Shortcut for showing windows instead of clicking the Dock

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I use commandtab to browse through my applications, and command` for browsing through internal windows (e.g. for Firefox).

However, regularly, I switch to an application (e.g. TeXMaker and others) and only the menu bar shows up. They don't have a windows option, so I have to go all the way down to the Dock, find the application (which will have a dot on it) and click it. Then the windows will actually show.

I prefer not to use my mouse for this task. Is there any shortcut for this?

Best Answer

This works for some applications but not for all. You can use TextEdit.app to test it.

  1. Open TextEdit.app
  2. Create a new document (CMD+N).
  3. Minimize the document (manually, CMD+M did not work for me).
  4. CMD+Tab to Finder.app

Now everything's set up. The following steps may be a bit tricky.

  1. CMD+Tab to highlight TextEdit. Keep the CMD key pressed.
  2. Keep the CMD key pressed and additionally press the Alt/Opt key.
  3. Release the CMD key.

This will un-minimize only the last window of a certain application. You cannot un-minimize multiple windows without additional scripts/software.

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