If work like me, you may find yourself with many open windows as the same time. I find that after awhile, trying to find the open window you want can become a tad irritating so the introduction of Spaces in Leopard was a welcome addition.
Spaces a program which allows you to configure your display into groups relating to a specific activity or project, allowing you to quickly navigate from one group to another with a single keystroke. With Spaces, you can configure two, four, eight or sixteen different groups.
Before you can use Spaces, you must first turn it on. Display the System Preferences pane, click the Exposé & Spaces icon, click the Spaces tab on top of the panel and then click the Enable Spaces checkbox. You are now ready to configure Spaces.
The first step is to decide how many spaces you want by clicking the plus (+) or minus (-) symbol next to the rows and columns labels, which allows you to easily add rows and columns. Each space is numbered for easy identification and navigation.
The next step is to assign applications to the Spaces that you have set up. Once this is done, each time you launch the application, it is automatically assigned to the space that you designated. Click the plus (+) symbol in the Application Assignments area, choose the application you want to add and then choose the space to which you want to assign it. You can have more than one application occupy a Space. To remove an application, select the application in the window and click the minus (-) symbol. You may also want to add the Spaces menulet in the Menu Bar by clicking the Show Spaces in Menu Bar check box. The menulet displays your active Space and allows you to jump to another space by clicking its number in the list.
Once you have set up your groups, you can navigate Spaces in a couple of different ways. Press the F8 key to display the Spaces window and then simply click the space you want to display. From here, you can rearrange your spaces by dragging the panes or the screens to the desired new location. You can also navigate using the Control and the arrow keys. Press the Control and the right-arrow to move to the space to the right, Control and the down arrow key to move to the next space down, and so on. If you know the number of the space you want to display, click the Control key and the number. For instance, to jump to Space 3, you would press Control + 3.
To Use Spaces
- Click the System Preferences icon on the Dock.
- Click the Exposé & Spaces icon under the Personal area.
- Click the Spaces tab on top of the panel.
- Click the Enable Spaces checkbox to turn Spaces on.
- Click Show Spaces in menu bar to display the Spaces menulet in the menu bar.
- To add or remove panes, click the plus (+) or minus (-) symbol next to the Rows and Columns labels until you have the desired number of spaces.
- To assign applications to Spaces panes, click the plus (+) or minus (-) symbol under the Application Assignments area, navigate to the Applications folder, select the application you want to add and click Add. Click in the Spaces column in the Application Assignments window and choose the desired pane number.
- To navigate spaces, press F8 and then click the pane for the Space you want to display (or press the Control and a directional arrow key to navigate from one space to the next or Hold down the Control key and press the number for the Space that you want to display).
- To rearrange windows or Spaces panes, press F8 and drag the item to the new location.
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