Many TricksFrequently Asked Question
Can I interact with windows in the Witch switcher panel?
Last Updated 5 years ago
With the Witch panel onscreen, you can use many of the keyboard's keys to do useful things—like closing or minimizing a window, jumping from one application to the next, or opening Witch's settings panel. Here's a complete list of Witch's keyboard shortcuts.
| Key(s) | Functionality |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | Directly open window #0 to window #9. You can enable badges on the windows to help remember which is which using an option on the Appearance tab of Witch's settings panel. |
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K · J or ↑ · ↓ (vertical) or ← · → (horizontal) |
Move to previous or next entry in the Witch switching panel. |
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T · B or Home · End |
Jump to the top or bottom (vertical) or left or right (horizontal) of the switcher panel. |
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A · Shift-A or Page Up · Page Down |
Skip to next application in switcher window display—press A repeatedly to cycle to the next app in the list, skipping any open windows. (In this mode, Witch acts somewhat like the OS X Command-Tab application switcher.) |
| F | Show selection in Finder. (If an app with no open windows is selected, that app will be shown in Finder.) |
| G | Grab a full-screen screenshot that includes the Witch panel. Saved to your Desktop, in a file named Witch Screenshot 123456789, where the long number is a unique timestamp. |
| H | Hide (unhide) the selected application (thereby hiding all of its windows). |
| M | Minimize (unminimize) the selected window. |
| Q | Quit the app associated with the selected window. | R | Send a Reopen event—brings all windows forward (or opens a new window if none exist). | S | Activates the Search field to find windows by typing. |
| W | Close the selected window. |
| Z | Zoom (unzoom) the selected window. |
| P or Space Bar | Show preview window on demand—so you can leave the preview feature off and still see them when you want them. |
| , (comma) | Open Witch's System Preferences panel. |
| X or . (period) | Close the switcher panel, regardless of what it's displaying. |
| Esc | Switch to Search box; press twice to exit Witch switcher. One extra press will be required if viewing a window preview. |