Mac OS X 10.4 Help
Switching between applications
You can quickly switch between open applications by pressing Command-Tab to open the Application Switcher. The Application Switcher displays the icon of each open application in the middle of the screen. The icon for the active application is at the far left.
- Press and hold the Command key, then press Tab to view open applications.
- Highlight an application by pressing the Right Arrow key (or by pressing Tab) to move to the right. Press the Left Arrow key (or press `) to move to the left. Press Home to move to the far left, or press End (if available) to move to the far right. You can also use the mouse to point to the application you want.
- To hide a selected application, press H.
- To quit a selected application, press Q.
- To switch to a selected application, release the Command key or press Return.
- To leave this view without switching applications, press Esc or the period (.) key.
To switch between open windows of an application, press Command-Accent (`).
To view each application's windows while switching between applications, press F10 to view the current application's windows then press Tab to view another application's windows. Press F10 again to switch to the application whose windows you see.
You can quickly switch from the current application to the last application used by pressing Command-Tab (and releasing the keys).
If you have a Mighty Mouse, you can assign a mouse button to open the Application Switcher. You set this in the Mouse pane of Keyboard & Mouse preferences.