Illustrator CS5 - autominimizing when I alt+tab between programs?

Looks like if when your goin to switch over to another program like Adobe Bridge from Illustrator then you would minimize illustrator via your mouse or manually. My Internet Explorer is also open. So now Alt / TAB will switch between Bridge and internet.

 

Alt+Tab or Command+Tab? Alt+Tab doesn't do anything for me on my Mac. Do you have custom keyboard shortcuts?

I use Command+Tab to switch between programs and it doesn't minimize any of my files.. I don't use the Application Frame either, I just have the old style "floating" interface.

Never had any issues with Expose either. I don't use Spaces so couldn't say if that effects anything.

 

I use MACs and PCs at home. That's the first time I've heard of this. You could just hit command m and Illustrator will minimize to your side bar. Then when you want it back, click the Illustrator icon and it should jump back to full screen.

 

Have you tried using the Application Frame (Window>Application Frame)? It groups all your open Illustrator documents into the application similar to how Illustrator works on Windows.

I personally don't care for it, but it might solve your problem.

 

Personally I hate the command tab app switcher shortcut. In case you want to turn it off I'm pretty sure the way is to download this: http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape/

along with this: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/pulltab/

(These are mac only I believe)

When the mac OS implemented that functionality it would drive me nuts, because I had always gotten into the work flow of hitting "Command-Tab" to switch between solid pointer tool and hollow pointer tool in Illustrator, which was an old time .ai shortcut. I bet I use this shortcut literally a hundred times a day, so when I go to another computer that still has the "comman-tab" app switcher enabled it drives me nuts.

 

Edit to the above - not sure if these work with the recent versions of mac OS as pull tab hasn't been updated. My shortcuts are so second nature I realized I have since switched my "command/tab" selection shortcut to "command/F1" so I don't think you can turn off that app switcher shortcut anymore...wish ya could!