Switch menu

Application Wizard's Switch menu lets you switch between applications and show or hide single applications or groups of applications.

To display the Switch menu, click the green button in the menu panel or menu bar or, if you have enabled it, press the Switch menu hot key. Tell me more

Running Applications

Choose an application to make it active. The active application is checked and hidden applications appear with a dimmed icon in the Switch menu.

If you often work with many open windows and wish to be able to bring specific windows to the front when switching between applications, select the Show application windows in the Switch menu checkbox in the Menus pane. Tell me more

Every application in the Switch menu will have a submenu listing all windows open in the application. The frontmost window will be checked, while minimized windows will have a diamond. Select a window in the submenu to switch to the application and bring the window to the front.

To quickly switch between the active application's windows, you can select the Quickly access the active application windows checkbox in the Menus pane. Application Wizard will list the active application's windows directly in the Switch menu, so that they are always to hand.

If you wish to reopen applications instead of making them simply active, select the Reopen applications when making them active checkbox in the Menus pane. Reopening applications generally causes a window - a document or another appropriate window - to be displayed and become active. Tell me more

Hide Others

Hides all applications except the active application.

Show All

Shows all open applications.

Groups

If you have created one or more groups, the Switch menu will display them, so that you can quickly show and hide them or show a group while hiding all other applications. Tell me more

Hidden groups appear with a dimmed icon in the Switch menu.

If the single application mode is turned on, Application Wizard doesn't display groups in the Switch menu. Tell me more

Turn Single Application Mode On/Off

If you often need to turn single application mode on and off, select the Toggle single application mode from the Switch menu checkbox in the Menus pane to add the Turn Single Application Mode On/Off command to the Switch menu and use it to quickly toggle single application mode. Tell me more

The Switch menu lets you also hide single applications, switch to another application while hiding the active application and switch to another application while hiding all the other applications.

To hide single applications, hold the Option key while displaying the Switch menu. Hidden applications appear dimmed in the menu.		To hide the active application before switching to another application, hold the Control key while displaying the Switch menu.		To switch to another application and hide all the other open applications, hold the Shift key while displaying the Switch menu.

If the Choosable group menu items option in the Menus pane is checked, you can use group menu items to quickly show and hide all the applications belonging to a group. To show all the applications belonging to a group, simply select the group menu item in the Switch menu. To hide all the applications belonging to a group, hold the Option key and choose the group menu item. To show all the applications belonging to a group while hiding all the other application, hold the Shift key and choose the group menu item. Tell me more

If you have a Mac with a 64-bit processor and wish to know which of your open applications are 64-bit applications, select the Mark 64-bit applications checkbox in the Menus pane. 64-bit applications will appear marked as 64-Bit in the Switch menu. Similarly, if you have an Intel-based Mac and wish to always know which of your applications and background-only applications are running natively and which are running non-natively using Rosetta, select the Mark applications opened using Rosetta checkbox in the Menus pane. Applications that are running non-natively will appear marked as PowerPC in the Switch menu. Tell me more