apple-expose

The logic behind MacOS's Exposé

我只是一个虾纸丫 提交于 2020-01-03 03:13:05
问题 This is just for curiosity. Exposé has two functions, among others, that rearrange windows on the desktop, one shows all the open windows so the user can see windows that are hidden below others, and other function in which moves all the windows to the sides letting the user interact with the desktop. I just wonder if someone knows the logic by which the OS decides which window to position where and which border to move windows to when showing the desktop. 回答1: The generalized idea of what

Open an application in a space using applescripts

让人想犯罪 __ 提交于 2019-12-24 04:47:22
问题 I am trying to create a script that will open an application in a specific "space". So let's say I am on space 1 working in the terminal and then I want to be able to open safari in space 4. Is there a way to do this? I have done some searching and found only ways to set the system profile options. Maybe I should tell you my end goal in case what I am attempting is not possible. I use a laptop and plugin in to multiple stations, home, office, and travel. I want to create different window

Calling App Expose In Lion

冷暖自知 提交于 2019-12-06 05:05:32
问题 Is there any way to call App Expose in Lion programmatically, for example on an event tap, etc? 回答1: If you don't mind using a TOTALLY UNDOCUMENTED API, which might change at any point without notice: void CoreDockSendNotification(CFStringRef, void *); (...) CoreDockSendNotification(@"com.apple.expose.front.awake", NULL); Other known arguments are @"com.apple.expose.awake" and @"com.apple.dashboard.awake" , which activate Mission Control and Dashboard, respectively. @"com.apple.showdesktop

Position boxes like in Exposé

拈花ヽ惹草 提交于 2019-12-04 02:29:54
问题 Does anyone know a way to locate rectangles to best fit a certain area? The rectangles can be scaled up to a certain limit, but they should keep their proportions. I basically want to rebuild Mac OS' Exposé: Picture Thanks, eWolf 回答1: The problem is NP Hard, but that is only for the optimal solution. What I guess you really want is a solution that just looks good. So I suggest looking for algorithms that make data look good. Once I wanted to layout pictures for the DeepZoom Composer and I