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Why (or can I?) can't I swipe up to close an app?
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Not every Mac has one of those either.you could use the trackpad
So I guess we can remove all gestures available for the people with track pads
That should be a feature, gesture for trackpad, like any other gesture
Why does the Mac have to return focus? I use my iPad to edit documents, create presentations, etc...auto save.
I particularly love that functionality to just swipe to close... sometimes it is a pain to go over each app, bring to focus just so I can click on the tiny red X
yes, still not as fluid... IMO of course... thanks all who replied, looks to me it is an "easy" feature to implement as a gesture from touchpad...
Are you sure? Open TextEdit, type anything into a new document and then try quitting TextEdit any way other than "Force Quit".
If you have unsaved changes in something then you will have to respond to the save prompt or force close the app, but for a lot of apps, you can just close them by a right click on the dock icon
Where is "Mission Control" on an iPhone or iPad? Do you mean the app switcher? Swipe up on Home screen opens app switcher/multi-tasking, which does allow a force-quit of apps (with an additional gesture) as well as simply switching between running apps.
However, there are two, different purposes for Mission Control on Mac: manage a multi-desktop/multi-display environment, and locate/bring to top a window that may be hidden behind other windows. That second part of Mission Control's mission is similar to app switcher. However, the gesture used to move a window to an alternate desktop/display is a click-and-drag-up, very similar to the swipe-up used in iOS app switcher for force-quitting an app.
There's not a way to quit an app from Mission Control - a right-click/CTRL-click on a window does not open a menu. There are no control boxes/buttons in the corners of the windows for close/minimize/full-screen. So when it comes to human interface design, the functionality you seek would have to be implemented in ways accessible to mouse and keyboard-only users as well as providing the trackpad gesture you desire.
I can see the argument for adding quit-app functionality to Mission Control, but there's also an argument for sticking to its traditional functionality.
However, there are two, different purposes for Mission Control on Mac: manage a multi-desktop/multi-display environment, and locate/bring to top a window that may be hidden behind other windows. That second part of Mission Control's mission is similar to app switcher. However, the gesture used to move a window to an alternate desktop/display is a click-and-drag-up, very similar to the swipe-up used in iOS app switcher for force-quitting an app.
There's not a way to quit an app from Mission Control - a right-click/CTRL-click on a window does not open a menu. There are no control boxes/buttons in the corners of the windows for close/minimize/full-screen. So when it comes to human interface design, the functionality you seek would have to be implemented in ways accessible to mouse and keyboard-only users as well as providing the trackpad gesture you desire.
I can see the argument for adding quit-app functionality to Mission Control, but there's also an argument for sticking to its traditional functionality.
My posts in this thread have been in response to the original question. That's all.