Find a lost window

A window on a different workspace, or hidden behind another window, is easily found using the Activities overview:

  • Open the Activities overview. If the missing window is on the current workspace, it will be shown here in thumbnail. Simply click the thumbnail to redisplay the window, or

  • Click different workspaces in the workspace selector at the right-hand side of the screen to try to find your window, or

  • Right-click the application in the dash and its open windows will be listed. Click the window in the list to switch to it.

Using the window switcher:

  • Press Super+Tab to display the window switcher. Continue to hold down the Super key and press Tab to cycle through the open windows, or Shift+Tab to cycle backwards.

  • If an application has multiple open windows, hold down Super and press ` (or the key above Tab) to step through them.