Using ALT Tab to bring app to foreground Question

[scottc12]

I'd like to be able to use ALT TAB to select my app and bring it to the foreground regardless if it is minimized. Is this possible? I cannot seem to accomlish this and it really drives me crazy..

Any Help would be greatly appreciated..

Scott

[agrefer]

Scott,

If you use cmd-H (hide) instead of cmd-M to hide the application, alt-Tab will bring it back to the desktop when you select it.

-Archie

[Mikuro]

Command-tab lets you switch between apps. Mac shortcuts don't use alt; they use Command (that's the key with the Apple and/or the flower-looking thing on it).

Also, see http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265416 for another discussion on alt+tab equivalents.

Edit: Oops, I see I misunderstood your question a bit. There is no way to bring a window out of the Dock with the keyboard (which is a big part of why I hate minimizing windows...but that's another matter). Clicking an application's icon in the Dock will bring up its minimized windows, but only if that application has no other windows open.

[scottc12]

Thanks Everyone.. The cmd-H seems to do the trick.. I guess I just need to get in the habit of using cmd-h instead of using my mouse or cmd-m.. Thanks again for the quick response..
Scott

[ex2bot]

Now that I think about it, I very rarely minimize a window. Probably because I'd have to click on it to get it back. Not even Expose shows it.

BTW, Welcome to MacOSX.com.

Doug

[Lt Major Burns]

i minimise windows because exposé doesn't get them, and nor does command+tab.