.

But he already said it was defaulting to Command + ` and he didn't want that.

 

[kurtStiewens]

Found a solution

I think this might be a problem only affecting german users.
But here is the solution:
Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
Change the Shortcut of the Preview App > "Symbolleiste ausblenden" (Hide Toolbar") to anything else but "cmd <", I chose "cmd alt ctrl h".
Now the old shortcut "cmd <" to switch windows worked for me in Preview again.

 

[mfichtner]

I think this might be a problem only affecting german users.
But here is the solution:
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Thank you! That did indeed solve the problem.