Features — Flick

Switch

Every window gets its own row.

⌘Tab shows you apps. Flick shows you windows: each Safari window, each document, on every desktop, in the order you last used them.

Every clip is a screen recording of Flick itself, on a sample desktop.

Hold ⌥. Tap Tab. Let go.

Flick opens with the window you were just in already selected. Each tap of Tab moves down one row and ⇧Tab moves back up. Let go of ⌥ and that window comes to the front, on whatever Space it's on.

A quick tap takes you back.

Press ⌥Tab and let go right away. Flick switches to your previous window without showing the panel at all, and the next quick tap flips you back again.

Other Spaces: Listed, and Flick takes you there
Full-screen apps: Listed, and Flick opens over them
Minimized windows: Listed, and restored when picked
Hidden apps: Listed, and unhidden when picked
Apps without windows: A row each, so you can switch to them
Every display: One list, shown where your pointer is

Find

Know its name? Type it.

Search looks through app names and window titles as you type, and it can open apps that aren't running yet.

Type to find it.

With Flick open, press Return and type part of an app name or window title. The list narrows with every letter and the first match is selected, so Return takes you straight there. Once you're searching, you can let go of ⌥.

Open apps, too.

When only a few windows match, an Apps section lists apps that aren't running. If no window matches at all, the first app is already selected, so Return opens it.

Straight to search

Press ⇧⌘Space anywhere to open Flick with search ready, and press it again to close. Prefer another shortcut? Record your own in Settings › Shortcuts.

From the menu bar

Choose Search Windows from Flick's menu bar icon to start a search with the mouse.

Every word counts

Type two words to narrow it down: each one has to appear in the app name or the window title, in any order. Capitals and accents don't matter.

Esc steps back

Esc clears what you typed. Press it again to close Flick without switching.

More about search

Organize

Sort it, group it, trim it.

A few settings decide what's in the list and in what order. You'll find them in Settings, under General and Exceptions.

Group windows by app.

Set Tab grouping to Group by app and each app collapses into one row with a count of its windows. Press → to see them, move with Tab or the arrow keys, and press ← to go back. Let go of ⌥ to switch to the one you picked.

List order: Recency or Name A-Z
Tab grouping: Group by window (the default, one row per window) or Group by app
Show only the active Space: Off, so every Space is listed
Show apps without windows: On, so apps with no open windows still get a row
Ignored Apps: Leave any app out of the list
While Flick is open: Rows hold still; new windows go last

Act

Tidy up without leaving the list.

Close a window, minimize it, hide its app or quit it, right from Flick. Quitting is a normal quit, so apps still ask you to save.

Right-click or Control-click a window to activate it, close it, quit its app or add the app to Ignored Apps. Close a window or quit an app and the list updates in place, with Flick still open.

Close the window: ⌥W
Minimize the window: ⌥M
Hide the app: ⌥H
Quit the app: ⌥Q

Switching with ⌘Tab?Use ⌘W, ⌘M, ⌘H and ⌘Q instead. While you're searching, the ⌘ versions work whichever trigger you use.

While you hold ⌥, W, M, H and Q are actions, not letters. To search for a word that has them, press Return and let go of ⌥ before you type.

Look

Pick a side.
Or the middle.

Flick sits flush against the left or right edge, or floats in the center of the display your pointer is on. It's Liquid Glass on macOS 26 and frosted on macOS 14 and 15.

Choose yours in Settings › Appearance.

Wider switcher

More room for long window titles, at the edge or in the center.

Hide app names

Rows show just the window title, on up to two lines.

Ripple animation

A ripple runs down the list when search opens. Switch it off in Settings, and it stays off whenever Reduce Motion is on.

Changes show up live

Every Appearance setting applies right away, even to a panel that's already open.

In control

Set it up once, your way.

Choose your shortcut, decide whether Flick starts with your Mac, and keep the menu bar as tidy as you like.

Shortcuts

⌥Tab or ⌘TabKeep the macOS switcher on ⌘Tab, or let Flick take it over
⌘Tab comes backIn ⌘Tab mode Flick also takes ⌘`, and hands both back when it quits or crashes
Your search shortcut⇧⌘Space by default. Record your own with ⌘, ⌥ or ⌃

Always ready

Launch at loginOff until you turn it on, in the welcome window or Settings › General
Menu bar iconSearch Windows, Settings, Show Onboarding and Quit, one click away
Or no icon at allHide it in Settings › General, and open Flick again to get Settings back

Start over

Reset All Settings…In Settings › About. Permissions and launch at login are left alone
Show OnboardingWalk through setup again from the menu bar
Settings from the panelClick the gear in the corner of the panel

All settings, explained

Accessibility

Easy on the eyes and the hands.

Flick respects Reduce Motion, and switching, searching and window actions all work from the keyboard.

Keyboard all the way

Open, move, search, group, close and quit without the mouse. ↑ and ↓, Tab and ⇧Tab, ⌃N and ⌃P all move the selection, and a resting pointer never steals it.

VoiceOver labels

Rows are labelled with the app, the window title and its state, such as minimized or full screen. Each row also offers Show Actions, the same menu as a right-click.

Reduce Motion

With Reduce Motion on, the panel appears without animating, the search ripple is skipped and an app's windows no longer slide in.

Larger text

Set Text size to Large and Flick's text gets 20% bigger, in the switcher and in Settings. It's Flick's own setting, separate from the macOS text size.

Works with

Right at home in macOS.

Flick works with Spaces, full-screen apps and multiple displays.

Requires: macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Runs on: Apple silicon and Intel
Look: Liquid Glass on macOS 26, frosted on 14 and 15
Spaces: Every desktop and full-screen app
Displays: Windows from all of them, in one list
Electron apps: Flick asks them for their windows when they don't list them on their own

Window missing? Troubleshooting

Privacy

Private by design.

Everything Flick does happens on your Mac.

Nothing leaves your Mac.

Flick makes no network requests. It reads window titles through Accessibility only to draw the list, and never saves or sends them. Read the privacy policy

One permission. No account.

Accessibility is the only permission Flick asks for: no Screen Recording, no sign-up, no analytics. Why Flick needs Accessibility

Coming soon

What's next.

On the way, and not in Flick yet.

Browser tabs Coming soon

Tabs from Safari, Chrome, Arc and more, listed and searchable next to their windows.

Editor tabs Coming soon

Open files in VS Code, Cursor and Xcode, each on its own row.

Mouse activation Coming soon

Nudge the edge of the screen with the pointer to open Flick.

Keyboard

The keys, at a glance.

The defaults. Switch with ⌘Tab? Use ⌘ wherever you see ⌥.

Keys	What it does
`⌥Tab`	Open Flick, then move down. Add ⇧ to go up.
Let go of `⌥`	Switch to the selected window.
`Return`	Search, or open the selected result.
`⇧⌘Space`	Open straight into search, or close it.
`→` `←`	Show or hide a group's windows.
`⌥W` `⌥M`	Close or minimize the window.
`⌥H` `⌥Q`	Hide or quit the app.
`Esc`	Clear the search, then close Flick.

Every shortcut in the help center