Charmstone doesn't bring all windows of app to foreground?

[dylanhand]

Just installed Charmstone and really like the philosophy behind it!

However I noticed that it doesn't foreground all windows of the selected app, just the one that was last used.

Is this intentional? Is there a way to override it?

I would have expected it to work like cmd+tab, which brings all windows of the selected app forward :)

[rxhanson]

Thanks for trying Charmstone!

This is sort of a weird way that macOS works, and there's oddly not a good way to do this without using the Accessibility API (which would require Charmstone to be outside of the App Store). Personally, I check the box in Charmstone for "Hide app if frontmost". Unhiding apps using Charmstone will bring all windows to the foreground, although this is a different workflow from what you might be looking for.

[dylanhand]

Thanks for the quick reply!

I understand - too bad they don't make it easier.

It sounds like the workflow requires 3 steps:

1. Select the app of interest (which brings only the last used window to foreground)
2. Hide the app of interest
3. Unhide the app of interest (which brings all windows forward)

Is that right?

I'm new enough to Charmstone that I'm not sure it's really a problem yet -- maybe I'll find it's not 😅

[rxhanson]

Yes, that is the workflow. It can take a little getting used to, but this is what I use in some scenarios. It doesn't solve the scenario where you don't want to hide the app, unfortunately.