Keyboard Shortcut to Switch Windows - Trello Desktop Mac
Asked by John Epeneter:

Loving the Trello Desktop for Mac (TD4M). I have three windows open for my most used boards as I reference them many times per day.

Is there a way to switch between those windows? Most Mac Apps use Command+\~ to allow you to do that, but that doesn't work in TD4M.


Answers:
author: Denise
body: Hi John,

Our team has reconfirmed that this is a bug with the current version of the Desktop app and we're looking into getting that fixed shortly.  

We don't have an ETA on when a fix for the issue will be pushed, but as soon as one is available we will deploy it.

comments: author: John Epeneter
body: Thanks for digging into the issue. Glad to hear it has been isolated as a bug. Please post back here when the bug is fixed. Thanks again!


author: Nick Reilingh
body: Hi Denise, just bumping this as I am affected by the same issue. Command-backtick is basically my second-most-used keyboard shortcut across macOS.


author: John Epeneter
body: > Command-backtick is basically my second-most-used keyboard shortcut across macOS.

Ditto!


author: Eva Galanes-Rosenbaum
body: Same! This used to work on the Trello app, so I'm eagerly awaiting a fix.


author: whootang12
body: new trello mac app user that just ran into this problem as well....glad I'm not the only one religiously using this shortcut


author: Paul Richards
body: Adding to the appeals above. I would really like this fixed ASAP.


author: Nils Bryntesson
body: Do we have an ETA yet? I really miss this (basic) function.


author: whootang12
body: Agree, would love a fix. This makes the app unusable for me, unfortunately


author: Nils Bryntesson
body: Yet another update today and we can still not switch windows within Trello. This cannot be a hard fix. Pretty pretty pretty pretty please fix this. Literally every other app has this fundamental feature. I can't even figure out what the problem might be, other than ignorance towards the users.

Please fix. Yes? Thanks!


author: Nick Reilingh
body: I dug a little deeper the last time this came up for me, and learned that it's actually a bug in Electron (the desktop app framework they are using) that affects only builds that are published through the Mac App Store!(?!) So it's considerably more difficult to solve than the problem behavior may suggest. See also <https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18672>


author: Nils Bryntesson
body: Well dug! Too bad Trello hasn't mentioned it.


author: Greg Turner
body: I have this issue too. Wondering if there are any Mac users that CMD+\` does work for?

The Electron issue above has been closed without a fix, but this issue seems to be current: <https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17287>


author: spencerwilson
body: same problem! please fix :(


author: Koby Ahronson
body: Electron issue fixed 2 days ago, can we finally have a fix for Trello window switching?


author: Nick Reilingh
body: Here is the commit that fixes the issue: <https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/27701>

If I am interpreting their tagging properly, it should be included in all patch releases after Feb 17th in 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x.


author: Garrett
body: Hi everyone,

It's been quite a while, but the related issue with Electron was indeed fixed (thanks [@Nick Reilingh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/544747)). Our next update for the desktop app should have that fix rolled out with it.

No ETA on when that update will deploy, but keep an eye out for any Trello desktop app updates in the App Store.


author: Nick Reilingh
body: Looks like it's fixed in the 2.12.1 update, published 2021-05-26!


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@John Epeneter](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1176011) someone else posted recently they were having trouble with the same shortcut. I just use trackpad gestures to switch between full screen apps. But it appears that this is a common problem in the desktop for mac app, so maybe email your report to support@trello.com