Working with windows

A plus sign (+) means keys are held down together.

  Press these keys   To do this    
+ Click close box
Close all disk and folder windows.

+ Click collapse box
Collapse all disk and folder windows.

Close the frontmost window, or collapse a pop-up window to its tab state at the bottom of the screen.

Close the frontmost window and convert it from a pop-up window to a normal Finder window.

Close all open windows and convert them from pop-up windows to normal Finder windows.

+ Click zoom box
Enlarge a window to the full size of the screen.

+ Switch programs
Hide the windows of the previous program.

+ Drag window
Moves a window without making it active.

+ Press window's title
Display a pop-up menu of folders to which the current folder belongs.

Expand the contents of the selected folder(s) (in a list view).

Collapse the contents of the selected folder(s) (in a list view).

+ Expand folder
Expands the contents of the folder and all folders contained within it (in a list view).

+ Collapse folder
Collapse the contents of the folder and all folders contained within it (in a list view).

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