OS X El Capitan: Mission Control preferences

Mission Control preferences

Use Mission Control preferences to set options and shortcuts for showing and hiding app windows, the desktop, and Dashboard. To open Mission Control preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Mission Control.

Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use

If you created multiple workspaces using Spaces, get quicker access to your most recently used spaces.

When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application

If you use Spaces, have your desktop scroll to a space with open windows for an app when you switch to that app.

Group windows by application

If you have several windows from multiple apps open simultaneously, have the windows organized by app in Mission Control.

Displays have separate Spaces

If you use Spaces and have multiple displays, you can set up separate spaces for each display.

Dashboard

By default, Dashboard is off. If you want to use it, choose how Dashboard appears when it opens.

  • As Space: Dashboard appears in a separate space. To get to it, press the Dashboard key or F12. You can also move from another space to it.

  • As Overlay: Dashboard appears over your desktop.

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Choose shortcuts for showing and hiding windows, the desktop, and Dashboard. Depending on your mouse or trackpad, you may see two columns of pop-up menus in this section.

To see more available keyboard shortcuts, hold down the Control, Option, Shift, or Command key, or a combination of these keys, while viewing the pop-up menus.

Hot Corners

Choose actions to perform when you move the pointer to screen corners.

Last Modified: Apr 13, 2016
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