3.2.2

Features

• Disable symbol keys: the QWERTY key grid in General now lets you turn off symbol keys (`, [, ], -, =, and more), not just letters

Turning off a key stops every action bound to it, and passes the key through to the frontmost app instead.

• UI-less search: when OSD is disabled, search UI can be delayed so you can switch to multi-letter apps without seeing any OSD

Fixes

• Turning off Enable action keys now also disables the hide and Mission Control keys, not just the menu key

Improvements

• Ignored apps now stay hidden everywhere: their windows no longer show up when cycling or searching windows
• Moving a fullscreen window to another Space now shows a notice that it can't be done, instead of silently doing nothing
• App search rows without an assigned key now line up with the numbered ones
• Cleaner App Switcher settings: removed a duplicate style picker, and the Ignored apps header now collapses the whole list

3.2.1

Improvements

• CPU usage decrease: improved caching of window metadata and running apps

• Clickable OSDs: the window switcher and Stage switcher respond to mouse clicks

• Proportional OSD offset: the vertical position scales with each screen's height

• Snappier cycling: the highlight of ⌘Tab / ⌘` moves instantly instead of having a small lag

• Quiet quick-switch: a fast single ⌘Tab or ⌘` switches with no OSD flash

  Tap and release to switch instantly. Keep the modifier held after releasing the key to reveal the cycle OSD and keep cycling.

• Ignore key repeats: holding Tab, the backtick cycle key, or other action keys will not cause the action to fire continuously

• Dynamic OSD height: OSD will now shrink to fit the number of apps and windows

Fixes

• Cycle OSD no longer shifts under the pointer as it appears
• Cycle windows (the when already focused action) no longer stalls on the second letter that opens the OSD
• Window switcher (ralt) can again cycle same-letter windows in multi-space mode
• Badge-less rows in a same-letter group indent so their titles line up under the keyed row, in every theme and density
• Single-window Spaces let ⌘Tab work when Cycle Through is Adaptive
• ⌘` (same-app window cycle) could appear unresponsive in some apps

3.2.0

Features

• Cycle windows action for app keys: assign it under "When already focused" to walk through that app's windows by tapping the same letter
• Last-focused time indicator (now/Nm/Nh/Nd/Nw) on the right of tab cycle and open-windows search rows, optional toggle in their settings
• Saved windows editor under Window switcher in Settings: review and edit every per-app letter assignment in one place, grouped by app
• Themes and styling support for the switcher OSD

Improvements

• New rcmd window focus-last CLI command, same MRU toggle as <rcmd>+0

Fixes

• Same-app backtick cycle and app-switcher indented window rows now work even with no window switcher trigger configured
• Pressing an assigned letter for an app that isn't running waits for trigger release before launching, so typing past it into a search picks the search result instead
• Window switcher no longer assigns numbers to windows in Multi-space mode

3.1.1

Fixes

• Fix a search results regression where the selected result could be at the bottom of the list

3.1.0

Features

• Instant window moving between spaces which skips the slide animation and can work with windows that have no titlebar
  • optional, needs to be manually enabled in Settings -> Spaces
• Scrollable and clickable switcher/search OSD
• Switch to left/right space optional setting using rcmd + [/] in Settings -> Spaces
• Redesign of the switcher and search UIs

Fixes

• <rcmd>+0 remembers last window/space correctly after opening and closing Mission Control in a fullscreen app
• Stage windows land in the saved position, even on apps that overwrite their window layout on launch.
• Saving a stage onto a letter that already holds one now asks before overwriting.

Improvements

• Performance improvements on caching windows and search results
• Lowered energy impact in rendering the switcher and search OSD
• App switcher and search feel quicker with many running apps.
• A frozen or busy target app can no longer stall switching for seconds.
• Key event handling is now aware of input-sources, no longer tied to QWERTY layout
• Improve search results adaptive learning on mnemonics

3.0.2

Fixes

• Backtick cycling now stays on the app you just focused instead of occasionally pivoting to the one you switched from.
• Stages saved by a newer rcmd version no longer disappear when opened in an older one.

3.0.1

Fixes

• Toggling "Also Include → Minimized Windows" takes effect right away in Tab and backtick cycling.
• Search now always finds minimized and hidden windows, even when they are excluded from the cycle. Both the typed Tab cycle filter and the double-tap window search are covered.
• The Keylume keyboard peek gets out of the way when you start Tab or backtick cycling.

3.0.0

Caps-lock and fn as trigger keys

Use your HyperKey or fn key for app switching, window switching, stage opening etc.

Window jumping, without Hammerspoon ^Pro

rcmd can now jump between the windows of an app on its own.

Hold the window trigger key (Right Option by default) and press a letter to focus a specific window, or type to search window titles. Earlier versions leaned on the Hammerspoon helper app to work around App Store sandbox limits. That dependency is gone, and window jumping is no longer marked experimental.

Fuzzy search apps and windows ^Pro

Hold the trigger and type to fuzzy-search across installed apps, running apps and open windows in one ranked list. Picks are remembered per query, so your next "f" lands on the same app without re-ranking from scratch.

Stages ^Pro

A Stage is a set of apps and windows saved under a single key.

Recall a stage and rcmd focuses, launches and arranges everything in it at once, with each window placed where you left it. Use them to jump between contexts, like a writing setup or everything you need open for one project.

Closing a stage can close its windows, minimize them, or move them off screen, and rcmd can reopen anything it closed the next time you recall the stage.

New Stages section in Settings for trigger keys, the close action and per-stage editing.

Replace Command-Tab

rcmd can take over ⌘Tab and ⌘` and run its own window cycle instead.

Each Tab press moves to the next most recently used window. Typing during the cycle filters by fuzzy match on app name and window title.

Move around Spaces

rcmd can switch to a Space by number straight from the keyboard. With instant switching ^Pro, you land on the target Space without the macOS slide animation.

Small Space indicators sit next to the rcmd icon in the menubar so you can see which Space you are on and which number takes you elsewhere. Windows can also be sent to another Space ^Pro with ⌥ Right Option + 0-9.

Mouse follows the focused app ^Pro

The cursor warps to the app rcmd just brought forward, so the pointer is already inside the window you are about to use. Especially handy on multi-display setups.

Companion: Keylume on-screen keyboard

Hold the trigger and rcmd can summon Keylume to overlay your live key bindings on an on-screen keyboard, with light and dark themes that follow your system appearance. One-click install from the Keylume settings tab; everything stays in sync as you reassign keys or focus different apps.

The rcmd command-line tool

rcmd now ships a companion rcmd command that drives every feature over a local connection to the running app.

rcmd status
rcmd app focus safari
rcmd window place left-half
rcmd stage activate w
rcmd space switch 3

Every command accepts --json for scripting.

Configuration file

All of your assignments, stages and settings now live in a readable YAML file at ~/.config/rcmd/config.yaml.

Edit it by hand, keep it in a dotfiles repo, or move it between machines. rcmd config export and rcmd config import handle backups and transfers.

Redesigned onboarding

The first-run flow was rebuilt. It walks you through picking a trigger, granting permissions, resolving key conflicts, and trying out app switching, window switching and the Tab cycle before you start.