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# Use the Switch menu

With the Switch menu you can switch between applications and show or hide single applications or groups of applications.

## To show the Switch menu:

Click the green button in the menu panel or menu bar or, if you have enabled it, press the Switch menu keyboard shortcut.

Use the menu panel to display menus
Show Application Wizard in the menu bar
Use keyboard shortcuts to display menus

## To switch between applications or hide applications:

- To switch to another application, choose the application.

- To hide an application, hold down the Option key and choose the application.

- To hide the active application and switch to another application, hold down the Control key and choose the application you want to make active.

- To switch to another application and hide the other applications, hold down the Shift key and choose the application you want to make active.

Switch menu items are described below. To add or remove items from the Switch menu, open the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences and click Menus. Click the Customize Menus button and click Switch.

Customize the Switch menu

Running Applications

Choose an application to make it active. The active application is checked.

By default, running applications are sorted alphabetically. To list them from the most recent one to the oldest one, select the ”Sort running applications chronologically” checkbox in the Switch pane of the Customize Menus dialog.

Running applications include automatically terminated applications. If you prefer not to show them, deselect the ”Include automatically terminated applications in” checkbox or choose Background Processes from the pop-up menu in the Menus pane of the Application Wizard preferences.

Show automatically terminated applications

If you often work with many open windows and want to be able to bring specific windows to the front when switching between applications, select the ”Show application windows” checkbox in the Switch pane of the Customize Menus dialog. Each running application will have a submenu listing the windows open in the application. The frontmost window will be checked, while minimized windows will have a diamond. Choose a window from the submenu to switch to the application and bring the window to the front.

Important: To show application windows, make sure that Application Wizard can control your computer using accessibility features. Open the Security & Privacy pane in System Preferences, click Privacy, select Accessibility, and select the checkbox next to Application Wizard.

Active Application Windows

Choose a window to bring it to the front.

Important: To show application windows, make sure that Application Wizard can control your computer using accessibility features. Open the Security & Privacy pane in System Preferences, click Privacy, select Accessibility, and select the checkbox next to Application Wizard.

Switch to Previous

This command makes the previous application active.

Hide Others

This command hides all open applications except the active application.

Show All

This command shows all open applications.

Groups

Groups let you quickly show and hide multiple applications at the same time.

To show or hide all the applications belonging to a group, choose Show All or Hide All from the group’s submenu. To show all the applications belonging to a group and hide the other applications, choose ”Show All and Hide Others” from the group’s submenu.

If you select the ”Choosable group menu items” checkbox in the Menus pane of the Application Wizard preferences, you can also show all the applications belonging to a group by selecting the group menu item in the Switch menu. Similarly, you can hide all the applications belonging to a group by holding down the Option key and choosing the group menu item. Finally, you can show all the applications belonging to a group and hide the other applications by holding down the Shift key and choosing the group menu item.

Note: Application Wizard does not display groups in the Switch menu when single application mode is turned on.

Create groups

Turn Single Application Mode On/Off

This command lets you turn single application mode on and off.

Single application mode