Application switching with 4 finger swipe

Hi there-
I switched from Windows around two weeks ago and am loving OSX. Apologies if this is a basic question- I searched but found no similar topic:
When using the 4 finger side swipe to show all open apps, selecting one always switches the menu bar to the appropriate app, but if the app itself is minimized (windows term? hidden?) as opposed to just behind the active window, the app does not come up to the forefront. Is there a setting that will always bring the selected app I am switching to right to the front even if it is hidden? Seems obvious (to me) that if I'm selecting the app I actually want to use it, not just its menus.
thanks
Spencer

Mac is a little different than windows in terms of window management. What I think you're doing is minimizing the windows of applications. You can also hide (most apps do so with command-H) applications. Switching apps (either w/ 4 fingers or with command-tab) will unhide apps, but it won't unminimize windows. You can have many windows minimized, and people don't want to have to reminimize windows every time they switch into an app.

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