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How to keep app window cycling (Cmd+`) inside the current stage

Published by BetterStage · Instructions for our macOS app; detailed feature reference is linked below.

Steps

  1. 1

    Open Settings → Stages and turn on Cycle app windows within this Stage (off by default).

  2. 2

    With two or more windows of the frontmost app on the active stage, Cmd+` (Cmd+< on German keyboards) cycles only those windows.

  3. 3

    Windows of the same app on other stages are skipped.

More detail: /docs/keyboard-shortcuts

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