Submission details
Show windows from the same app in different spaces as different apps
If you have a finder window in Space 1 and a Finder window in Space 2, you will never know what Space Cmd-Tabbing will bring you into.
Also, there is no way to switch between windows in the same app if theey are in two or more different spaces
Present windows from the same app on two different spaces as two different apps with the space number attached
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Discussion (5 comments)
I agree with this problem, though I'm not sure what the solution could be, I don't think showing them as two different application with spaces numbers would be a good fix. But I've definitely experienced exactly what you're talking about and it's obnoxious!
Changed problem description.
Grey_Podder, indeed, it's Cmd-Tab, not Alt-Tab (my Windows background shows...)
As with the first problem, I can't reproduce it now either :) Even though this has happened to me in the past. Must be a combination of moves
@dmitriid
No worries about the Alt-Tab thing...I'm a switcher, too. Now that you say you can't reproduce the first problem, I'm even more confident that you experienced the bug fixed in the 10.5.3 update, and that's why you don't see it now.
The problem may appear when you have more than one space though. I have 6. And when I am on Space 2 with Finder windows in Spaces 1 and 6, I'm never sure where I will end up when I Cmd-Tab :)
Grey_Podder wrote on August 26, 2008, 10:23pm
Maybe I'm being dense, but I can't duplicate your first problem. When I place two Finder windows in different spaces, Cmd-Tab (not Alt-Tab) only sends me to the Finder window within the current Space.
However, +1 for the second problem. I can see where the ability to check back and forth between two Safari windows in different Spaces, for example, would be a benefit.
Just out of curiosity, are you running 10.5.4, or at least 10.5.3? I believe it was 10.5.3 that fixed several Spaces bugs; read http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1141. I pasted the relevant part below (third bullet):
Spaces
-Resolves an issue in which switching to a different space and returning back to the original space may reorder the application windows with a different active window.
-Resolves an issue in which activating an application from the Dock switches to a different space, even if there is a window for that application in the current space.
-Fixes an issue in which Command-Tab may incorrectly switch to a new space.
-Addresses reliability issues with Spaces when syncing preferences over .Mac.