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5
6  <info>
7    <link type="guide" xref="shell-windows#working-with-windows"/>
8
9    <revision pkgversion="3.8.0" date="2013-04-23" status="review"/>
10    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>
11    <revision version="gnome:40" date="2021-02-24" status="review"/>
12
13    <credit type="author">
14      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
15      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
16    </credit>
17    <credit type="editor">
18      <name>Michael Hill</name>
19      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
20    </credit>
21
22    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
23
24    <desc>Check the <gui>Activities</gui> overview or other workspaces.</desc>
25  </info>
26
27  <title>Find a lost window</title>
28
29  <p>A window on a different workspace, or hidden behind another window, is
30  easily found using the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
31  overview:</p>
32
33  <list>
34    <item>
35      <p>Open the <gui>Activities</gui> overview. If the missing window is on
36      the current
37      <link xref="shell-windows#working-with-workspaces">workspace</link>, it
38      will be shown here in thumbnail. Simply click the thumbnail to redisplay
39      the window, or</p>
40    </item>
41    <item>
42      <p>Click different workspaces in the
43      <link xref="shell-workspaces">workspace selector</link>
44      to try to find your window, or</p>
45    </item>
46    <item>
47      <p>Right-click the application in the dash and its open windows will be
48      listed. Click the window in the list to switch to it.</p>
49    </item>
50  </list>
51
52  <comment>
53    <cite date="2014-09-22">David King</cite>
54    <p>Mention search providers, especially with reference to gnome-terminal,
55    and how they can be used to find open terminals.</p>
56  </comment>
57
58  <p>Using the window switcher:</p>
59
60  <list>
61    <item>
62      <p>Press
63      <keyseq><key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>
64      to display the <link xref="shell-windows-switching">window switcher</link>.
65      Continue to hold down the <key>Super</key> key and press <key>Tab</key>
66      to cycle through the open windows, or
67      <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key> </keyseq> to cycle backwards.</p>
68    </item>
69    <item if:test="!platform:gnome-classic">
70      <p>If an application has multiple open windows, hold down
71      <key>Super</key> and press <key>`</key> (or the key above <key>Tab</key>)
72      to step through them.</p>
73    </item>
74  </list>
75
76</page>
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