Spaces and Application Switcher
My current workflow includes heavy usage of Expose, Spaces, and iOS's Application Switcher. I've installed a number of "helpful" apps in the last couple of days, and the behavior of the application switcher has strangely (and very frustratingly) changed. Now, whenever I command-tab to switch to another application, the application becomes active (evidenced by the application toolbar showing at the top of the screen), but the computer will no longer switch to the Space that has the active window for that application. The same behavior is exhibited when I click on an application icon on the dock - one click will make the application active, but a second click is required to actually switch to the Space with the active application window.
I suspected that my recent installation of Keyboard Maestro was the culprit (since it apparently uses its own "Program Switcher" tool that has similar functionality), but I've uninstalled KM and the same problems still persist. I just need to figure out how to restore the original functionality of the application switcher, where it plays nicely with Spaces.
Thanks!
Turns out the solution is a simple little checkbox in the Expose & Spaces preference pane (under system preferences). Under the Spaces tab, there is a little checkbox at the very bottom that says "When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application." Silly that that little inconspicuous checkbox caused me so much grief over the last month... But there it is.
Do I get credit for answering my own question?
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Work in multiple spaces
When projects pile up and your desktop becomes cluttered, you can use Spaces to organize your windows into groups. For example, create a space for work, another for games, and a third for chatting and checking email messages.
Add one or more spaces
Enter Mission Control using one of these methods:
From a trackpad, swipe up using three or four fingers.
From the keyboard, press the Mission Control key. If your keyboard doesn’t have a Mission Control key, press F9 (Fn-F9 on portable keyboards).
Move the pointer toward the upper-right corner of your screen.
To add a space, click the Add button (+). You can add up to 16 spaces.
To leave Mission Control, swipe again, or press the key you used to enter Mission Control.
HideMove from one space to another
Do any of these:
Swipe left or right with three fingers to scroll through your spaces.
Enter Mission Control, and then click the space you want to use.
Press the Control key and the number key for the space you want. For example, press Control-3 to go to Desktop 3.
Press the Control key and an arrow key to scroll through the spaces.
HideMove a window from one space to another
Do any of these:
Drag the window to the edge of your screen and pause; after a moment, the window is switched to the next space.
Move the pointer over the window, and hold down the mouse button while pressing the Control key and an arrow or number key.
From the space that has the window you want to move, enter Mission Control. Then drag the window itself (not the thumbnail image) up to the space you want to use.
HideDecide which spaces to use with particular applications
If you work in multiple spaces, you can assign applications to particular spaces.
Press and hold an application’s icon in the Dock. You may have to first open the application from Launchpad to see its icon in the Dock.
From the shortcut menu that appears over the icon, choose one of these:
To have the application open only in the current space, choose Options > This Desktop. From now on the application will open in the current space; if you are working in a different space, the application’s space scrolls into view.
To have the application open in every space, choose Options > All Desktops. From now on, when the application is open it will appear in every space.
To have the application open in the whichever space you are currently using, choose Options > None.
In Mission Control preferences, you can specify that when switching to an application, your desktop should scroll to a space with open windows for that application.
Delete a space
Enter Mission Control using one of these methods:
From a trackpad, swipe up using three or four fingers.
From the keyboard, press the Mission Control key. If your keyboard doesn’t have a Mission Control key, press F9 (Fn-F9 on portable keyboards).
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package com.my.kiosk.login;
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boolean _bSameSpace)
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return true;
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.activityspace.AActivitySpace#GetStyleSheetLinks()
public HTMLElementCollection GetStyleSheetLinks() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
package com.my.kiosk.login;
import com.plumtree.debug.*;
import com.plumtree.openfoundation.util.*;
import com.plumtree.openfoundation.web.*;
import com.plumtree.portalpages.browsing.myportal.*;
import com.plumtree.portalpages.browsing.myportal.mypages.*;
import com.plumtree.portalpages.common.login.*;
import com.plumtree.portaluiinfrastructure.login.*;
import com.plumtree.server.*;
import com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.activityspace.*;
import com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.application.varpacks.*;
import com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.login.*;
//import com.plumtree.portalpages.browsing.login.*;
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public static final String STR_MVC_CLASS_NAME = "KioskLogin";
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private IWebData m_WebData = null;
private IXPRequest m_xpRequest = null;
private IPTSession m_userSession = null;
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* @param r
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return myRedirect;
//return null;
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* if a space is not specified.
* @param RequestData
* @return boolean true implies the guest should redirect to
* login if no space is specified. Login is default.
/* private boolean IsRedirectOnLogoutEnabled()
ConfigVarPack vpConfig = (ConfigVarPack) m_asOwner.GetApplication().GetVarPackManager().GetVariablePackage
(ConfigVarPack.VARPACK_ID);
String strGuestRedirect = vpConfig.GetConfigValueAsString(
ConfigConstants.AUTHENTICATION_SECTION, "RedirectOnLogout",
ConfigConstants.VALUE_ATTRIBUTE);
// default value
boolean bResult = true;
if ((strGuestRedirect != null) && (!"".equals(strGuestRedirect)))
if (XPConvert.ToInteger(strGuestRedirect) == 0)
bResult = false;
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* @see com.plumtree.uiinfrastructure.activityspace.IManagedObject#Create()
public Object Create()
return new KioskLoginControl();
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public boolean DoGetSession()
// The interpreter should ask us for the session.
// In a given request, this method is called fourth.
// Attempt to login as the custom guest user here, rather than in GetSession()
// so that if we are unable to connect, we can abort the login attempt.
// Otherwise, we have no way of knowing in the PEI whether or not login
// has previously failed, and we can get in an infinite loop.
try
//Add code to derive Kisok user name after Store lookup
String strKioskUserName = "kiosk0000";
String strKioskUserPassword = "";
// Look at the request URL to determine what URL this user
// is trying to access.
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/* if (XPStringUtility.IndexOf(m_asOwner.GetCurrentRequestURL(),
"firstsubportal") != -1)
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else if (XPStringUtility.IndexOf(m_asOwner.GetCurrentRequestURL(),
"secondsubportal") != -1)
// Connect as the custom guest user
m_userSession = PortalObjectsFactory.CreateSession();
m_userSession.Connect(strKioskUserName, strKioskUserPassword,
null);
catch (Exception e)
if (PTDebug.IsErrorTracingEnabled(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure))
PTDebug.Trace(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure,
TraceType.Error,
"Unable to connect to Kiosk user.", e);
m_userSession = null;
// Since we are unable to connect to our custom guest user, we do not
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return false;
return true;
* @see com.plumtree.xpshared.activityspace.IControl#GetName()
public String GetName()
return STR_MVC_CLASS_NAME;
* @see com.plumtree.xpshared.activityspace.ILoginControl#GetSession()
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if (null != m_userSession)
LoginResult rReturn = null;
try
// Login the custom guest user. This calls the login PEIs.
rReturn = LoginHelper.INSTANCE.AttemptLogin(m_userSession,
m_asOwner,
m_xpRequest,
m_WebData);
catch (Exception e)
if (PTDebug.IsErrorTracingEnabled(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure))
PTDebug.Trace(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure,
TraceType.Error, "AttemptLogin() failed.", e);
if (!rReturn.m_bSuccess)
if (PTDebug.IsErrorTracingEnabled(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure))
PTDebug.Trace(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure,
TraceType.Error,
"KioskLoginControl AttemptLogin() failed: " +
rReturn.m_strError);
if (null != rReturn.m_Redirect)
if (PTDebug.IsErrorTracingEnabled(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure))
PTDebug.Trace(Component.Portal_UI_Infrastructure,
TraceType.Error,
"KioskLoginControl AttemptLogin() return redirect ignored.");
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// Null out the IHTTPControl data so we don't retain the memory after the
// request is done (i.e. leak the memory)
m_xpRequest = null;
m_WebData = null;
m_userSession = null;
return userSession;
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Message was edited by: Anthony MacCarthy
Message was edited by: Anthony MacCarthyHi-
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