batguebi01: 10.6: Combining Spaces and Expos� in a single swipe

Monday, 30 May 2011

10.6: Combining Spaces and Expos� in a single swipe

This hint shows how to combine Spaces and Expos� to show all open windows on all workspaces, using AppleScript and BetterTouchTool.

Lion may have Mission Control but for Leopard/Snow Leopard users, it can be a pain to find a particular window among all the workspaces. The following AppleScript activates Spaces and Expos� together and orders windows by alphabetical order:

 tell application "System Events"   key code 100 -- F8 - Spaces   key code 101 -- F9 - Expos� All Windows   keystroke "1" using {command down} end tell

It assumes you're using the default keys for Spaces and Expos�. Copy and Paste the script into AppleScript ...