Why application icon disappears in the stage manager(on the left side) when it's open as an active window? Sometimes I have 2-3 chrome windows open under a single desktop. When I activate one of them chrome icon disappears from the stage manager and I need to use the old way(find in mission control) to find other chrome windows that are in the background.
Any idea how to fix it?
Hi gogagubi,
It sounds like you may have the setting "Recent applications" turned off. Take a look at the link and steps from the article below.
Use Stage Manager to organize apps and windows on Mac - Apple Support
Change Stage Manager settings
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Desktop & Dock in the sidebar, then click Customize next to Stage Manager on the right.
Recent applications
• When this setting is turned on, thumbnails remain visible, unless covered by a window.
• When this setting is turned off, thumbnails are hidden until you move your pointer to the left edge of the screen.
Let us know if you still need help.
Take care!
Hi gogagubi,
It sounds like you may have the setting "Recent applications" turned off. Take a look at the link and steps from the article below.
Use Stage Manager to organize apps and windows on Mac - Apple Support
Change Stage Manager settings
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Desktop & Dock in the sidebar, then click Customize next to Stage Manager on the right.
Recent applications
• When this setting is turned on, thumbnails remain visible, unless covered by a window.
• When this setting is turned off, thumbnails are hidden until you move your pointer to the left edge of the screen.
Let us know if you still need help.
Take care!
Thanks for your answer. This option is on. Please check the screenshot. Why there is no chrome icon on the left side(when the app is active on the desktop)? If I want to switch on another chrome window(assuming that the current window covers the entire desktop. I made it smaller just for demonstration purposes) how can I do it using the stage manager?
I expect it to stay like this. Even if chrome is currently an active window. It will give a huge benefit to jumping between windows without searching for them in the "Window" item or in mission control.
Ah, I think "Once at a Time" helped me. Thanks
Application icon disappears from the stage manager when it's active
