Minimize All Windows Except Under Mouse

[Craig_D]

Hi there,

Before I venture out on my own (that may be dangerous ), is there a way to minimize all open windows except those under the mouse?

And for the million-dollar bonus... to unminimize all minimized windows?

Thanks!
Craig

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

do you really need to minimize them all or just hide?

[Craig_D]

Thanks for the quick reply! I suppose hiding would work just as well, but in the past, I have had issues unhiding them all (not able to find/create a shortcut for that).

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

is there a reason the macOS standard functions "hide others" and "show all" do not work for you?

[Craig_D]

I've tried to set the "Show All" shortcut, but it never works strangely. Not sure why.

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

have you tried configuring it for all applications? (it seems to work ok here)

[Craig_D]

Thanks again for the response. Yes, I've tried that, and for some reason, although the shortcut is recorded, it does not recall the windows as expected. I have experienced this for a while and have never found a solution each time I try.

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

weird, does it work if you click that menu item manually? (You could also use the BTT action "Trigger Menubar Menu-Item" with this configuration "(1);Show All"

[Craig_D]

This worked! However, for some reason hidden Chrome windows won't come back, everything else does, though.

[Craig_D]

Adding this brought Chrome back from hidden

[Craig_D]

One last question...
When retrieving all hidden windows, for some reason, this window keeps opening. Can I target/activate this window with this command string so that I can then hide it with a simple keyboard stroke command ⌘H?

[Craig_D]

GOT IT! It may be a bit convoluted but it works!