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Switching windows on MacOS X and Eagle 5.7

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e14 Contributor over 16 years ago

I've just upgraded to 5.7, and I see that this has been changed:

 

  - Switching between windows with Alt+0, Alt+1 etc. has been disabled on
    the Mac OS X platform, because on some localized keyboard layouts these
    key combinations are already used otherwise.

 

Is there either a way to reactivate them, or is there a command that I can use ASSIGN to set up a key switch myself to do this?

 

I've spent quite a while looking through the help, and also internet searches, but I guess it's too modern for the latter! I was hoping that the WINDOW command might do it, but it doesn't seem to switch between the different windows (only sections in the current window). I can switch to the board by using the BOARD command, but I haven't found a way to switch back to the schematic (or even control panel).

 

If there isn't, then it's just become exceptionally clumsy switching between windows, as the menu option is the only way - and this is very cumbersome if you've got two large screens. It feels like a huge step backwards.

 

I have to admit that there were issues with it on 5.6 anyway - such as switching the window, and then using the scroll wheel would cause the original window to zoom in/out, rather than the one I've just switched to; also, the numbering would sometimes change depending on whether you'd opened a board, schematic, library editor or help...

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    0 e14 Contributor over 16 years ago

    Greetings Jason,

     

    I will look into this for you.

     

    On the Windows platform, hitting Alt+W still brings me to the "Windows" tool bar, from there I can still hit  "1" or "2" or "3" etc. and select a window

     

    This is one more keystroke but it does get me to other windows with my left hand.

     

    Will this approach work in MacOS X?

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    0 e14 Contributor over 16 years ago

    Greetings Jason,

     

    I will look into this for you.

     

    On the Windows platform, hitting Alt+W still brings me to the "Windows" tool bar, from there I can still hit  "1" or "2" or "3" etc. and select a window

     

    This is one more keystroke but it does get me to other windows with my left hand.

     

    Will this approach work in MacOS X?

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    0 atomar over 16 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hello Jacob,

    I am also not sure about the MacOS X, but in Windows OS you can use Alt + Tab  key to switch between windows without any any further clicks, it work with Eagle as well.

     

    Just press Alt + Tab and you will get a small pop up window where you can  select any window but just pressing Tab key ( without releasing Alt key), you can switch to any window without any clicks.

     

    Its a standard Windows key shortcut and work in almost all software's.

     

    Ankur

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