Utility needed - open windows

Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.

thanks,
jim

In article <BCF23D85.1E7AA%>,
Jim McCord <> wrote:

> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.

If you're using 10.3, press F9 or F10.

G

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On 6/13/04 6:02 PM, in article
gwestonREMOVE-, "Gregory Weston"
<> wrote:

> In article <BCF23D85.1E7AA%>,
> Jim McCord <> wrote:
>
>> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
>> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
>> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
>> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.
>
> If you're using 10.3, press F9 or F10.
>
> G
I am using 10.3, but those keys don't do quite what I had in mind. What I'd
like is to click on the icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen
and get the drop-down menu that lists all of the current applications with
submenus for the windows that are open in each application. Then I could
mouse to the submenu and go directly to that window. So, if I had say three
windows open in Entourage and I was in the Finder, I could pick the one I
wanted without having to bring Entourage to the front and then use its own
Windows menu to select the window I want.

Any ideas?
Thanks

In article <BCF24BE3.1E8F0%>, Jim McCord
<> wrote:

> >> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application
has open
> >> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
> >> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall
the name
> >> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.
> >
> > If you're using 10.3, press F9 or F10.
> >
> > G
> I am using 10.3, but those keys don't do quite what I had in mind. What I'd
> like is to click on the icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen
> and get the drop-down menu that lists all of the current applications with
> submenus for the windows that are open in each application. Then I could
> mouse to the submenu and go directly to that window. So, if I had say three
> windows open in Entourage and I was in the Finder, I could pick the one I
> wanted without having to bring Entourage to the front and then use its own
> Windows menu to select the window I want.

You may be thinking of ApplWindows, a classic (i.e. OS 9, and very good)
control panel. For OSX, X-Assist gives you the application menu, but not
submenus for each app's windows. I haven't seen one that does that, but
hope that something comes along. Expose, like the Dock, is impressive at
first but less useful in practice than a menu enhancer.

--
John Rethorst

jrethorst -at- post -dot- com

Jim McCord <> writes:

> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.

The Dock seems to do what you want. Control-click (or right-click) on
the app's icon in the Dock and you see a list of the app's windows
ready to be selected.

Martin

In article <BCF24BE3.1E8F0%>,
Jim McCord <> wrote:

> I am using 10.3, but those keys don't do quite what I had in mind.
> What I'd like is to click on the icon in the upper right-hand corner
> of the screen and get the drop-down menu that lists all of the
> current applications with submenus for the windows that are open in
> each application.

What icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen? It sounds like
you're using a third-party utility to get that function.

As someone else suggested, the Dock has that functionality; right click,
control click, or simply click and hold, and you'll get a popup menu
with all the open windows (and some other items) for that application in
it.

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Jim McCord <> wrote:
> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.

If you are using OS X, just click and old onto the application's icon in
the Dock to see a list of its open windows.

Jim McCord <> wrote:

> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.

DragThing can provide a list of all open windows of all running apps. I
realize this is not identically what you're asking for, but it might
prove to be close enough. m.

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On 6/14/04 5:57 AM, in article cak7bk$4ag$,
"" <> wrote:

> Jim McCord <> wrote:
>> Is there a utility that will show all of the windows an application has open
>> when you select the application from the upper right-hand corner of the
>> screen? In OS9 I had an extension that would do this (don't recall the name
>> of it). It let you jump immediately to a specific window.
>
> If you are using OS X, just click and old onto the application's icon in
> the Dock to see a list of its open windows.
>

Thanks all. The dock click and hold seems to do the trick. RTFM, Jim...:-)
(Oh yeah, I forgot, there is no manual!)
jim

In article <ilove->,
(John Rethorst) wrote:

> You may be thinking of ApplWindows, a classic (i.e. OS 9, and very good)
> control panel. For OSX, X-Assist gives you the application menu, but not
> submenus for each app's windows. I haven't seen one that does that, but
> hope that something comes along. Expose, like the Dock, is impressive at
> first but less useful in practice than a menu enhancer.

Depends on your usage patterns. I know some people - long-time Mac users
and newbies alike - that wouldn't give up Exposé without a fight now
that they've had it for 8 months.

I use it only occasionally, but I think it's a much better solution than
a hierarchical menu for selecting an arbitrary window. Less scrubbing,
more exposed and bigger targets to aim for.

--
Standard output is like your butt. Everyone has one. When using a bathroom,
they all default to going into a toilet. However, a person can redirect his
"standard output" to somewhere else, if he so chooses. - Jeremy Nixon