Exposé in 10.6: When exposing "Application Windows", how do you show only the windows in the current space?

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In Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, If you activate the "Application Windows" Exposé function, it will show all of that applications windows, whether they're in the current Space or not. Is there a way to have the "Application Windows" Exposé function show only those application windows that are in the current Space?

I have perhaps a dozen TextMate windows open across multiple spaces, and it's difficult to find the one I'm looking for if all of them are shown instead of just the ones in the current space.

This is a change from Leopard 10.5. Is there a way to reactivate the old behavior?

John Douthat

Posted 2009-09-09T15:02:01.510

Reputation: 581

Sounds like a bug to me. Try clicking on a window in a different space. I'm going to report it. – Benjamin Dobson – 2009-09-09T15:15:26.967

When I click a window in a different space, it activates the other space. – John Douthat – 2009-09-09T15:33:39.737

Really? When I click a window in a different space, the window becomes active but the space remains the same. – Benjamin Dobson – 2009-09-09T15:40:47.977

related discussion at Apple: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2132432&tstart=0

– John Douthat – 2009-09-09T15:58:45.117

Aha, thanks. I'll append that to my bug report. – Benjamin Dobson – 2009-09-09T16:28:18.567

You'll want Lion for that. – gadgetmo – 2012-02-14T17:35:53.567

I have the same problem in Lion. Once I get around to upgrading to Mountain Lion this will help a little, although it isn't quite what I want. Have you found a solution to that works for you yet, John?

– Nagel – 2013-06-20T10:05:28.663

Answers

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A solution!

$ defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-show-windows-in-other-spaces -bool FALSE
$ killall Dock

(Via MacOSXHints via the support discussion)

John Douthat

Posted 2009-09-09T15:02:01.510

Reputation: 581

Doesn't work on El Capitan too. – Tolgay Toklar – 2015-12-24T21:34:31.630

3Unfortunately, this doesn't work in Lion. – John Douthat – 2011-07-27T18:57:21.400