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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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id="shell-windows-lost">
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-windows#working-with-windows"/>
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<desc>Check the activities overview or other workspaces.</desc>
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<revision version="11.04" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<title>Find a lost window</title>
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<p>A window on a different workspace, or hidden behind another window, is easily
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found using the <link xref="shell-terminology">activities overview</link>:</p>
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<p>Open the activities overview and make sure the <gui>Windows</gui> view is
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selected. If the missing window is on the current
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<link xref="shell-windows#working-with-workspaces">workspace</link>, it will be
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shown here in thumbnail. Simply click the thumbnail to redisplay the window, or</p>
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<p>Click on the different workspaces in the
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<link xref="shell-terminology">workspace selector</link> on the right-hand side
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of the screen to try to find your window, or</p>
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<p>Right-click on the application in the Dash and its open windows will be
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listed. Click on the window in the list to switch to it.</p>
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<p>Using the window switcher:</p>
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<p>Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> to display the window
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switcher. Continue to hold down the <key>Alt</key> key and press <key>Tab</key>
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to cycle through the open windows, or <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>
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to cycle backwards.</p>
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<p>If an application has multiple open windows, hold down <key>Alt</key> and press
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<key>`</key> (or the key above <key>Tab</key>) to step through them.</p>
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