Toggle Between Window 1 and Window 2 in any Application

[ccstone]

Hey Folks,

I use this macro many times per day.

It simply toggles between the front 2 open windows in any application. This sort of thing can be a life-saver if you have limited screen real estate.

-Chris

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Window: Toggle Between Window 1 and Window 2.kmmacros (2.1 KB)

[JMichaelTX]

@ccstone

It simply toggles between the front 2 open windows in any application.

This Mac OSX shortcut will toggle between all open windows of an app:

⌘ `

That's Command Backquote

[ccstone]

@JMichaelTX

This Mac OSX shortcut will toggle between all open windows of an app:

Hey JM,

I'm not unaware of that one.

That's a serial window switcher rather than a toggle. To get it to manage the two front windows you have to:

A) Press Cmd-`
B) Press Cmd-Shift-`

It's too easy to drive-by the window you're working with, and the keyboard shortcuts are a bit awkward.

I prefer my macro for what it's designed to do.

-Chris

[JMichaelTX]

@ccstone

I prefer my macro for what it's designed to do.

Chris,

n.p. I was just sharing another option for moving among windows.
I'm all for each person using what works best for him/herself.

[JMichaelTX]

@ccstone

I use this macro many times per day.

It simply toggles between the front 2 open windows in any application.

Chris, this is a great macro!
I agree, sometimes you just want to TOGGLE between two windows, rather than switching through all of your windows.

Do you know of a macro or script that will just TOGGLE between the last two selected Tabs, like Tabs in:

• Safari
• Chrome
• Script Debugger
• etc

Thanks.

[ccstone]

@JMichaelTX

Do you know of a macro or script that will just TOGGLE between the last two selected Tabs, like Tabs in:

Hey JM,

The problem with that is keeping track of them.

Unless you continuously monitor window title changes, there's no really good way to completely automate this – and I find that sort of monitoring to be too intrusive (usually).

It ought not to be too hard to make macros to keep “bookmarks” of tabs though.

You could “mark” a tab, “mark” another tab, and then move between them.

You could add more than two.

You'd also need a “Clear Marks” macro.

See my Safari » Switch Tabs-Windows macro for a few ideas on how to activate the tabs/windows.

Activate Safari/Chrome and Select an Existing Tab vs Creating a New Tab

Hey bdurham, Try out this macro. Type-select works. Selecting a tab will take you to it. [image] Safari » Switch Tabs-Windows Using Pick-List.kmmacros (5.8 KB) [image] See this post for an example of switching to a specific tab (Google Chrome not Safari – the coding is not the same but the concepts are.) Go to Gmail Tab in Chrome -Chris

-Chris

[JMichaelTX]

@ccstone

The problem with that is keeping track of them.

Unless you continuously monitor window title changes, there's no really good way to completely automate this – and I find that sort of monitoring to be too intrusive (usually).

Yep, my thoughts exactly.

@ccstone

It ought not to be too hard to make macros to keep “bookmarks” of tabs though.

You could “mark” a tab, “mark” another tab, and then move between them.

Interesting idea. I'll give it some thought.

@ccstone

See my Safari » Switch Tabs-Windows macro for a few ideas on how to activate the tabs/windows.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[kevin_funderburg]

@JMichaelTX

Do you know of a macro or script that will just TOGGLE between the last two selected Tabs, like Tabs in:

Safari
Chrome
Script Debugger

Hey there! I just saw this post, I know it's a little dated but this macro I made a while ago addresses your question I believe. While it does use title change triggers to monitor the tab index changes, I've used it for at least a year or so and has worked like a champ and hasn't interfered with any other macros/functionality yet, hope you dig it as well!

Select Previously USED (Viewed) Safari Tab (not previous tab)

So if you have a lot of tabs open and are jumping around from tab to tab, you may find it's very easy to forget which tab you were on previously looking at or that there is like 5 tabs between the one you are currently viewing and the other tab you want to look at. Safari has a built in shortcut to go to the previous and next tab, but I thought it would be nice to have a shortcut to jump to the previously viewed tab (similar to ⌘-Tab which activates the previously used application). For example…

[JMichaelTX]

@kevin_funderburg

know it's a little dated but this macro I made a while ago addresses your question I believe. While it does use title change triggers to monitor the tab index changes, I've used it for at least a year or so and has worked like a champ and hasn't interfered with any other macros/functionality yet, hope you dig it as well!

Select Previously USED Safari Tab (not previous tab) Macro Library

Thanks Kevin. Your macro looks very interesting. I'll definitely check it out.

[JMichaelTX]

@JMichaelTX

Macro: Select Previously USED Safari Tab (not previous tab) Macro Library

Thanks Kevin. Your macro looks very interesting. I'll definitely check it out.

@kevin_funderburg, @ccstone, and all that are interested:

Kevin's macro is working out great, and has saved me many hours of design and development time. I have made some mods to expand its scope and fit my needs. If you are interested, you can follow this at my post here.

Thanks again, Kevin!