[X4U] "Un-minimize" window from keyboard

[Andy Swanson]

On Nov 28, 2004, at 12:04 AM, Thomas Karns wrote:

> On Nov 27, 2004, at 9:37 PM, Jeff Winchester wrote:
>
>> Am I missing something here? Is there a way to restore (un-minimize) 
>> an app from the keyboard?
>
> Control + F1 toggles full keyboard access.  Control + F2, activates 
> focus on menus.  Tab or arrow key to the window menu, select 
> unminimize the appropriate window from the keyboard.

Although this is true and useful, it is incomplete. The best thing to 
do is to go to the System Preferences and take a good look at the 
"Keyboard & Mouse" pane. In particular you will find the "Keyboard 
Navigation" section useful. By activating "Focus on dock" (^F3), I was 
able to navigate to the window I wanted using the arrow keys and select 
(unminimize) it using the return key. (Using the keyboard, the dock 
wraps, I think it also behaves appropriately depending on where you 
have it placed. My dock is on the right hand side of the screen and I 
cycle through the icons using the up and down keys. Left and right 
produce the menus associated with dock icons. I imagine if your dock is 
at the bottom this will reverse so the left and right keys cycle and up 
and down give you the menus.) Of course, you will also want to look at 
the help for this pane.

    Andy

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