TUAW Tip: you can rotate windows, too

... on German (qwertz) keyboard, cycling tabs in Safari is Cmd-Alt-֠and Cmd-Alt-Į

On German (QWERTZ) keybords it is cmd + < (next to the left shift | same as on italian keybords).

To switch the tabs within Firefox press cmd + 1 (or 2, 3, 4, ... depending on witch tab you want to bring to front). I'm not sure if there is a possibility to flip thru tabs in a loop...

this used to work for me in the quicktime player, but not any more...

Marky (Comment No. 24):

I use an Irish keyboard, which I believe is identical to the UK one. The 'backwards apostrophe' is located between the left hand Shift key and the Z.

This works a treat for me.

cmd-< is also used on the Norwegian keyboard layout. I have been using this for a long time now, and it's a great way to cycle through application windows.

in Safari, cmd-shift-left/right doesn't always work. for example, if you have a text input box highlighted, then it won't do jack. cmd-shift-[ or ] is better.

Wow! I've been looking for this one. I thought it might be application specific and I'd have to learn a new one for each app. But this is global (mostly).

I'm unsure if this has been mentioned, but you can also determin the direction of application switching while using command+tab by using the arrow keys or your mouse. But I often don't have to because OSX is smart enough to learn your most common switching patterns, and usually the choice you want is the first selection.

OK, so now my goal is to have enough keyboard short cuts and QuickSilver patterns so I can throw my mouse away. :-)

A sidenote to the " ~ " switch...
If you first depress "command" + "tab" you are brought up to the application switcher; if you then hold "command" and press the " ~ " (tilde) you can move forward and backward through your open applications.
Does anyone else want to call the command key open-apple?

Cheers!

On Scandinavian keyboards, and perhaps most other European, its command + the key with < and > on it. To the right of the left shift key. Some guy already tried pointing it out, but it seems some won't listen....

[weird, half my post got cut off, second attempt here]

I've known about this for a while, but must admit it also took me a while to find it. Which I think I did by pure fluke.

Anyhow, I'm on a norwegian keyboard, or germanic I guess is the correct lingo, where I use the same key as my dutch brethren, the 'bigger-than/crocodile mouth' key, inbetween shift and z. And no problems with photoshop there.

BUT - has anyone found a way to switch windows within _any_ Macromedia application?! That is by far my biggest miss. Perhaps that will evolve/dissolve with the whole Adobe/Macromedia merge?

BTW - are these these new beginner-tips a sign of lack of writing creativity here? I have a feeling someone has been snooping around at http://www.macosxhints.com ...