IDE needs Window menu on Mac

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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I've missed having a Window menu in the IDE as a way to bring the desired window forward. This is a standard feature of the Mac UI and provided by most multi-window Mac apps, including for example the Finder, Safari, Mail etc.

How do other Mac users select the IDE window they want to view?

EDIT OK I found this open request Window menu is missing on macOS · Issue #1828 · arduino/arduino-ide · GitHub

I would say that a simple list of currently open windows would suffice, all of the other window manager function shown would be icing on the cake but not essential.

Thanks,
Joe

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Until this is fixed, in case you don’t know: the standard Command-` (backtick) shortcut combo cycles through an app’s windows

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Thanks for taking the time to find and share that!

I'm only barely a Mac user, since I only have and use one to be able to provide support and beta testing for macOS-specific things, but what I do is:

  1. Control-click the application's icon in the macOS dock.
    A menu will open.
  2. Select the window I want from the list in the menu.

I use this approach for all applications, not only Arduino IDE. I actually haven't ever used the Window menu.

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Hey Ken

Thanks for that suggestion. I can never remember that shortcut, hence hadn't tried it in the Arduino IDE. I guess there's one shortcut for cycling through apps and another for cycling through windows and I always forget them since I prefer to use more direct approaches when they're available. But in a pinch it' much better than dragging big windows around looking for a smaller one (that's usually hiding in the middle of the screen0.

Thanks,
Joe

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Per

Thanks so much! You always come up with the best solutions and the clearest answers!

I use the dock item menu often but never noticed the list of windows, I'm more familiar with using the commands listed there. This approach is not quite as obvious as a Window menu but should work just as well for my needs.

Thanks so much for suggesting it!

Cheers,
Joe

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You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

Regards, Per