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How do I use the keyboard to cycle through Arduino windows on a mac?

In my System preferences, I have (default):

Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Move focus to next window = Cmd ⌘ `

It works perfectly in all other programs, but in the Arduino IDE, it only swaps between the last two windows. If I have three(or more) windows open, it is a real pain to find the one in the background.

I am using fully updated MacOS 10.14 and Arduino IDE 1.8.7

hpekristiansen
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In MacOS 10.14 and Arduino IDE 1.6.12, cmd` cycles through 5+ IDE windows properly, for me.

Update:

When you upgrade to Arduino 1.8.7,

I won't be. I've tried a couple of its point releases and have given up on it because its launch performance is so p...-poor. Maybe 1.9 will finally fix it.

Sloeber/Eclipse is my serious code-crunching IDE. I keep the A-IDE around for reference and for quick knock-off experiments because it's quick to launch.

Update 2:

The OP asked me to note that he

found that Cmd ⌘ Shift ` cycles through all windows (maybe in reverse).

Update 3:

In older IDE the reverse cycling with Shift doesn't work?

It works in both directions for me (shifted/unshifted).

JRobert
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Just by trying, I found that Cmd ⌘ Shift ` cycles through all windows (maybe in reverse).

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