OS X Lion: Shortcuts for windows

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Shortcuts for windows

Use these shortcuts to open, close, and navigate windows.

Action Shortcut

Move a window without making it active

Command (⌘)-drag the window

Show all the windows for an application

Press and hold the application’s icon in the Dock.

Minimize all windows in the active application

Option-click the minimize button

Enlarge all windows in the active application

Option-click the zoom button

Make the next or previous window in the current application active

Command (⌘)-Shift-tilde (~)

Close all windows in the active application

Option-click the close button

Hide windows of the application you’ve been using when you switch to another application

Option-click the Dock icon of the application you’re switching to

Open a folder that contains the current folder or document

Command (⌘)-click the window title, and then choose a folder from the pop-up menu

Scroll quickly through a long document

Press and hold in the scroll bar

Momentarily switch between “Scroll to here” and “Jump to page”

Option-click in the scroll bar

Show the folder hierarchy for a window (in the Finder and some applications)

Command (⌘)-click the window’s title

Last Modified: Oct 31, 2013
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